Director of Quality

Job Title: Director of Quality

Salary: $150,000 - 175,000

Bonus: 30% Bonus

Travel: Travel Required – up to 50% but could be negotiable, will be overseeing multiple locations (Chicago, NJ, & Houston, TX)

Key Notes:

- Bachelors Degree in Related Field; Masters Degree or Higher is Preferred

- 3-5+ Years of Senior FSQA Leadership

- 7-10+ Years of experience working with imported or private brands with large # of SKUs.

- Will have QA leaders reporting into this Director from each site.

- FSQA leadership at a federal CFIA/FDA plant could trump a degree (CFIA is Canadian Food Inspection Agency)

- SQF Practitioner or equivalent GFSI scheme experience

- HACCP Certified

- Develop and direct Food Safety & Quality Assurance (FSQA) support/evaluation programs and inspection/audit procedures to ensure compliance of products and processes to corporate and regulatory requirements. The incumbent will manage FSQA execution of source supplier approval, product sourcing functions, produced products, plant sanitation and FSQA related regulatory interaction for the company.

- Develop, lead, direct, update, reassessment, verification, and periodic validation of FSQA programs including HACCP Program, Sanitation Standard Operating Procedures, Pest Control, Good Manufacturing Practices, Approved Supplier Program, Foreign Material Control, Plant Sanitation, Chemical Control, Product Quality Assurance, FSQA Customer Complaints, Food Defense and Security

- Direct Independent FSQA Audit Program - SQF Audits

- Direct Employee Training of FSQA Programs, Policies, and Procedures

- Direct Recall and Traceability Programs including Mock Recalls