QA Systems Manager

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Dawn Foods is a global leader in bakery manufacturing and ingredients distribution. As the partner of choice for inspiring bakery success, we helpcustomers grow their business through meaningful partnerships, research-driven insights and innovations, and products and expertise they can depend on. As a family-owned company, our commitments to our people, products, customers, and corporate values, are all part of our recipe for success.

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Why work for Dawn Foods?

PEOPLE.PRODUCTS. CUSTOMERS.

Why should you apply? We invest in you!

• Industry-leading health insurance on Day 1!
• Competitive Pay
• 401(K) + company match
• 10 Paid Company Holidays
• Paid Time Off
• Professional training
• Family-owned business over 100 years in service
• An opportunity for career advancement, working as part of an empowering workforce

Job Purpose and Overview

Assist the Quality Manager in managing and implementing the site's Quality & Food Safety Systems by ensuring site compliance to regulatory, identity preserved, quality, and GFSI requirements. Works to ensure product quality and safety using established systems, HACCP, Food Safety Plans, GMP's, food safety teams, and continuous improvement techniques. Responsible for directing work activities of QA Supervisors and Specialists as well as providing leadership to the Quality team through coaching, counseling, and training.

What Does It Take to be a QA Systems Manager at Dawn Foods?

Below are the minimum qualifications to be a fit for this job.

• Bachelor's degree in science discipline (Food, Biology, Chemistry, etc.) or in lieu of degree, High School Diploma or GED (accredited) and eight years of relevant work experience required.
• 3 years in a leadership role that includes general program oversight and influencing of others to maintain compliance required.
• Experience in food, beverage and/or pharmaceutical manufacturing required.
• Experience in Food Safety Plans, Food Plant GMPs, Food Defense, Kosher, Organic, and other identity preserved programs like RSPO/RFA required.
• Experience in BRC/IFS audit standards preferred.
• Computer literacy in Microsoft office such as Excel, Word, Outlook, and Teams required
• Experience in root cause analysis and developing continuous improvement teams preferred.
• IA Vulnerability Assessments using Key Activity Types Certified preferred.
• PCQI Certified required.

What will you do as a QA Systems Managerat Dawn Foods?

• Ensures adherence to corporate Foods Safety & Quality policies and programs to ensure the plant remains in compliance with Dawn Food Products policies, Federal, State, and local laws.
• Assists the Quality Manager with plant-wide initiatives including FDA Good Manufacturing Practice, personal hygiene, HACCP, and Food Safety policies.
• Responsible for plant-wide compliance initiatives including Food Safety Plans, GFSI, Quality Culture, and Identity Preserved programs.
• Interprets quality and food safety programs to all plant team members and ensures documentation matches team member practices.
• Champions the Quality Culture initiatives at the plant and drives improvement projects to increase Quality Culture Health.
• Partners with Corporate QA on leading site-based certification audits and assist on corrective action follow ups.
• Monitors complaint trends for continuous improvement opportunities and batch audit requirements.
• Provides suggestions for improvements to environmental control practices where needed.
• Develops improvements plans and implements with Quality and coordinated with Production.
• Directs the team engaged in statistical analysis, product specification adherence, and product releases to ensure effective controls over product food safety and quality.
• Coaches, teaches, coordinates, and evaluates programs for team members to develop skills advantageous to the company's needs and goals.
• Mentors and manages the QA Supervisor and associated reporting team members.
• Establishes and maintains good and respectful communications with all Dawn Team Members.
• Supports and promotes the Dawn Circle of Excellence, Mission Statement and Team Dawn.
• Serve as back up to the site's QA Manager

Physical Demands & Work Environment

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by a Team Member to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Required to use motor coordination with arm, hand, finger, and leg dexterity.
• Required to exert physical effort in handling objects more than 50 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to focus.
• Ability to stand and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.
• Ability to withstand warm and/or hot temperatures.
• Normal setting for this job is plant/office.
• Will be exposed to a physical environment, which involves dirt, odors, noise, weather extremes or similar elements most of the workday.
• Site food allergens include primarily WHEAT, SOY, EGG, MILK + others

Note:The level of physical effort may vary from site to site and in some cases be greater or lesser than documented here.

If this sounds like the opportunity that you have been looking for, please click "Apply."

Compensation:76,460-119,280 with potential annual bonus.

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An Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity/gender expression, citizenship status, military or veteran status, genetic information or any other status or condition that is protected by applicable law.

Requisition ID: 36620