Quality Assurance Manager

Summary

Lead and manage the Quality Assurance Department to ensure the production of high quality product at the lowest cost, while meeting the demands of our customers and ensuring the safety of our people, workplace and environment and meeting all company, legal and other requirements.

Responsibilities

• Manage total quality compliance from raw materials to the consumer.
• Maintain Coca-Cola product quality standards.
• Manage sanitation compliance to include CIP systems, water treatment, and storm water management.
• Oversee all required permitting with all governmental agencies.
• Ensure accuracy and efficiency of water processing, syrup-batching, and all QA testing and record-keeping
• Monitor and enforce proper sanitation and housekeeping procedures
• Monitor all Coca-Cola, Federal and State communications/audits and implement any necessary changes
• Assist operations management with process equipment and product/package troubleshooting and innovation
• Collaborate with operations and sales management in order to improve Coca-Cola quality indices
• Ensure safety of all personnel within the department
• Establish, submit, and balance the yearly departmental budget
• Ensure departmental compliance with all company policies and procedures
• Manage outside vendors to ensure compliance to Food Safety and Company standards (i.e. Pest Control, Water Treatment services, 3rd party quality

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience
• Bachelor’s Degree - Technical or Food Science – preferred
• 5+ years of Management experience in the beverage industry preferred.
• Experience with the Coca-Cola system, beverage industry, or consumer products strongly preferred.
• ISO (22000, 9000, 14001, etc) or other management system
• Working knowledge of the principles of manufacturing management.
• Working knowledge of specific supply chain capabilities, strategies and interdependencies.
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate cross-functionally and coordinate efforts around process improvement.
• Working knowledge of national, state, and local regulatory requirements in the areas of food safety, safety, environment and emergency management.
• Working knowledge of basic elements of Good Manufacturing Practices in a manufacturing environment
• Working knowledge of key business drivers used to gauge the effectiveness and performance of an internal group or supplier.
• HACCP
• Statistical Process Control
• Good Laboratory Practices
• Good Manufacturing Practices
• Proficiency in MS Office Suite applications

Preferred Qualifications

• Lean, Six Sigma certification
• Working knowledge of food safety
• Self-Guided Work Force
• Continuous Improvement
• Microsoft Office
• SPC software
• Project Management
• Manage P&L; Spending Controls
• Laboratory equipment management
• Change Management
• Leader of leaders
• Experience using relevant SAP applications