Quality Assurance Manager

Job description

Roquette is a family-owned global leader in plant-based ingredients, a pioneer of plant proteins and a leading provider of pharmaceutical excipients.

What makes us proud?

Using plant-based resources, we collaborate with our customers and partners to imagine and offer ingredients to better feed people and treat patients.

Each of our ingredients responds to unique and essential needs, and they enable healthier lifestyles.

Quality Assurance Manager

What We Need

The successful candidate will be highly responsible, detail oriented, motivated, and a self-starter with a broad understanding of food safety, quality control and quality systems. In addition, this individual will possess the ability to effectively communicate and develop professional relationships with internal and external parties.

This position will require collaborative work with cross functional groups including Operations, Supply Chain, Sales, Purchasing, Vendors and Customers.

What We Offer

·  Enjoy a highly collaborative team environment with ample room for exponential career growth.
·  Competitive pay, annual performance bonus, comprehensive benefits, 6.2% company retirement contribution, and professional development opportunities.
·  Generous paid time off and 12 annual paid company holidays.
·  12 weeks 100% paid maternity leave, and up to 4 weeks 100% paid parental leave (including adoption/surrogacy/foster care leave) for non-birthing parents. Student loan repayment assistance and tuition reimbursement program.
·  Annual wellness benefit and wellness centered programs focused on your health needs.

What You'll Do

·  Quality Assurance Programs Management:
·  Oversee Roquette's Quality Assurance programs for manufacturing operations related to human food and animal feed production.
·  Ensure compliance with FDA and GMP standards, implement HACCP, and manage documentation, complaint investigation, non-conformance investigation, and technical support related to Quality.
·  Vendor Quality Management:
·  Manage vendor quality improvement initiatives and corrective action plans.
·  Program Design and Implementation:
·  Design, develop, and implement QA management and food safety programs.
·  Collaboration:
·  Collaborate with cross-functional groups including Operations, Supply Chain, Sales, Purchasing, Vendors, and Customers.
·  Analysis and Problem Solving:
·  Conduct statistical analysis, problem-solving, and troubleshooting.

What You'll Need

·  BS degree in a chemistry, food science or related technical field.
·  10 years of Quality Assurance management experience in the food or pharma industry
·  Thorough understanding of FSMA for human food and animal feed (PCQI certification is a plus)
·  This position may require up to 10% business travel.    

Work Environment:

This position works 95% of the time inside; 5% of the time is spent outside. Occasionally this position requires working with hazards, extreme heat/cold; humidity, heights, exposure to dust, fumes and gasses. 

Physical Demands:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

Physical demands of this position include repetitive use of hands and arms. Individual must be able to talk, hear, see, and distinguish colors.  Individual must be able to lift, push, pull or carry up to 50 lbs. and climb stairs. 

Position Type/Expected Hours of Work:
This is a full-time position. Days and standard hours of work are Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5 p.m.  This position may require weekend work.

Disclaimer
This job description is not intended, and should not be construed to be, an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, skills, efforts or working conditions associated with the job. It is intended, however, to be an accurate reflection of those principal job elements essential for making decisions related to job performance, employee development and compensation. As such, the incumbent may perform other duties and responsibilities as required.

Roquette is an equal opportunity employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to sex, race, color, religion, ethnic or national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, pregnancy, leave status, disability, veteran status, genetic information and/or any other characteristic or status protected by national, federal, state or local law.

If you identify yourself in this position, please apply by uploading your resume and let's start the journey together !

Roquette is proud to be a global company where you can find personal and professional growth through multiple diverse experiences. 

Roquette believes Diversity, Equity and Inclusion must be woven into everything we do, from the products we make, through the relationships we build with our partners, and most importantly within the teams we create and how we interact together.

As we continue to grow, Roquette understands that to be successful we must always be inclusive in our approach, by creating a workforce that represents the world we live in, and the communities and customers we serve.

To find out more about our products, values and sustainable development ambitions visit us at www.roquette.com and at www.sustainability.roquette.com