Quality Assurance Supervisor

The ideal candidate will be constantly assessing the systems in place to ensure that they are both safe and operating efficiently. This candidate will be comfortable managing a team and conducting analysis in order to highlight areas for improvement. This candidate should also be comfortable ensuring necessary utilities are working correctly and possess strong organizational skills in order to keep track of multiple projects at once.ResponsibilitiesPlans and implements programs that meet corporate, Food Safety, and Quality missions. Provides continuing documentation, verifying compliance with the mission and strategic plan.Achieves Food Safety and Quality objectives including compliance to product specifications by contributing information and analysis to the strategic plan, completing action plans, implementing customer service standards, identifying and correcting out-of-control processes, and managing both internal and external product safety and quality audits. Assists in driving continuous process improvement and implementing change when required.Develops food safety and quality plans by actively managing the development of HACCP plans and all appropriate pre-requisite programs such as sanitation programs, GMPs, employee training, and supplier approval.Validates Food Safety and Quality plans by developing product and process specifications and provides documented evidence of continuous compliance. The capability of developing and implementing corrective action-preventative measures in the event that a process is out of control.Drives continuous process and product improvement based on data and the application of statistical techniques.Ability to effectively hire and manage packinghouse staff. Provides coaching, counseling, and disciplinary action when required. Effectively evaluates employee''s performance against agreed-upon objectives.Ability to effectively work with night sanitation staff. Provides coaching, counseling, and disciplinary action when required. Effectively evaluates employee''s performance against agreed-upon objectives.Maintains expertise in managing Regulatory issues.Updates and communicates Food Safety and Quality knowledge to the organization.Drives culture and ethics to assure safe, quality production of food to enhance the Pero Family Farms Brand with customers & consumers.Qualifications.B.S. degree preferable, but not required in the relevant area of study, i.e. Food Science, Bacteriology, Chemical Engineering, Statistics, Horticulture, Dairy Science.Minimum 2 years'' experience preferable, but not required in supervising Food Safety and Quality programs.Excellent verbal and written communications skillsA proven problem solverExperience in the development and execution of strategic plansDrives continuous improvementWorking knowledge of Quality Statistics and process controlHas the ability to develop and implement HACCP programs and all associated pre-requisite programsAbility to effectively manage technical staffAbility to interact with customersAbility to effectively communicate with a non-technical organizationAbility to drive organizational culture and ethics to protect customers and the Pero Family Farms Brand

Created: 2025-09-06