Quality Manager - (Bristol, VA)

The Quality Assurance Manager is responsible for leading the quality assurance and food safety program at a specific facility. This includes working with customers, suppliers, corporate personnel, and manufacturing staff. Responsibilities includes auditing of Quality systems such as, SQF (Safe Quality Foods), the Food Safety Plan, GMP (Good Manufacturing Practices), and SOP's (Standard Operating Procedures) for plant Quality department. Responsible for communication of food quality standards to plant personnel through training, corrective actions, quality audits, production and facility monitoring. Specific Responsibilities Manage the Quality and Food Safety function at the facility. Serves as SQF Practitioner and site Preventive Controls Qualified Individual. Manage programs to verify, validate the Food Safety Pre-requisite programs. Manage the plant Food Safety Plan and associated policies and procedures. Serves as Food Safety Team player.