Quality Assurance Manager

Quality Assurance Manager - JOB DESCRIPTION

Reports to:       Managing Director

Overall Responsibility:

To lead the site QA function ensuring the company maintains readiness for audits at any time. To maintain the QA and production processes and procedures to the highest level of quality and control possible.

Key tasks:

• To ensure Food Hygiene Standards are always adhered to manage yearly audit planning and audit reports this will include investigating non-conformance and making recommendations to your line manager or production manager for effective, appropriate, and corrective actions.

 

• Spot check stock rotation daily especially on short-coded items such as poultry.

 

• Complete the monthly auditing schedule which includes, brittles (QA015), document check (QA50) and a full GMP (QA012) audit

 

• Carry out a weekly an internal audit (QA011) and other scheduled checks, reporting any concerns promptly to the relevant management.

 

• Traceability & mass balance checks will be carried out in accordance with the QMS, any issues should be raised with your line manager. Traceability checks should be carried out on accreditation products such as Soil Assocation and Red Tractor meats.

 

• Using the choosen nutritional platform conduct a monthly audit to check that all product documents are kept updated including CountyFoods labelling on allergen and nutrition.

 

• To manage supplier risk including assessment of both existing and new products. This includes monthly supplier audit product specification and certification check plus allergen specification. Any supplying companies that do not respond to information requests should be escalated to the purchasing manager.

 

• Fully investigate complaints received from customers and supplier confirming the response required with the sales team.

 

• Complete weekly laboratory testing in-line with the approved schedule.

 

• Lead all customer audits.

 

• Ensure any non-conformances raised because of an audit are closed within the agreed period.

 

• To ensure you fully understand all roles within production including Picking and Goods-In, which should assist you with investigation into batch code or traceability queries.

 

• Review the QMS & HACCP at least annually leading a team meeting to capture any process changes. File all paperwork away and keep for a minimum of 3 years. Rotate/dispose of old paperwork stored.

 

• Conduct a monthly check on beef labelling activities especially control of veal deliveries.

 

• Conduct new employee inductions as requested by HR. Ensure that any new team members are fully equipped to be a food handler.

 

• Ensure the NPD process is followed from inception to completion following QA052.

• To carry out a monthly audit on the labels available on the scale system, remove any out of date labels and checking the current labels are accurate.

 

• Review all processes within QA in-line with customer COP’s (Code of Practices) adding or removing any redundant or unnesscary checks (Gap Analysis). Ensure that any checks conducted over and above COP’s are still relevant and adding a level of security.

 

• Conduct a monthly check on the transport department paperwork.

 

• To work on your own initiative with accuracy and commitment including the completion of paperwork and spreadsheets associated with your duties, coaching and training others as instructed by your line manager.

 

• Conduct any reasonable instruction given to you by your line manager.

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