Manager Plant Quality

• Complies with all company safety policies and procedures as well as complying with all OSHA rules and regulations. (THINK SAFETY FIRST.) 

• Ensures all plant personnel adhere to good manufacturing practices (GMP) including proper waste disposal, personal hygiene and personal practices. 

• Responsible for developing and presenting to all employees a complete orientation process which provides training in the Key Concepts of Food Safety and Quality and understands that identification of any failures in these areas is their responsibility. Maintain compliance to annual training requirements. 

• Works closely with Operations and Maintenance to drive Food Safety and Quality ownership to the floor 

• Trains and  develops subordinates in the performance of their duties 

• Manages Plant timelines and critical milestones for the Food safety and Quality Improvement Plan and other food safety/quality metrics (ie. Complaint reduction, quality incident reduction, and quality index scores) 

• Interprets, analyzes, and communicates quality and food safety issues, both internal and external (consumer complaints), and initiates applicable corrective measures 

• Ensures compliance to all applicable regulatory agency requirements ( USDA, FDA, CFIA, etc.) 

• Liaison with local USDA and or FDA inspectors and any other food regulatory officers that visit the plant 

• Provides leadership for compliance to food safety and quality programs Implements and maintains quality programs. i.e., HACCP to regulatory and company requirements;  maintain SQF certification;  specifications for raw and finished materials; recall program; environmental monitoring program; and comprehensive pest control program. 

• Develops corrective action when Food Safety or Quality deficiency is identified. 

• Acts as liaison for all technical and QC issues between operations, RQI, and sales/marketing departments 

• Provides Corporate with quality assurance assistance involving vendor issues, both improvements and corrective measures 

• Oversees product quality with regards new product implementation and introduction into market. Ensure use of applicable MOPD and CQV tools. 

• FS&Q pillar owner for Lamb Weston Operating Culture. Utilize continuous improvement tools to identify opportunity and development improvement plans. 

• B. S. degree required, preference in Biology, Food Science, or other related program 

• 5+ years experience in plant manufacturing environment with strong preference for FSQ experience

• Good verbal and written communication skills 

• Ability to train and teach others 

• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret common scientific and technical journals, financial reports, and legal documents 

• Ability to respond to common inquiries or complaints from customers, regulatory agencies, or members of the business community 

• Ability to effectively present information to top management or public groups 

• Ability to apply mathematical operations to such tasks as frequency distribution, determination of test reliability and validity, analysis of variance, correlation techniques, sampling theory, and factor analysis; formalizing process capability, institutionalizing process control and predictive quality process 

• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions 

• Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables 

• Skills in monitoring and measurement of process control, auditing, manufacturing of food products, sanitation process, knowledge of HACCP, SSOP regulations, skills in team leadership, effective communication, and root cause analysis 

Physical Requirements 

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and hear.  The employee frequently is required to stand and walk.  The employee is occasionally required to sit; use hands to finger, handle, and feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; taste and smell.  The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.  Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus. The employee will be exposed to a noisy environment that varies from hot to cold in temperature. The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.