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Quality Assurance and Food Safety Manager

Job Description: 

As with the Church Brothers production department, True Leaf Operations begins with reliable growers and researched seed varieties. Food Safety and Quality Control Programs establish the guidelines to begin and determine how we will proceed. We also have a dedicated team of packaging, marketing and research experts constantly working to improve current formats and create new items.

We are currently looking for Quality Assurance and Food Safety Manager in San Juan Bautista, CA and Yuma, AZ.

As the Quality Assurance and Food Safety Manager you will be responsible for leading the Quality and Food Safety functions for the Processing Plant.  You will participate in and help established systems, processes, tools and actions needed to ensure raw ingredient and finished product quality, as well as contributes to customer requirements for all True Leaf products.  

Compensation/Salary: 
DOE
Requirements: 
  • Must have a BA in Biological Sciences/Food Quality Assurance.
  • Preferred: MA in Food Quality Management/Food Processing Industry.
  • Must have 1 year supervisory experience as a QA Manager in the food production industry with at least 7 direct reports.
  • Preferred: 5 years supervisory experience as a QA Manager in the food production industry with at least 7 direct reports.
  • General knowledge of food quality and environmental microbiological testing, as well as implementing preventative measures against critical control points is preferred.
  • Have strong supervisory skills and is expected to be firm with applicable program and proactively enforce QA and GMP Standards.
  • Skilled educator and leader with knowledge and practical skills that promotes safe food handling and quality.
  • Ability to train and develop subordinates in quality and food safety programs with firm and cohesive implementation on the production floor.
Responsibilities & Duties: 
  • Helps create and implement strategies, policies, plans and processes to ensure that quality meet True Leaf and customer standards.
  • Supports and implements strategies, policies, plans, processes and tools to ensure product quality, as well as supports Food Safety team towards regulatory compliance.
  • Manages annual operating plan and budget, and regular quality forecast and performance updates.
  • Prepares, communicates and educates sales, operation, raw ingredient and sales team on quality performance and changes in policies and practices within the organization.
  • The QA Manager manages and implements quality specifications, using standard operating procedures (SOP) to conduct quality system  audits of QA staff on product quality analysis (raw/ finished / shelf life).
  • This position also is required to answer customer complaints relating to quality issues.
  • The core reason for this position is to manage the critical control points in the food processing plant to ensure quality and food safety of product processed, packed and ready to ship to customers.
  • Manages the product quality and safety for consumers as governed by industry standards and regulatory guidelines.
  • Maintains open line of communication with raw product supplier as well as sales with respect to intervening as the product QA expert when quality issues arise.
  • Will oversee the accuracy and practices of the QA technician teams work. Immediate corrective step is expected with any issues with QA technician work daily to comply with HACCP and GFSI standards.
  • The Manager will hold the supervisors accountable for both the required sanitation outcomes and the labor costs associated with this activity.
  • Will enforce HACCP & food safety compliance company-wide
  • Train management and employees in HACCP and food safety compliance.  Ensures that QA Technicians enforce HACCP and food safety rules.
  • Ensures that the company is prepared in the rare case of a recall.

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