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Requisition Number :
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5728
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Job Title :
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Quality Assurance Manager
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Position Type :
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Full Time
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Job Type :
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Quality Assurance
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Company :
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Pepperidge Farm Incorporated
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Business Unit / Location :
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Lakeland Plant
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Description :
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Take the opportunity to work with one of America's best-loved and well-recognized brand icons. With annual sales exceeding $1 billion, eight manufacturing facilities across the country, and 5,000 employees committed to excellence, Pepperidge Farm® makes careers rise like fresh bread in a hot oven.
We are the nation's quality and good-taste leader in premium baked goods, from crunchy Goldfish® crackers to decadent Milano cookies, from savory Swirl breads to zesty Texas Toast.
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General Summary
Lead and manage the entire range of Quality programs, as defined in the Pepperidge Farm Quality Policy Manual and CSC North American Quality Policies. Position has specific compliance, process, and consumer quality responsibilities. Position will manage a set of matrix relationships within Quality, and R&D, to influence senior management on alignment of Quality strategies, Quality annual objectives, and Plant project plans. Individual will coordinate and deploy Quality Assurance programs across Pepperidge Farm plants, and functional areas, and influence plant leadership with quality best practices.
Principal Accountabilities
1. 60% - Develop, drive, and continually improve a comprehensive quality program as defined by the Pepperidge Farm QPM and CSC North American Quality Policies. (Compliance Quality).
2. 10% - Provide managerial direction and support to the plant's Sanitation function through that department's supervision.
3. 10% - Drive process improvement initiatives through staff, work group, Pepperidge Farm Quality staff, and R&D (Process Quality).
4. 20% - Manage Consumer Complaint programs, initiatives, and consumer delight models for each business.
Job Complexity
• Response to new or changes in regulations on specifications, procedures, quality, and implications where utilized in a range of finished product.
• Trouble shooting quality issues across the varied supply chains for ingredients, packaging, materials, and finished products supplied (examples; mixed labels, allergen risk management, equipment risk management, container nonconformance).
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Education and Experience
Undergraduate degree in food science or a related technical field is required, and a minimum 5 years of food industry quality plant/systems experience with demonstrated achievement in Quality leadership.
Job Specifications
• Expert abilities and decision quality in Food Safety, Regulatory, and Quality Systems and their application within food processing.
• Expert knowledge in Sanitation and GMP Practices, familiarity with Pest Control programs and techniques.
• Knowledge of Quality Standards, and Quality Policies, with skills and ability to execute against requirements.
• Knowledge and general business acumen to support and influence Manufacturing, including best practices and innovative technologies.
• Knowledgeable in industry Food Safety/Quality audit practices, and skilled in adapting to achieve business best practices.
• Capable of engaging other businesses unit quality in development and standardization of; Quality manuals, policies, procedures, and data templates, audit standards and procedures, and Quality Key Performance Indicators.
• Ensures plant personnel is technically capable of handling non-routine quality system issues and that issues are investigated, documented, and resolved.
• Record of leadership and demonstrated success in collaborative development, documentation, planning, and implementation and continuous improvement of quality systems.
• Ability to drive organizational alignment on Quality objectives with an enterprise-wide mindset, and the adaptation of structure, processes, and systems to achieve objectives.
• Capable of influencing development steps used in the Innovation and Commercialization process to leverage Design in achieving consumer safety and quality objectives (example; HACCP Assessment).
• Assertive, Outspoken, yet collaborative. demonstrated skills influencing components of the company, tough-mindedness, vision, and political savvy to manage internally and externally.
• Dedicated work habits, takes initiative, sets high standards.
• Knowledgeable and capable of collaboration on quality programs; drives improvement of consumer based specifications.
• Plant Specific Roles & Responsibilities: Options
Working Conditions
Travel is estimated at 5%-10%.
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Campbell Soup Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer
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State/Province :
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Florida
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City :
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Lakeland
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Relocation Approved :
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Yes
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