Food Safety Quality Assurance Associate Manager

Job Description

Job Description

Ocean Spray is hiring for a(n) FSQA Associate Manager! We’re a team of farmers, thinkers, creators, and doers. Whatever your title, whatever your role — it always comes back to this : we’re a farmer-owned co-op where everyone rolls up their sleeves to get the job done. Three maverick farmers started it all — and we’ve been making our own way ever since.

The Associate Food Safety & Quality Manager will be responsible for directing the implementation of FSQA policies at the assigned plant. You will establish standards for FSQA practices, monitor program performance, and analyze operational data to ensure plant compliance.

You will also assist with location audits and visits, serving as an FSQA resource for internal and external partners. Additionally, you will direct FSQA teams in improving Quality procedures and support, coach, and train team members to develop operational excellence.

A Day in the Life…

• Provides direct leadership and mentoring of the Food Safety and Quality Assurance (FSQA) staff and is responsible for their development and performance. Ability to connect / influence local plant management and plant workforce to drive a best in class Quality Culture.
• As a member of the Plant Leadership Team, influence plant leadership to ensure all FSQA programs and systems are implemented effectively. Coach / develop all plant leaders in regard to quality and statistical tools.
• Oversees and maintains robust FSQA programs (e.g. HACCP, sanitation, pest control, GMP, traceability, others) in the facility, implementing and ensuring compliance to Government and Ocean Spray Standards. Monitors key quality indicators / metrics, manages continuous improvement reviews and special projects as assigned.
• Responsible as Ocean Spray representative to outside governmental agencies, USDA, FDA, State Department of Agriculture, etc. and to consumers and customers through investigation and response to complaints. Leads all visits from external regulatory agencies.
• Audit Leadership – Responsible as Ocean Spray representative to customers for their audit requirements of our production facilities and to consultants that are employed for audits.
• Manages the investigation of product incidents and consumer complaint at the plant level. Utilizes RCA’s and ensures CAPA’s are implemented and verified. Empowers direct staff and collaborates with necessary departments to quickly understand issue.
• Responsible for ensuring plant sanitation requirements are met. Includes monitoring / auditing effectiveness of cleaning practices using visual and microbiological methods. Requires dotted line relationships to operations resources supervising and performing cleaning tasks.
• Sets standards for content of communication materials, distribution, and timeliness in relation to the food safety and quality practices of the Plant.

What We Are Looking For :

Benefits :

Complete insurance package on Day-1 that includes a plethora of health and wellness programs- Health, Dental, and Vision insurance

Health savings account

401(k) with up to 6% Company matching; additional potential discretionary match at year-end

Short-Term Incentive / Performance bonuses

Flexible scheduling options

Vacation pay, up to three weeks of time (pro-rated for your first year of employment)

Holiday pay for 12 holidays

Career development and growth opportunities

Tuition / Education assistance programs

Access to LinkedIn Learning

Scholarship programs for children of employees

Parental leave

Bright Horizons Family Solutions – Back-up care, tutoring, etc.

Adoption assistance

Bereavement leave

Up to $300 fitness reimbursement

Up to $300 massage reimbursement

Employee appreciation events

Employee discounts

Charitable giving

You might have our iconic cranberry juice in your fridge or have gotten into heated holiday debate about what’s better - canned or fresh cranberry sauce. But did you know that the hardworking people growing the superfruit in our products are 700 family farmers that own our cooperative? They entrust us with what is most precious to them to create new and innovative products that will delight consumers and grow this beloved brand today and into the future.

Team members, farmers, consumers and communities alike we value what makes us unique and strive to connect our farms to families for a better life by living our values :

– We embrace our grower-owners innovative spirit and heritage through confidence, learning and focus on the future.

– Guided by purpose, we are focused on delivering results for our grower-owners.

– We are ethical, doing the right thing for our grower-owners, customers, consumers and each other

– We build diverse and inclusive teams that strengthen our cooperative.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status.

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