Our client, located in Brantford, is seeking a full-time permanent Food Safety Quality Assurance Supervisor who holds a leadership role within the quality assurance team responsible for overseeing and coordinating tasks to ensure the safety and quality of food products. This position involves managing day-to-day activities, executing quality control measures, and ensuring all departments follow relevant regulations and procedures to ensure compliance.Salary $55,000 - $60,000Location: Brantford, ONHours of work: 7:00 am to 4:00 pm with flexibility to work extra hours when required.Key Accountabilities:

• Implement written food safety & quality management programs.
• Hands-on involvement by communicating imminent QA findings and issues to respective departments and management teams.
• Leads and supervises the QA team, ensuring adherence to policies and procedures.
• Provides guidance, training, and mentorship to QA staff.
• Conduct training sessions for employees on food safety practices and quality standards.
• Implement the Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP) systems to control potential food safety hazards throughout the production process.
• Implement quality procedures to ensure that products meet or exceed established quality standards.
• Validate regular inspections and on-site verification on production processes, raw materials, and finished products to identify and address any deviations from quality standards.
• Ensure compliance while providing input and feedback on food safety and quality assurance policies and procedures in accordance with company & regulatory standards.
• Conducts inspections, and internal audits, monitors processes, and addresses immediate quality concerns.
• Prepare the QA team for external audits and inspections by regulatory agencies and third-party organizations.
• Implement updated records, organize information, and ensure compliance with record-keeping requirements.
• Initiate corrective action responses, customer complaint reports, and any relevant reports.
• Conduct investigations and gather information for food safety incidents, customer complaints, and non-conformances.
• Verifies food safety culture assessments, various risk assessments, food fraud assessments, food defense programs, complaint investigations, and external audits.
• Collaborate with production, procurement, sanitation, maintenance, and other departments to address immediate quality and safety concerns.
• Implementation for process improvement, and corrective and preventive actions to enhance overall food safety and quality performance.
• Assists during crisis management to organize all relevant documentation, for flow or sequence.

Qualifications:

• HACCP & SQF Certified.
• College or University degree in applicable field of study.
• Minimum of 2 – 3 years of QC Tech floor experience in the fresh food environment.
• Self-driven, self-directed, and proactive in the execution of daily duties and responsibilities, results­ oriented with a positive outlook.
• Detail-oriented and determined.
• Must be adept in the use of MS Office 2003 or later, particularly Excel and Word, internet, and email.
• Literacy - excellent communication skills in English. and Numeracy - Good mathematic skills are necessary (adding, subtraction, multiplication, and division).

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