Quality Systems Manager - South Bend IN
Quality Systems Manager - South Bend IN
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McCormick & Company Inc. a global leader in the spice flavor and seasonings industry is seeking a fulltime Quality Systems Manager.This new hire will work in ourSouth Bend IN plant.The Quality Systems Manager will report to a Quality Assurance Manager.
McCormick & Company Incorporated is a global leader in flavor with approximately 13000 employees worldwide. As a Fortune 500 company with over $5 billion in annual sales across 160 countries and territories we manufacture market and distribute spices seasoning mixes condiments and other flavorful products to the entire food industry including ecommerce retailfood manufacturers and foodservice businesses. Our most popular brands include McCormick Frenchs Franks RedHot Stubbs OLD BAY Lawrys Zatarains Ducros Vahin Cholula Schwartz Kamis DaQiao Club House Aeroplane and Gourmet Garden. Every day no matter where or what you eat or drink you can enjoy food flavored by McCormick. Our Purpose is To Stand Together for the Future of Flavor and our Vision is A World United by Flavorwhere healthy sustainable and delicious go hand in hand.
As a company recognized for its exceptional commitment to employees McCormick offers a wide variety of benefits programs and services. Benefits include but are not limited to tuition assistance medical dental vision disability group life insurance 401(k) profit sharing paid holidays and vacations.
Under the general direction of the Quality Assurance Manager the Quality Systems Manager develops and maintains the Quality Management System for the plant. The QSM maintains and implements all plant level procedures that affects food safety and food quality. The QSM also manages internal third party regulatory and customer audits; maintenance and implementation of plant quality systems policies and procedures; customer complaint investigations and responses; and required Quality related training for all employees in the facility. In addition the QSM manages a direct report responsible for the of Quality Systems tasks within the facility.
Key Responsibilities: (Included but not limited to)
- Leads the development maintenance and auditing of the plant Quality systems and specific customer driven programs.
- Leads internal Food Safety Team and maintains all aspects of Food Safety program.
- Revises and distributes procedural changes to the Quality programs.
- Conducts internal and mock audits and facilitates 3rd party customer regulatory and vendor audits; develops and manages root cause and corrective action program for audit findings.
- Leads the plant in determining the annual Quality Program training needs and assists in the scheduling and implementation of these programs plant wide.
- Provides customer required documentation including but not limited to monthly / quarterly reports Certificates of Analysis and customer complaint/inquiry responses.
- Primary trainer for GMP Food Safety and allergens in the plant.
- Maintains and updates plant recall program; schedules and conducts traceability exercises.
- Oversees the plant sanitation and GMP compliance through managing the pest control and environmental control programs and auditing the sanitation procedures.
- Administers foreign material control program.
- Administers allergen control program through program management and training.
- Provides Quality leadership to the facility in the absence of the Quality Manager.
- Collaborates with facility engineering team to ensure that all projects are assessed through the change management process.
- Provides leadership with cause effect and corrective actions required to resolve deviations from customer standards.
- Interacts with McCormick corporate and customers at any and all levels required to establish and maintain effective business relationships.
- Assists in managing nonconforming goods through the Quality Notification Process by supporting the segregation tagging sampling disposition and communication of held raw materials work in process and finished goods with Quality andFood Safety concerns.
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelors inFood Science Chemistry Engineeringor a relevant technical field
- SQF Practitioner Certification
- Experience leading teams and/or managing direct reports
- Knowledge and experience working with Food Safety Programs and related required documentation
- Experience with GFSI
- Experience reading and interpreting technical documents such as specifications procedure manuals and technical data sheets
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills necessary to effectively interact with all levels within the facility and organization as well as with external auditors suppliers and customers
- Experience working well with all levels of employees as well as internal and external customers in both individual and teambased situations
- Minimum 4 years of Quality experience in a food beverage flavor ingredientand/or pet food manufacturing
- Ability to communicate clearly and effectively with others both verbally and in writing
- Diplomacy
- Problem solving
Other Skills and Competencies:
- Values all people
- Influence
- Perrsonal and Team Leadership
- Strategic thinking
- Effective decision making
Preferred Qualifications:
Certifications and/or Licenses:
- HACCP
- PCQI
Preferred Experience:
- Working knowledge of statistics
- Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) experience
- SAP experience
- FDA and USDA experience
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McCormick & Company is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex gender identity sexual orientation race color religionnational origin disability protectedveteran status age or any other characteristic protected by law.
As a general policy McCormick does not offer employment visa sponsorships upon hire or in the future.
Required Experience:
Manager
Employment Type
Full Time
