Food Safety & Quality Manager

Yost Foods is a leader in food ingredient manufacturing dedicated to providing high-quality products that meet the needs of our clients and consumers. Our commitment to safety, quality, and regulatory compliance is paramount as we strive to maintain our reputation as an industry leader.

The Food Safety & Quality Manager is responsible for developing, implementing, and managing quality control systems to ensure adherence to food safety, specifications, regulatory compliance, and continuous improvement of products to comply with Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Ohio Department of Agriculture (ODA), Safe Quality Food (SQF), Kosher, Organic and Gluten Free.

Key Responsibilities:

• Collaborates with Research and Development (R&D) and Regulatory Compliance for raw material and finished product approval.
• Monitors and reacts to trends or emerging issues that could negatively affect performance by engaging the appropriate functions and process owners.
• Audits first runs with R & D to ensure manufacturing understanding and compliance with safe food products, specifications, and work instructions.
• Develops and maintains up to date quality procedures and programs. Documents the same in the form of a company Quality Assurance manual, Food Safety Plan(s), and/or Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP) Plans.
• Assists Regulatory Compliance in ensuring compliance with regulatory agencies and firms such as FDA, ODA, USDA/Organic, and Kosher for third party auditors
• Serves as the Safe Quality Food (SQF) Practitioner.
• Coordinates training and audit for QA programs including Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP), food safety, and sanitation.
• Works in conjunction with R & D to administer the manufacturing testing and retention program.
• Coordinates with laboratories when testing or research is external.
• Audits lot integrity by spot checking work orders, shipping and receiving documents, mock trace exercises and food defense assessments.
• Audits shipping and receiving documents.
• Maintains revision control for QA documents (e.g.: processes, policy relating to QA, Manufacturing, Shipping/Receiving, and Inventory Control) and implements process of record review, verification, and validation.
• Coordinates and manages the company’s HACCP Plan and all other Food Safety and Quality Programs and necessary training.
• Responsible for maintaining and improving all FSQ programs in conjunction with Regulatory Compliance and other relevant departments. Allergen control, and foreign material control.
• Coordinates with cross-functional teams to determine root cause and corrective actions
• Manages QA technicians and trains employees on Food Safety Management systems.
• Effectively communicates with all department management/subordinate levels, as well as executive/department manager levels to inform personnel of communications, decisions, and policies

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in food science, microbiology, biology, chemistry or equivalent required; 5-7 years of Quality Assurance experience preferred.
• Quality Assurance in food manufacturing, SQF, PCQI, and HACCP certifications and/or familiarity are a plus.
• Knowledge/experience with FDA regulations required; Better Process Controls Certification preferred.
• Must have experience with cleaning Sanitation Standard Operating Procedures.
• Basic knowledge of Microsoft Office, with the flexibility to learn new technology, and ERP systems, and document control systems.
• Ability to respond to common inquiries or concerns from vendors, coworkers, or management.
• Ability to interact clearly and effectively, in both written and oral communication, with vendors, management, and co-workers.
• Ability to perform accurate weigh outs, understand and accurately perform math percentages, addition, subtraction, division, and multiplication as it relates to production.

What We Offer:

• Competitive Salary: $90,000-$110,000/yr – Offer based on experience.
• Safe working environment – PPE and continuous training
• PTO available after 60-day introductory period
• 9 paid holidays
• 401K with company match
• Company Paid Health Insurance for employee – available after 30 days

Shift: Monday – Friday in person at our Brunswick, OH location

If this sounds like the career move for you, we ENCOURAGE you to apply TODAY! Resumes can be sent to careers@yostfoods.com