AGC Quality Manager

Adams Group - Woodland, CA

Full-time

Woodland, CA

Crop Production

About the position

The AGC Quality Manager assists in documenting and executing the Grain Company's Quality Programs for two locations in collaboration with the Corporate Quality and Food Safety Director, the AGC Lab/QC Supervisor, the AGC Quality & Food Safety Coordinator and each site's Plant Management for their effective execution in production operations. The Quality Manager communicates directly with customers to address documentation needs and product inquiries and concerns. Adams Group is committed to producing and distributing high quality products through adherence to industry and regulatory standards. As an Adams Group employee, you will be trained on our food safety policies and will be held accountable to adhering to them. You will be encouraged and required to notify supervision about actual or potential food safety issues. Everyone at Adams is involved in delivering safe food - within your scope of work you will be empowered to act to resolve food safety issues.

Responsibilities

• Develop new Quality program documentation and regularly audits existing Quality program documentation for continuous improvement; perform validation activities in support of new and existing programs, as needed.
• Leads customer, regulatory, and supplier audits in collaboration with QFS Director.
• Assists in developing and delivering educational materials for team member training in relation to Quality programs or corrective actions.
• Participate in annual SQF Program validations and annual internal Q&FS management systems audit.
• Oversee AGC Quality programs, specifically: Annual Monitoring of Product Quality (Heavy Metals, Pesticides, Nutritional, Mycotoxins, etc.); Annual testing proficiency (LPP) amongst staff, In-house & Neogen; Allergen Program: product matrix documentation, verification and validation testing; GMP compliance; Internal Inspections and associated corrective actions; Risk Assessments, as needed; Production document review and CCP/PC verifications; Non-GMO; and Kosher.
• Support Grain Incidents & Loss (IL) program: track, manage, and document investigations for customer complaints and identified issues; assist in conducting investigations for all quality deviations, populate Corrective Action Reports (CAR), as needed.
• Provides QFS focused guidance when collaborating with other departments on various projects, including developing SOPs in collaboration with operations, lab, production planning, customer service, or other departments.
• Manages customer-facing Quality Documentation such as Product Data Sheets and COAs; Audits for accuracy and updates when applicable.
• Responsible for Specification Management across different commodities and products with the goal of streamlining specifications for operations while satisfying customer concerns and requirements.
• Creates and updates inventory items in ERP.
• Supports R&D efforts by developing and managing testing regimes for new or changed product quality; successfully accumulates meaningful data, analyzes, and reports results to management.
• Presents technical knowledge regarding Quality items to customers to support Operations and Sales teams when needed.
• Promptly informs management of known or anticipated problems.
• Exercises tact and discretion in interpersonal contacts; respects confidentiality of privileged information particularly with developing products.
• Demonstrates commitment to continued personal and professional growth.
• Other duties and special projects, as assigned.

Requirements

• Bachelors of Science, Food Science, Chemistry or related field preferred.
• 5+ years of experience working in the food industry in quality and food safety program documentation & execution.
• Understanding of food regulations and Global Food Safety requirements.
• Required Certifications: HACCP and PCQI; SQF Practitioner, preferred.
• Excellent communication skills required.
• Proficiency with ERP systems, word processing, spreadsheets and report writing.
• Ability to work with minimal supervision.
• Ability to analyze data and make determinations.
• Ability to provide presentations and training.