Contract Quality Manager (Food industry)

Job Title

 

Position Location

Downers Grove, Illinois,  60515

 

Pay/hours for position

Pay Rate: $45.00 per hour 

Hours:  8:00am-5:00pm Monday-Friday (onsite)

 

This is a contract position and fully onsite with our client.

 

 

Requirements of position

 

Must Have:

• High school diploma or GED

• 6+ years of food industry quality plant/systems experience with demonstrated achievement in Quality leadership.

• 2+ years supervisory experience

 

Nice to have:

• Bachelor’s Degree

• Expert abilities and decision quality in Food Safety, Regulatory, and Quality Systems and their application within food processing. Facilitate and/or direct resolution to issues as it relates to food safety and quality.

• Expert knowledge in Sanitation and GMP Practices, familiarity with Pest Control programs and techniques

• Knowledge of Quality Standards, and Quality Policies, with skills and ability to execute against requirements.

• Knowledge and general business acumen to support and influence Manufacturing, including best practices and innovative technologies.

• Knowledgeable in industry Food Safety/Quality audit practices, and skilled in adapting to achieve business best practices.

• Capable of engaging other business units in the development and standardization of: Quality manuals, policies, procedures, and data templates, audit standards and procedures, and Quality Key Performance Indicators.

• Knowledgeable in Statistical Process Control programs and Process capability studies.

• Ensures plant personnel are technically capable of handling non-routine quality system issues and that issues are investigated, documented, and resolved.

• Record of leadership and demonstrated success in collaborative development, documentation, planning, and implementation and continuous improvement of quality systems.

• Ability to drive facility leadership alignment on Quality objectives with an enterprise-wide mindset, and the adaptation of structure, processes, and systems to achieve objectives.

• Capable of influencing development steps used in the Innovation and Commercialization process to leverage Design in achieving consumer safety and quality objectives

• Assertive, outspoken, yet collaborative. Demonstrated skills influencing components of the company, tough-mindedness, vision, and political savvy to manage internal and external relationships and situations.

• Dedicated work habits, takes initiative, sets high standards

• Knowledgeable and capable of collaboration on quality programs; drives improvement of consumer-based specifications.

• Awareness of Continuous Improvement tools.

• Ability to manage, coach, and develop people, talent, and skills needed for the job.

• Ability to demonstrate and execute against the company’s leadership model

• Desired certifications: PCQI, HACCP, GFSI (SQF)

 

 

 

Responsibilities of position

 

Well known food client in Downers Grove, IL is looking for a Contract Quality Manager.

This position is 100% onsite with our client.  40 hours per week.

 

Day to Day:

• Develop, drive, and continually improve a comprehensive food safety and quality program as defined by the company QPM and CSC North American Quality Policies. (Compliance Quality)

• Drive process improvement initiatives through staff, work group, company Quality staff, and R&D (Process/Food Quality)

• Manage & Drive Consumer Complaint programs, initiatives, and consumer delight models for each business.

• Manage department and team by establishing goals, objectives, individual development plans and coaching.

• Support plant programs across Safety, People, Quality, Delivery and Cost.

Will work with Operations, maintenance, Quality, HR, shipping and receiving, Corporate

100% onsite position.