Irca Group
Food Manufacturing
QualityPerformanceLead
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“Quality Performance Lead at Irca Group. Skills: Quality Programs, Food Safety, Audit Management, CAPA Management. Supervise QA Technicians. Supervise sanitation employees”
Industry & Context.
Root cause analysis; Data analysis; Trend analysis; Continuous improvement
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
3–7 years of experience in Quality, Food Safety, or related function within food manufacturing, Experience with SQF or equivalent GFSI scheme, Demonstrated experience with QMS ownership, audit leadership, and CAPA systems, Ability to analyze data, identify trends, and drive continuous improvement, Effective cross-functional collaboration and influencing skills, Communication skills, with ability to interface with customers, auditors, and leadership, Highly organized with ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines, Proficiency in quality systems and tools, Ability to interpret technical, regulatory, and scientific information, Capable of presenting information clearly to stakeholders at multiple levels, Comfortable working in a fast-paced manufacturing environment
Nice to Have
PCQI certification preferred
What You'll Do.
Supervise QA Technicians
Supervise sanitation employees
Collaborate with site leadership
Collaborate with cross-functional operations team
Implement quality programs
Improve quality programs
Manage document control systems
Lead Change Control program
Lead Management Review processes
Lead Food Safety Team processes
Establish verification and validation master schedule
Maintain verification and validation master schedule
Execute verification and validation master schedule
Lead internal audit programs
Coordinate external audits
Support external audits
Collaborate on audit responses
Manage certification programs
Maintain Food Safety Plan
Improve Food Safety Plan
Maintain Quality Plan
Lead Food Defense program implementation
Lead Food Defense program assessments
Lead Food Defense program updates
Support PCQI responsibilities
Ensure robust traceability systems
Conduct traceability exercises
Track non-conformances
Trend non-conformances
Analyze non-conformances
Audit third-party warehouses
Audit external storage locations
Participate in commercialization processes
Participate in production readiness processes
Review product specifications
Approve product specifications
Review product labeling
Approve product labeling
Review certification claims
Approve certification claims
Support customer questionnaires
Support technical documentation
Support regulatory inquiries
Approve system workflows
Establish systematic product inspection plans
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Cross-functional operations team; Customers, auditors, and leadership
Communication Scope
Customer communication; Auditor communication; Leadership communication; Presenting information
Process & Methodology
Change Control, Management of Change
Full Job Description
## Description The Irca Group is an International Leader in high quality finished and semi-finished ingredients for the bakery, pastry, and ice cream markets. With a solid history of over 100 years in the industry, the Group has its headquarters in Italy (Gallarate) and a strong global footprint with 23 production sites and over 2000 employees in Europe, the United States and Vietnam. Our core product categories include chocolate, compounds, chocolate decorations, sprinkles, creams, pastry mixes, gelato ingredients, nuts and candied fruit. The most recent acquisition of Kerry Sweet complements our existing categories with the addition of sweet particulates, chocolate confections, inclusions, variegates and frozen fruit purees. Through its 8 key brands (IRCA, Dobla®, in2food, Via Degli Orsini, JoyGelato, RaviFruit, Cesarin and Anastasi®) the IRCA Group offers an unparalleled "one-stop shop" approach for delivering quality solutions to all ingredients needs, through a broad range of innovative products. We offer every day and seasonal solutions to 3 macro channels: Gourmet, Food Manufacturing and Consumer Product (Retail). “Extraordinary made simple” Job Purpose: Seeking a Quality Supervisor to directly supervise 3-6 QA Technicians and 1-3 sanitation employees. The Quality Supervisor will be responsible for collaborating with site leadership and a cross-functional operations team for implementation and continuous improvement of quality programs in Affton facility. ## Requirements QMS Governance & System Integrity Own and manage document control systems, including procedures, records, and version control Lead Change Control / Management of Change (MOC) program governance and execution Lead Management Review and Food Safety Team processes, including scheduling, KPI inputs, and action tracking Establish, maintain, and execute the site verification and validation master schedule Audit & Compliance Leadership Lead internal audit programs (SQF, GMP), including audit p
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