Title: Quality Manager
Location: Cleveland, Ohio
Compensation: $90,000 - $115,000
My client is a leading food and beverage manufacturer seeking a strategic and proactive Quality Manager to champion our commitment to food safety and product quality. This role is pivotal in safeguarding our brand, ensuring regulatory compliance, and driving a culture of continuous quality improvement across our Cleveland facility.
If you are a passionate quality leader with a deep understanding of SQF, GMPs, and HACCP, and you thrive on developing robust quality systems, we encourage you to apply.
What You'll Do:
- Lead the Quality System: Own, manage, and continuously improve the SQF (Safe Quality Food) system, ensuring the site is always audit-ready.
- Ensure Regulatory Compliance: Serve as the primary point of contact for all regulatory agencies (FDA, USDA, Ohio Dept. of Agriculture) and third-party audits, ensuring full compliance with all local, state, and federal food safety regulations.
- Drive a Culture of Quality: Champion a "Quality First" mindset across all departments, providing training and coaching on GMPs, HACCP principles, and quality standards to all employees.
- Manage the Quality Team: Lead, mentor, and develop a team of Quality Technicians and Specialists, fostering their growth and ensuring effective execution of daily quality checks.
- Oversee Food Safety Plans: Maintain and validate the HACCP/HARPC plans and prerequisite programs, ensuring they are effective and properly documented.
- Lead Root Cause Analysis: Spearhead complex investigations into customer complaints, non-conformances, and CAPAs, implementing effective and sustainable corrective actions.
- Manage Supplier Quality: Oversee the raw material and ingredient approval process, conduct supplier audits, and manage the supplier corrective action program.
- Analyze & Report on Quality Metrics: Establish KPIs for the quality department, analyze data trends, and present quality performance reports to plant and corporate leadership.
What We're Looking For:
- Bachelor's degree in Food Science, Microbiology, Chemistry, or a related scientific field is required.
- 5+ years of experience in a quality assurance role within food and beverage manufacturing.
- 2+ years in a quality leadership role (e.g., Quality Supervisor, Quality Manager) with direct reports.
- Expert knowledge of GFSI schemes (SQF highly preferred), HACCP, GMPs, and FDA/USDA regulations.
- Proven experience leading successful third-party and regulatory audits.
- Strong leadership and interpersonal skills with the ability to influence and drive change at all levels of the organization.
- Excellent problem-solving skills using methodologies like 5-Whys, Fishbone Diagrams, and statistical analysis.
- Proficiency with quality management software and Microsoft Office Suite.
Why Join Us?
- Competitive base salary and annual performance-based bonus.
- Comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, vision, and 401(k) with company match.
- Critical leadership role with a direct impact on product safety and company success.
- Significant opportunity for professional growth and career advancement.
- Play a key role in a respected, growing company with a strong commitment to quality.
Apply Today
Ready to lead our quality mission? Send your resume and a cover letter detailing your relevant food safety and quality management experience to [email protected] or click "Apply" to connect.
