Our client is well known, diversified food manufacturer, producing some of the most recognizable brands in Cereals, Snacks, Bakery products and more. Over the past 5 years, they have made several large key acquisitions and have experienced rapid growth of their branded products. As a result of this expansion, they are seeking an experienced Quality Assurance Manager for their Bakery and Snack plant located in the Oshkosh, WI area. The QA Manager will provide leadership for the quality and food safety systems and programs at this large plant. Key drivers are assuring compliance to specification on incoming ingredients, in-process conditions and finished products. They will assure the ongoing reduction of quality attribute variation utilizing (SPC) methodology to improve the acceptance of our products by our customers and consumers.

Responsibilities:

• Serves as the primary contact for all Quality, Food Safety, Kosher, Co-Manufacturing and Regulatory issues.
• Develops implements and manages the Quality and Food Safety System.
• Manages and trains the activities of the Quality Technicians.
• Develops, maintains and ensures compliance of a qualified HACCP program.
• Ensures the effectiveness of the Master Sanitation and Pest Control programs for the facility and any associated food grade storage areas.
• Acts as the facility R&D liaison and coordinates with divisional groups on products and test runs.
• Drives the incorporation of SPC techniques, process capability and trains others to ensure proper use.
• Analyzes QA data to measure, access and improve product quality performance.
• Communicates compliance results to operating groups, ensures timely feedback and provides technical support to operate processes at target.
• Utilizes customer and consumer complaint data to identify root cause, then communicates and provides support to implement process/product improvements.
• Determines the disposition of all raw materials, packaging and finished product HOLD orders.
• Develops a Quality and Product Safety System that consistently meets BFG regulatory, customer, Kosher and third party audit requirements.
• Provides support to Divisional Quality in a timely manner for sales and customer and consumer requests including documented root cause analysis and recommended corrective actions.

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