Quality Team Manager (Lab)

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 a Quality Team Managerimmediately in our Gretna LA 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

Wellbeing programs including

Position Overview
Under the general direction of the Quality Manager II the Quality Team Manager leads engages and develops approximately 10 non-exempt laboratory technicians and to ensure continuous distribution of products consistent with established standards and/or customer specifications. The Quality Team Manager works within the High Performance Cultural Framework; actively teaching coaching developing and mentoring team members while demonstrating a deep respect for the capabilities of all people.

Key Responsibilities
Leads and manages the laboratory technicians to achieve key indicator results that support the MMCs strategic objectives goals strategies and 10%
Provides direction and supports the daily management and work prioritization of approx. 15 direct reports to achieve flawless process and product quality goals 10%
Assist with the creation and implementation of sites Quality Systems and provide 3rd party audit & Regulatory inspection support 10%
Creates and leads the structure of High Performance to engage the team to utilize continuous improvement and lean tools to optimize results within the quality team 10%
Assures compliance with Corporate QA/QC policies and procedures as well as Federal State and local regulations 10%
Manages fiscal responsibility to ensure the department spend is consistent with business requirements 10%
Investigates identifies and communicates documented root cause and corrective actions for quality defective material 10%
Maintains customer quality satisfaction through inspection of raw materials in-process materials production processes environmental conditions and finished products 10%
Ensures the timely compliance to all corporate divisional and customer correlation/calibration programs 10%
Conducts and participates in customer visits and audits as needed 10%

Required Qualifications
Bachelors and/or Masters Degree in Engineering Food Science Chemistry Microbiology or another technical field
Certification and/or Licenses Experience - functional/industry/commercial knowledge business acumen:
Willingness and ability to work flexible hours to manage a 24/7 four shift operation
Minimum one (1) year of experience leading others through a project or initiative.
Minimum three (3) years working in Quality in food beverage flavor pet food and/or ingredient manufacturing plant(s)
Demonstrated knowledge of increased complexity such as working in another functional or technical area significant project assignments job rotation etc.
Experience with food manufacturing sanitation programs
Sustained demonstrated leadership in a High Performance / High Performance Systems (HPS) environment
Successful management of projects through to successful completion
Demonstrated understanding of how day to day decisions affect business results customers staffing materials processing and maintenance
Experience reacting to multiple and changing priorities and achieving results within a compressed time frame
Experience recognizing problems analyzing them offering solutions and using logical thought processes when making decisions
Experience reading and interpreting technical documents such as specifications procedure manuals and technical data sheets
Experience developing coaching and motivating employees in a team based environment
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Experience writing technical procedures

Preferred Qualifications
Certification and/or Licenses: SQF Practitioner Certification PCQI certification
Knowledge of and experience working with Food Safety Programs
Working knowledge of statistics
Experience managing Quality Systems and Pre-requisite Programs
Experience working with SAP software system
Experience with High Performance Organization (HPO) Programs
Demonstrated analytical skills to determine root cause and deliver corrective actions
FDA and USDA experience

Work Environment Designation: Production

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.

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