Food Quality Control GM - Accurate Personnel LLC : Job Details

Job Title: Food Quality Control General Manager

Pay: $95,000 - $105,000 (plus yearly bonus)

Location: Redlands or Fontana, CA (with up to 75% travel to various states)

Job Purpose: The General Manager for Quality Control is responsible for developing, organizing, and supervising the implementation of comprehensive quality and food safety programs. This role will formulate quality policies and programs, provide guidance across operations, and create a checks-and-balances system to ensure compliance with operational plans, customer expectations, and regulatory standards. The General Manager will conduct both scheduled and unannounced inspections, audits, and peer reviews across various distribution centers and kitchen operations.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

Regional Functions:

• Ensure all locations meet:
• Customer and SQF audit protocols via desk audits and onsite inspections.
• Food Defense audit protocols.
• HACCP protocols.
• Customer Vendor GMP and food safety requirements.
• Vendor environmental testing requirements.
• Regulatory requirements (FDA, USDA, state, county, city health departments).
• Introduce, monitor, and update quality and food safety programs to meet company and regulatory objectives (e.g., FDA, state regulations).
• Lead HACCP, Food Safety, and Food Defense teams at local warehouse and kitchen locations.
• Assist in determining the disposition of failed or over-aged inventory in conjunction with other departments.
• Monitor the performance of quality control systems to ensure effectiveness and efficiency.
• Oversee microbiological and environmental programs, including issue investigations and follow-ups.
• Plan and execute bi-annual mock recalls, resolving any resulting issues.
• Analyze quality control test results and communicate findings to relevant departments and vendors.
• Maintain vendor documents and complete customer questionnaires.
• Track defects, test results, and other quality control data.
• Identify critical control points in manufacturing and specify sampling procedures.
• Oversee nonconformance reports, daily production quality, root cause analyses, and quality trends.
• Increase awareness and evaluation of GMPs.
• Ensure compliance with food safety and Good Manufacturing Practices (GMPs).
• Maintain high standards for safety, production, and sanitation.
• Enforce company policies and procedures to ensure service quality.

Minimum Requirements:

• Excellent communication skills and the ability to self-initiate and supervise warehouse data entry programs.
• Some college-level training is preferred, but significant experience in quality management can substitute.

Education and Experience:

• HACCP Certification.
• Food Defense Certification.
• SQF Practitioner Certification.
• Some college-level management education or 10+ years of experience in quality management.

Computer Skills:

• Strong computer skills, including proficiency in MS Office and warehouse management systems (WMS).
• Advanced proficiency in WMS/Gold systems.

Reasoning Ability:

• Ability to interact with all levels of management and lead a diverse workforce.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Physical Demands:

• Lifting up to 25 lbs.
• Sitting at a computer for extended periods.
• Reasonable accommodations can be made for individuals with disabilities.

Work Environment:

• Ability to work in a distribution center environment with varying temperatures.
• Reasonable accommodations can be made for individuals with disabilities.

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