Quality Manager II Plant

You may know McCormick as a leader in herbs spices seasonings and condiments and were only getting started. At McCormick were always looking for new people to bring their unique flavor to our team.

McCormick employees all 14000 of us across the world are what makes this company a great place to work.

We are looking to hire an Quality Manager immediately in our Gretna Lousiana plant.

What We Bring To The Table:

The best people deserve the best addition to the benefits youd expect from a global leader (401k health insurance paid time off etc.) we also offer:

Competitive compensation

Career growth opportunities

Flexibility and Support for Diverse Life Stages and Choices

Under the general supervision of the QA Director the QA Manager provides leadership at the Plant for the development implementation and administration of the Quality Control function to ensure product safety integrity and conformance with respect to customer Divisional Corporate and regulatory requirements.

This position will work in collaboration with the Plant and McCormick Divisional leadership to formulate and execute a strategic quality plan for the business. Responsible for managing vendor quality programs as well as customer complaints through root cause analysis. Provide leadership to develop and implement food safety program e.g. HACCP GMPs Pest Control Recall Food Allergen and Environmental Monitoring.

As a member of the Plant Leadership Team requires comprehensive understanding of the concepts and principles within their own functional area and also requires basic knowledge of these elements in other relevant functional areas in order to participate in the resolution of issues that have an impact beyond the area or impact multiple areas.

Key Responsibilities

• Maintaining customer quality satisfaction through the implementation and use of programs to control raw materials in-process materials production process environmental conditions and finished products.
• Conducts or coordinates customer/vendor visits and third party audits. Execute plans for continuous improvement for operations. Prepares and oversees customer site visits and audits.
• Utilizes the MHPS Systems to empower and develop their teams using established MHPS systems core beliefs guiding principles and attributes. Performs evaluations and creates development/training plans for individuals within the team and manages employee relations. Actively uses PDPs to document and facilitate improvement/recognition discussions. Manages compensation process for team and recommends wage increases for high performers (pay for performance).
• Interact with other division QA Managers Directors and Corporate QA leadership. Lead QA Team to develop specifications BOMs recipes and inspection plans for raw materials and finished goods.
• Managing department staffing expense budget and capital projects
• Ensures compliance with applicable laws and regulations issued by OSHA EPA FDA and other federal state and local regulatory agencies

Required Qualifications

• BSc in Technical Quality/Research/Product Development
• Minimum of 7-10 years functional/leadership experience
• Demonstrated significant and relevant skills and results in functional area
• Strong leadership experience with demonstrated success in managing multiple projects and people
• The job requires a detailed understanding of how all areas of the plant interact to contribute to the business.
• Requires a general understanding of the industry.
• Requires basic commercial awareness as it relates to competition but only requires limited understanding of the latest developments in the industry.
• Extensive knowledge of HACCP Auditing SSOPs GMPs FDA OSHA Quality Systems and Plant Sanitation required.

• Strong communication and diplomacy skills are required to guide and influence others.
• Leadership of exempt Team Managers or equivalent to achieve common objectives. May interface with external parties as representative of the plant/facility.
• Strong cross-functional strategic leadership communication and teamwork skills.
• Ability to translate strategy into actionable information in small or large groups in a clear concise and professional manner.
• Ability to influence upwards Interacts with Quality leadership Regulatory Customers Operations Materials and other departments as needed Frequent communication with outside customers and suppliers regulatory bodies and production

Other Skills and Competencies

Leadership: This job has full management responsibility for the teamincluding management of people defining roles and responsibilitiesplanning for the departments future needs and operations counsellingemployees on performance and contributing to employee paydecisions/changes.

As a general policy McCormick does not offer employment visa sponsorships upon hire or in the future.

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 religion national origin disability protected veteran status age or any other characteristic protected by law.

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Base Salary: $103520 - $181150

Base salary compensation will be determined based on factors such as geographic location skills education experience for this role and/or internal equity of our current employees as part of any final offer. This position is also eligible to participate in McCormicks Incentive Bonus (MIB) addition to a competitive compensation package permanent employees of McCormick are eligible for our extensive Total Rewards programs that include:

- Comprehensive health plans covering medical vision dental life and disability benefits

- Family-friendly benefits such as paid parental leave fertility benefits Employee Assistance Program and caregiver support

- Retirement and investment programs including 401(k) and profit-sharing plans