Quality Manager

Overview

The Quality Assurance Manager is accountable for ensuring that the plant follows and adheres to quality protocols and produces the highest quality product. The Quality Manager is responsible for leading Quality Technicians and developing a team of Quality Supervisors. Responsibilities include cost efficiency, continuous improvement on processes, service, and safety for an entire business unit across all shifts. The Quality Control Manager works with production, maintenance, and warehouse teams across the plant by communicating quality procedures, developing sustainable practices to maintain superior quality.

Responsibilities

• Lead the salaried Quality professionals to ensure effective application of quality management techniques

• Deliver effective change leadership while driving business changes and minimizing people impact

• Communicate and collaborate cross-functionally to assist team to solve operational issues

• Builds people capability through effective employee relations, hiring, training, and communication for front-line hourly and salaried personnel

• Motivate team members to achieve plan goals

• Identify and lead efforts of product/process quality and cost management opportunities to achieve productivity gains

• Lead the plant QC Pillar through the Continuous Improvement journey

• Lead and develop action plans with production, engineering, and division Quality Assurance to improve the product specifications, analytical procedures, and sampling programs and ensure that they are appropriate and meet system capability and key consumer requirements.

• Provide forward-thinking insights for future business improvements.

• Serve as a key statistical resource. Verify product and process improvements through the implementation and analysis of statistically designed experiments and capability studies. Lead food safety and compliance audits, including FSSC 22000, AIB, QAS

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience required. Preferably in engineering, business, operations management, or similar field

• Lean Six Sigma and Project Management Experience preferred

• Minimum of 5 years' experience in the Food/Beverage Industry preferred

• Clear understanding and working knowledge of process and compliance quality systems

• Clear understanding of Continuous Improvement Processes

• Strong organizational, interpersonal and presentation skills

• Knowledge of regulatory requirements and AIB standards

• Ability to motivate, lead, and work with teams

• Proficient in Microsoft Suite applications

• Ability to give and receive constructive feedback

• Ability to lead a team-based approach to decision-making

• Proven ability to work in a results-oriented, challenging environment

• Strong leadership skills with the ability to get results through mentoring others

• Effective coaching, facilitation, presentation, and team building skills

• This position is limited to persons with indefinite right to work in the United States

• Must have a valid driver's license

• Knowledge and understanding of Food Safety regulations, FSMA, Food Defense.

• PCQI / HACCP Certified

• Knowledge and experience with relevant GFSI standards

• COVID-19 vaccination is a condition of employment for this role. Please note that all such company vaccine requirements provide the opportunity to request an approved accommodation or exemption under applicable law

EEO Statement

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

PepsiCo is an Equal Opportunity Employer: Female / Minority / Disability / Protected Veteran / Sexual Orientation / Gender Identity

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