Interim Head of Quality Assurance

3 weeks ago

Mississauga, Canada LHH Knightsbridge Full time

IMMEDIATE INTERIM OPPORTUNITY

Interim Head of Quality Assurance (Director)

Reports To: COO

Duration: 6 – 12 months (possible permanent)

Location: Mississauga, ON (on-site)


Our client, a Canadian food manufacturing company, is seeking an Interim Head of Quality Assurance to conduct a thorough review of the existing food safety and quality program, provide recommendations to build a new program and ultimately implement the changes. The Interim Head of QA will simultaneously oversee the current program and install the right team to manage it long-term while providing advisory support to the COO.They will also lead QA-related aspects of business development, customer management programs and manage the annual audit process for a variety of certification processes.


Key Accountabilities:

  • Build and lead the plant-level quality and food safety programs.
  • In collaboration with the COO, implement quality enhancement processes and procedures at the plant level to achieve process improvements and cost savings.
  • Responsible for GMP, HACCP & BRC Quality Systems, consistent with company policies and procedures as well as regulatory compliance.
  • Perform as a HACCP leader to ensure HACCP program and pre-requisite programs are up-to-date and fully implemented in production.
  • Support the maintenance of all certifications, including BRC, Vegan, Kosher, Non-GMO, Organic, Gluten-Free (GFCO).
  • Collaborate with the Plant Operations and Product Development Teams on new product launches to ensure new products meet specifications.
  • Maintain a library of finished product specifications, SOPs, SSOPs, QA forms etc.
  • Apply Statistical Process Controls to maintain product quality/food safety, prepare and evaluate KPI report.
  • Create training materials to support GMP/HACCP/Sanitation programs at all levels of the company and provide routine employee training on quality, regulatory, and food safety principles and policies to ensure 100% completion of the training.
  • Review plant issues, ensure problems are resolved, and follows-up on customer/supplier complaints with corrective actions and preventive measures.
  • Maintain Recall/Mock Recall, Traceability, FIFO, Continuous Improvement, Sanitation, Pest Control, Food Security, etc.
  • Support third party audits (BRC, Organic, Kosher, etc.), customer and internal audit.
  • Manages, motivate QA personnel, and prepare recommendations for team development.
  • Prepare budgetary recommendations regarding QA department and Sanitation.
  • Oversee facility sanitation through monitoring of environmental swabbing and communicate with a Sanitation supervisor on any identified cleaning issues.
  • Review internal/external testing results for the raw material, finished products, etc.
  • Support the maintenance of Supplier Programs and the approval of new and existing suppliers.
  • Direct reports – several QA technicians, plant and business development-focused resources.
  • Routinely coach, guide and review performance and delegate responsibilities on a regular basis to ensure effective development of team members.
  • Advise and deliver appropriate training and system orientation, provide leadership and coach the quality team on all quality related issues.


Competencies and Requirements:

  • University Degree in either Food Science, Microbiology, Engineering or related field and ~10 years of food related QA Management experience.
  • Solid knowledge of BRC FS Standard Issue 6.
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
  • Lead by example management style that incorporates coaching for success with a fair but firm approach on Quality and Food safety.
  • Demonstrated high level of initiative, judgment, and decision-making skills in order to organize and prioritize tasks, workload and projects.
  • Supporter of “Do Things Right the First Time” principle.
  • Leadership abilities with excellent time management skills.
  • Disciplined, motivated and accountable for all QA matters.
  • Tact and diplomacy are required in dealing with colleagues in everyday working relationships.
  • Proficient in Word, Excel, Access software to produce effective reports, documents, spreadsheets.



PLEASE SEND YOUR CV (AS A WORD DOC) TO: Interim.Applications@LHHknightsbridge.com (Subject: Job Title)


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