Overview
Quality Manager Jobs in Aiea, HI at PepsiCo
Title: Quality Manager
Company: PepsiCo
Location: Aiea, HI
The Quality Manager is responsible for leading Quality Technicians and developing a team of Quality Supervisors. Responsibilities include cost efficiency, continuous improvement on processes, service, and safety for an entire business unit across all shifts. The Quality Control Manager works with production, maintenance and warehouse teams across the plant by communicating quality procedures and developing long term sustainable practices to maintain superior quality processes.
Major Tasks, Accountabilities and Key Responsibilities:
Lead the salaried Quality professionals to ensure effective application of quality management techniques
Deliver effective change leadership while driving business changes and minimizing people impact
Communicate and collaborate cross-functionally to assist team to solve operational issues
Builds people capability through effective employee relations, hiring, training, and communication for front-line hourly and salaried personnel
Motivate team members to achieve plan goals
Identify and lead efforts of product/process quality and cost management opportunities to achieve productivity gains
Lead the plant QC Pillar through the Continuous Improvement journey
Lead and develop action plans with production, engineering, and division Quality Assurance to improve the product specifications, analytical procedures, and sampling programs and ensure that they are appropriate and meet system capability and key consumer requirements.
Provide forward-thinking insights for future business improvements.
Serve as a key statistical resource. Verify product and process improvements through the implementation and analysis of statistically designed experiments and capability studies.
Lead food safety and compliance audits, including FSSC 22000, AIB, QAS
Ensure all internal and external sanitation is complete and properly meets quality standards
Design and implement programs to monitor calibration and accuracy of all analytical procedures and equipment in the plant.
Ensure compliance with the OSHA chemical hygiene plan and proper laboratory safety practices by involving all employees in an effective safety program; provide training, periodic review of hazards, and timely correction of hazardous situations.
Lead the interpretation of in-process and analytical data to make quality evaluations, recommend actions for improvements, and assure resolution. Challenge results and drive improvements. Coach others in the interpretation of results.
Lead risk assessment analysis throughout the plant. Manage issues with non-conforming product to assure proper control, minimize losses, and provide analysis to drive the elimination of future occurrences.
Provide training in food science, regulatory requirements, and quality measurement systems to appropriate personnel.
Administer policies and procedures
Regular and predictable attendance at the work site
This role requires regular presence on the plant floor
This role may operate forklift and manufacturing equipment occasionally
This role may require off-shift and weekend work
