
Quality And Food Safety Manager - St. Louis, MO
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Job Description
Job Description
Quality and Food Safety Manager - St. Louis, MO
This is an exempt level position.
This key operational role is responsible for Quality and Food Safety at the St. Louis Flour Mill. The QFS Manager is responsible of all aspects of the department. The QFS Manager will have a leading role in developing and implementing Programs and Standard Operating Procedures and must be excellent at training and developing operational staff. The ideal candidate sets and maintains ADMs high standards for Safety and Quality for all departments while maintaining production and efficiency excellence. Successful candidates will be good communicators who can nurture outstanding interdepartmental, commercial and customer relationships. They will have the ability to identify and decisively solve problems as they arise and maintain records in accordance with established ADM policies.
This position reports directly to the Plant Manager and is responsible for managing a team of 3-5 individuals.
Essential Job Functions:
Support various systems that are used throughout the facility
ADM Weigh, APecS, Sphera, PolicyTech, TLC
FDA/BRC/ Organic/Gluten Free/Customer Audits
Provides auditing support
Performs annual tasks as needed for compliance
Production Support
Interacts with ADM Quality Center of Excellence and Food Safety personnel to ensure compliance and continuous improvement
Operational Presence
Maintains strong floor visibility (50% of time), participates in daily walks, and leads by example through direct engagement with frontline teams
Safety
Leads Food Safety and collaborates with EHS to integrate People Safety into daily operations and plant wide culture
Develop and implement Quality and Food Safety requirements for Human Food and Animal Food, when applicable
Monitor the quality and safety of incoming ingredients and manufactured products
Manage prerequisite programs that support the Quality Management System
Assist with IRM score improvements
Actively participate in employee development
Create, support and facilitate training
Assists with internal auditing
Ensures site readiness for internal and external quality audits
Developing Processes
Oversees and implements Cost of Poor Quality
Assists with the IA (Intentional Adulteration) FSMA implementation- Food Defense Vulnerability Assessment
Oversees non-conformity investigations; assures root cause analysis and review is conducted
Manage and Lead Others
Manage Quality Control team and ensure analytical programs provide adequate support to operations and accurate results to customers
Effectively lead all facility colleagues to establish understanding of food safety and quality standards and drive improvement in food safety culture
Communication & Coverage
Builds trust and alignment through visibility and direct support on all schedules
Coaches teams to take ownership of quality and food safety procedures
Job Qualifications
- Preferred 4 year degree or equivalent 7 years Food Safety experience
- Preventative Control Qualified Individual (PCQI) trained
- Working knowledge of Document Management (PolicyTech), spreadsheets, and databases
- Knowledge of applicable food regulations and requirements
- Must be able to communicate effectively with all levels of personnel
- Must be organized, possess time management skills and be able to meet deadlines
- Ability to make decisions based on information and data available
- Ability to work as a team member and provide training
- Demonstrate experience of effective leadership
Working Conditions
- Employees in this position will be exposed to hot and cold temperatures, dusty environments and may be exposed to various potential chemical and food allergens due to the nature of our business and requirements of the job. If there is any reason such exposure would interfere with your ability to perform this role or work at this facility, please notify the hiring manager.
Excited about this role but don't think you meet every requirement listed? We encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this role or another one of our openings.
ADM requires the successful completion of a background check.
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