Overview
Quality Control Associate – QCA 1002 Jobs in Vineland, NJ at NavitsPartners
The QA Supervisor is responsible for developing, planning, and assisting the Quality Assurance Manager in the QA department. The ideal candidate is responsible for ensuring that company standards are exceeded with a targeted emphasis on continuous improvement, providing support, structure, and documented formalized training for employees within the organization in all areas.
Role and Responsibilities:
Act as backup SQF Practitioner
Support the Food Safety Management System to ensure the training of Food Safety Team Members, ensure that the Food Safety System is established, implemented, maintained; prerequisite programs, HACCP and HARPC (Preventive Controls), GMPs, SSOPs, GFSI, USDA, and NOP guidelines and policies are adhered to
Support the internal auditing program
Ensure audit readiness for all Internal Quality Audits, SQF, FDA, USDA, NOP and all other 3rd Party audits, and respond to findings with preventive and corrective actions
Lead the execution of cultural changes and activities needed to support continuous improvement and QA&FS initiatives for all shifts
Provide day-to-day leadership and act as the primary liaison to outside laboratories, and to external regulatory agencies (FDA, USDA)
Ensure effective review, monitoring of QA and production records and escalate as needed
Strong communication skills with the ability to interact effectively with frontline employees, peers, and executives
Ability to drive positive changes in both processes and systems and culture
Track, analyze, and lead initiatives for all quality and customer complaint issues within the plant-dashboard rollup
Complaints, investigation, and reduction.
QA program implementation
Mentor and develop QA technicians
As A Supervisor Within the Kettle Cuisine Team You Are Expected To:
Responsible for the training and development of the QA technicians
Direct the QA hourly employees based on job specific procedures
Monitor and act on performance of QA technicians
Process approvals and time and schedule adjustments through HRIS system.
Manage any employee relations matters within the team.
Schedule QA technicians ensuring adequate coverage during production based on business needs
Model and support Kettles core values and safety culture
Manage performance of all team members
Build a strong, committed, and collaborative team
Develop individual team members & their careers
Create a culture of accountability & performance
Drive a focus on quality and continuous improvement
Plan work, track results and resolve variances
Qualifications and Experience
BS Degree in Food Science
In lieu of a Bachelors Degree, demonstrated experience in Quality role for a minimum of 3 years
2 to 3 years in quality or safety supervisory role
Strong Microsoft Office skills
Able to build and maintain good working relationships with a wide variety of personalities and levels of staff members
HACCP Certified, PCQI Certified, SQF Practitioner, with USDA and FDA experience
Knowledge of statistical process control, HACCP, sanitation, and hygienic design
Knowledge of lean manufacturing concepts and strong defect root cause analysis process
Required attributes
Self-starter able to conceptualize and drive initiatives forward
Positive attitude and motivated by contributing to the overall success of the team
Able to develop strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders
Creative problem-solving skills
Obsessive attention to detail, well organized and able to juggle many projects at once
Comfortable moving at a fast pace and in ambiguous environments
Passionate about food
Willing to address difficult situations head on with patience and respect
Americans with Disabilities Act
Kettle Cuisine complies with all aspects of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and state disability laws. This means we will not discriminate against qualified individuals with a disability in any phase of the employment relationship including application for employment, hiring, promotions and/or advancement opportunities, termination, compensation, training and any other conditions or privileges of employment.
Core Values
Kettle Cuisine takes the utmost pride in its people, products and reputation. Each employee is expected to understand and live our Core Values every day.
Honor Food We create and produce the best tasting, safest, all natural recipes that strive for perfection in every batch, from bench to kettle
Honor Each Other We seek to develop trusting, respectful and mutually rewarding relationships with all our team members and business partners
Honor Development We recognize and nurture each others talents, strengths and interests in order to further strengthen and grow our team
Honor Innovation We continually strive for creative and sustainable ways to achieve excellence
Title: Quality Control Associate – QCA 1002
Company: NavitsPartners
Location: Vineland, NJ
