Assistant vacancy in Buffalo USA

Assistant Manager, Quality Assurance
Your Opportunity as the Assistant Manager Quality Assurance
Lead the Quality and Food Safety teams at our Topeka facility to drive continuous improvement initiatives and ensure consistent product quality that our furry four-legged consumers deserve! Provide mentorship and coaching to your team of Quality Lab Technicians as they execute their daily task in evaluating ingredients and asses food-safety and quality characteristics in finished products.

Location: Topeka KS

Work Arrangements: onsite 100%

In this role you will:
Partner with Quality Manager in developing and delivering on the site's Quality Pillar Master Plan
Lead personnel responsible for product formulations supplier compliance quality systems software and lab equipment maintenance and calibrations
Drive accountability in team performance based on safety quality reliability cost and sanitation standards
Be the lead technical resource for quality teams across the site and support skill building through Smucker Quality Management Systems (SQMS) and High-Performance Organization (HPO) design principles
Support the technical services group by communicating ingredient substitutions process modifications and in-plant test observations and evaluations
Address quality concerns and lead root cause analysis to drive towards a zero-loss and continuous improvement culture
Maintain key quality records in compliance with regulator 3rd party agencies
Review documentation of process critical control points to ensure that legal standards are being met and that substandard product is contained
Maintain open communication with the production team to ensure integrity of raw materials and finished product.
Conduct applicable process/system audits (on-line and in reports) to ensure that the individual unit operations are in conformance with the site quality procedures
Investigate and report customer and vendor complaints
Manage hold inventories and their reconciliation among various inventory systems
Participate in finished product holds and sample collection
Recommend and implement quality and laboratory training topics to improve technicians skills and/or manufacturing processes

The Right Place for You
We are bold kind strive to do the right thing we play to win and we believe in a strong community that thrives together. Our culture is rooted in our Basic Beliefs and we believe in supporting every employee by meeting their physical emotional and financial needs.

What we are looking for:

Minimum Requirements:
Bachelor’s degree in Science Engineering or a related field
3+ years of manufacturing operational experience
Experience managing teams in a high-performance work environment
Understand basic concepts of chemistry and microbiology
Ability to effectively trouble-shoot and make proactive decisions
Ability to work a flexible schedule (support site through key issues as needed)

Additional skills and experiences that we think would make someone successful in this role:
Experience in food processing and/or manufacturing

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