Sr. Manager, Quality Assurance (Poultry)
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The Sr. Manager – FSQA, Poultry is responsible for providing quality oversight of domestic poultry suppliers through product quality monitoring & audits, product commercialization, managing & resolving quality incidents, and creating & managing product specifications. Other responsibilities include assess processing capabilities of supply partners and develop & approve secondary products to match brand standards.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Support cost savings initiatives by Supply Chain via product matching & commercialization. Provide technical expertise to internal and supply partners during production scale up and rollout
- Build, develop and manage a team that supports the IBIC Lab, Packaging and Appetizer & Sides category initiatives
- Develop product specifications to meet regulatory and cultural religious requirements. Assist Operations during testing and implementation
- Facilitate objective product cuttings with cross-functional teams to ensure compliance to specifications. Generate reports, monitor performance, and address negative trends and attributes outside of specification with Supplier
- Manage Quality Incident Reports (QIR’s) in product category by ensuring they are closed in a timely manner, monitoring for trends and emerging issues, collaborating cross functionally on issue investigations, and working with suppliers and distributors on corrective and preventive actions as needed
- Manage Product Audit Program via collaboration with 3rd party labs by conducting & reporting trend analyses of analytical and physical data. Communicate product audit results to suppliers and validate & monitor corrective action plans
- Perform periodic onsite audits of supplier facilities to ensure compliance to specification, company and quality assurance expectations, ensure corrective and preventive actions are sufficient
- Maintain an Approved Products List & Product Catalog by supplier utilizing QA database
- Maintain current and accurate records of all relevant communications, product audit reports, production data, commercialization reports, and corrective action plans for all approved and potential suppliers
- Perform risk analysis on new food items and ingredients to determine inherent product risk
- Implement and Monitor controls for identified hazards based on science and risk-based principles for identified products
- Assist Crisis Management Team during Product Recall & Withdrawal execution & response. Manages product holds related to product category not meeting specification for quality
- Monitor regulatory and industry activity for global crisis and emerging issues that impacts or potentially impacts Inspire Brands and escalate concerns to quality leadership as necessary
- Perform other related duties, tasks, and projects as assigned
EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE QUALIFICATIONS
- 4-Year Degree in Environmental Health, Meat Science, Food Science, Microbiology, Biology or related field
- Minimum of 6 years of food product development, commercialization, and quality assurance
- Minimum of six years of food safety industry experience
- Subject Matter Expertise in Poultry category
- Poultry & Food manufacturing experience required
REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS or ABILITIES
- Multiyear experience in managing effectively the above listed areas of responsibility
- In-depth understanding of assigned category (poultry/proteins, bakery, sauces, etc.)
- A strong understanding of food manufacturing for multiple product categories with in-depth understanding of food safety and statistical process control.
- A strong ability to match & commercialize products to existing brand standards
- Strong ability to evaluate products via taste testing to validate all organoleptic attributes.
- Strong understanding of Federal food safety regulations
- In-depth understanding of Global Food Safety Initiative Audit Schemes
- Strong analytical skills and attention to detail
- People and results oriented
- Bottom line management skills and strategic thinker
- Excellent presentation, and oratory skills
DECISION-MAKING AUTHORITY
- The Sr. Manager – FSQA, Poultry is limited on the spend authorities as established by corporate governance
- Authority to implement against all agreed upon and approved supply change strategy as directed
- Authority to implement process improvements in contracting once approved
DIRECT REPORTS
- Food Technologist
- Sr. Analyst – Appetizers/Sides/Freezer To Fryer
- Analyst - Packaging
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