Quality Analyst Lead

Role Overview

• Leading the team of QA analysts on shift in providing timely analysis of raw materials, in-process checks, and finished products.
• Performing inspections on equipment and facilities.
• Providing quality data and support to management in investigations and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Approves all daily production records to verify adherence to internal programs and standards.
• Records, issues, and approves all corrective actions needed to close gaps pertaining to preventive controls or general food safety and quality requirements.
• Ensures that all material data in SAP is correct and that the certificate profile for each material is set up.
• Reviews and approves finished product for compliance and positive release these goods via SAP system.
• Reviews all data in production floor data system for each run prior to release.
• Approves, verifies, and communicates disposition of incoming raw materials.
• Transacts, initiates, and communicates a Quality Hold within SAP system to block raw or finished inventory from shipment for issues observed during record review, shelf-life expiration, or as the result of notification from the production floor.
• Communicates updates and final disposition of affected product and performs all supporting system transactions to release, destroy, return, or rework product on hold.
• Ensures production records, internal audits, and other Quality Systems documentation is filed, stored and archived in accordance with record retention policies.
• Maintains the document registries and ensures that the document controllers for each department are trained on the proper documentation format and procedure.
• Back up to the QA Analysts responsibilities including but not limited to equipment and facility inspections and analytical testing.

Requirements

• High school diploma or general education degree (GED) required.
• 3-5 years of manufacturing quality assurance experience in a highly regulated environment such as food or pharmaceutical manufacturing
• Experience and training/certification with Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP), Standard Operating Procedures (SOP), Safe Quality Food (SQF) FDA, FSIS, ISO 9001 or USDA standards are strongly preferred.
• Must be able to effectively communicate information in one-on-one and small group situations.
• Ability to follow and implement written or oral instructions.
• Ability to problem solve with limited information.
• Ability to analyze a situation and investigate root cause.
• Knowledge of Microsoft Office, ERP systems, such as SAP, and RedZone is a plus.
• Due to SQF regulations, all employees must be able to fluently read, write, and converse in the English language.

Tech Stack

• ERP

Benefits

• health insurance
• retirement plans
• paid time off
• flexible work arrangements
• professional development
• comprehensive benefits package including a low premium and out of pocket cost medical, dental and vision coverage, 401k with company match, generous sick and vacation time, 9 paid holidays, birthday and floating holidays, volunteer time and more!