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Job Id:
208
# of Openings:
1
Position: Quality Services Team Leader - 1st Shift
Reports to: Quality Services Manager
Department: Quality
Location: Holland, MI
Reports to: Quality Services Manager
Department: Quality
Location: Holland, MI
As a Quality Services Team Leader at Request Foods, you will play a pivotal role in overseeing and ensuring the highest Quality and Food Safety standards in our manufacturing environment. This position requires a detail-oriented individual with a strong background in food safety, quality control, and supervisory experience.
Essential Responsibilities:
- Be a Quality and Food Safety Champion for Request Foods, by fostering a strong Food Safety culture in the facility.
- Train and develop Quality Control Technicians on Food Safety and Quality concepts such as HACCP and GMPs, to ensure compliance with Request Foods, Regulatory, and Industry standards.
- Implement and maintain Quality and Food Safety policies, procedures, and standards throughout the manufacturing process to satisfy regulatory and customer requirements.
- Organize Quality Technician personnel to meet departmental objectives based on facility activities and production schedules.
- Lead Quality and Food Safety incident investigations, offering direction and guidance on the handling of non-conforming materials, and production equipment and environment.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams as the Subject Matter Expert for Quality and Food Safety.
- Facility liaison for Regulatory and customer representatives.
- Facilitate GFSI and customer specific audits.
- Review production reports and documentation for accuracy and completion assigning follow up as appropriate.
- Conduct regular audits and inspections of the production process, raw materials, and finished products to identify areas for improvement and confirm adherence to quality and food safety standards.
Key Qualifications:
- Associates degree or higher in a science discipline, or equivalent experience.
- Minimum of 3-5 years of experience in quality control or food safety within the food manufacturing industry.
- Strong leadership and team management skills.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Able to work independently with various software.
- Knowledge of USDA and FDA regulations and industry specific Quality standards.
- Exceptional attention to detail.
- Ability to interpret technical documents and specifications
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