Smucker needs to ensure its Frozen Handheld & Spreads plants consistently meet high standards for food safety and quality, as well as regulatory and customer requirements.
Requirements
- Strong knowledge of quality assurance, food manufacturing, packaging, processing and distribution; USDA HACCP, FDA FSMA, GFSI (BRCGS)
- Proven ability to develop written tools, Policies, SOPs.
- Demonstrated ability with continuous improvement
- Bachelor's degree in Food Science, Biology, Microbiology or related scientific degree
- Previous experience in low-moisture ready-to-eat (RTE) foods (strongly preferred)
- Previous experience in bread manufacturing with focus in bread quality
- Preventive Controls Qualified Individual (human food) or HACCP experience
Responsibilities
- Assure the manufacturing facilities are in compliance with JMS Quality and Food safety policies and procedures; all Federal, State and local regulatory requirements including Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) and Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI) and any other applicable certifications.
- Drive and support each facility’s Operational Excellence (OpsEx) journey with quality loss elimination tasks by supporting the use of Quality Pillar tools and the integration within other OpsEx Pillars.
- Conduct/Lead 19 Key Element operational QA audits with JMS CQA team and follow up with plant teams on identified gaps and corrective/preventative actions (CAPA).
- Lead/participate as CQA representative in improvement projects with Uncrustables plant teams and our cross functional partners (R&D, TSO, Engineering, etc.)
- Drive continual quality improvement as measured by Quality key performance indicators including internal and external audits, and company quality metrics
- Provide technical support to the manufacturing plants as it relates to, but not limited to, quality and food safety requirements.
- Assist in the management of plant quality non-conformances and escalations with the goal of investigating root cause and implementing corrective/preventative actions to prevent incident reoccurrence.
Other
- Hybrid – onsite a minimum of 9 days a month, primarily during core weeks as determined by the Company; maybe more as business need requires
- Flexibility: Ability to work outside core hours and travel to support plant operations.
- Travel – up to 35% annually
- Responsible for the development and mentorship of the plant JMS QA managers and their teams.
- Demonstrated ability to work in cross-functional & team-oriented environment with multiple disciplines while providing leadership through influence rather than authority
