Food Safety and Quality Assurance Manager - ZipRecruiter : Job Details

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Want to be part of a family-owned, award-winning company with an entrepreneurial culture and strong family spirit? Then you came to the right place! Our core values drive all that we do here at La Reina's. As our company continues to grow, we are searching for enthusiastic, capable professionals to fill various positions across every facet of our organization.

Job Summary:

The FSQA Manager assures consistent quality and Food Safety of production by developing and enforcing good automated manufacturing practice (GAMP) systems, validating processes, providing documentation, and managing staff. The Plant Manager or QC Manager is the designated alternate for the QA Manager.

What We Offer:

• Competitive wages + potential bonus
• Medical, Dental, and Vision benefits
• Life Insurance
• 401k matching
• Career growth opportunities
• Paid holidays
• Vacation and sick time pay
• Paid day off for birthday
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Referral program
• A family-owned environment with leaders who care

Position Responsibilities:

• Accomplishes quality assurance human resource objectives by recruiting, selecting, orienting, training, assigning, scheduling, coaching, counseling, and disciplining employees, communicating job expectations, planning, monitoring, appraising, and reviewing job contributions, planning and reviewing compensation actions, and enforcing policies and procedures.
• Achieves quality assurance operational objectives by contributing information and analysis to strategic plans and reviews; preparing and completing action plans; implementing production, productivity, quality, and customer-service standards; identifying and resolving problems; completing audits; determining system improvements; and implementing change.
• Meets quality assurance financial objectives by estimating requirements, preparing an annual budget, scheduling expenditures, analyzing variances, and initiating corrective actions.
• Develops quality assurance plans by conducting hazard analyses; identifying critical control points and preventative measures; establishing critical limits, monitoring procedures, corrective actions, and verification procedures; and monitoring inventories.
• Validates quality processes by establishing product specifications and quality attributes; measuring production; documenting evidence; determining operational and performance qualification; writing and updating quality assurance procedures.
• Maintains and improves product quality by completing product, company, system, compliance, and surveillance audits; investigating customer complaints; collaborating with other members of management to develop new products and engineering designs, and manufacturing and training methods.
• Prepares quality documentation and reports by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing information and trends, including failed processes, stability studies, recalls, corrective actions, and revalidations.
• Review, manage, and update overall Food Safety and quality programs.
• Primary company contact for scheduling and handling customer, regulatory, and certification audits.
• Customer complaint program.
• Managing HACCP/SQF programs.
• Managing companies' Non-GMO, Gluten Free, and HALAL certification program.
• Updates job knowledge by studying trends and developments in quality management; participating in educational opportunities; reading professional publications; maintaining personal networks; and participating in professional organizations.
• Enhances department and organization reputation by accepting ownership for accomplishing new and different requests; exploring opportunities to add value to job accomplishments.
• Process Improvement, Analyzing Information, Strategic Planning, Verbal.
• Communication, Informing Others, Quality Engineering, Emphasizing Excellence, Pharmacology, Attention to Detail, Thoroughness, Dealing with Complexity.
• Other duties not mentioned above may be required of this position.

Requirements:

• 5 Years in management in the Food/Manufacturing Industry, BS in a Science Field, or a combination of experience and education
• Excellent communication skills
• 1-year previous production experience
• Demonstrated experience successfully contributing to teams in a dynamic, fast time-to-market, and customer-focused environment
• Must be able to read, write, and calculate math problems effectively
• Proficiency in the Microsoft Office Suite
• Proven attention to detail, responsible, self-motivated
• Able to work in a fast-paced environment
• Bilingual Spanish .

Core Values—At Anita's, our core values of knowledge, creativity, courage, honesty, accountability, competency, and safety guide every aspect of our operations, ensuring excellence and fostering a culture of trust and collaboration.

More about Anita's:

The Robles Family acquired Anita's in 1978; since then, Anita's has become recognized for producing snack foods on the West Coast. The plant has various manufacturing lines that produce a wide range of fried tortilla chips, pallet snacks, and taco shells. In 2013, Anita's moved into its new state-of-the-art facility in San Bernardino, CA. In 2014, Anita's received the state's U.S. Small Business Persons of 2014 award for growing company revenues more than 100 percent over the past three years and was a first runner-up for the U.S. Small Business Persons of 2014 award.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement:

Anita's Mexican Foods is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to , , , , , , , marital status, veteran status, , genetic information, or any other protected characteristic under protected law. EEO/AA employer nondiscrimination policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.

Consistent with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the Civil Rights Act of 1964, it is the policy of Anita's Mexican Foods to provide reasonable accommodation when requested by a qualified applicant or candidate with a , unless such accommodation would cause an undue hardship for Anita's Mexican Foods. The Policy regarding requests for reasonable accommodation applies to all aspects of the hiring process. If reasonable accommodation is needed, please contact our Human Resources Department.