GENERAL DESCRIPTION / PRIMARY PURPOSE
The position is responsible for managing the FSQA program for assigned area of responsibility (field, cooler, process operations or auditing and governance). The FSQA Manager works as a liaison between growers, customers, co-packers, coolers, packing houses, and internal business teams to ensure all Dole quality & food safety standards are met or exceeded.
Required Skills
MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES AND TASKS/DUTIES OF THE POSITION
Ensure all Dole suppliers are approved.
Ensure compliance to Federal (FSMA), State and local regulations internally and externally.
Responsible for handling customer food safety and quality complaints. Ensure all Dole sites and associated external &/or 3rd party entities follow Dole quality and food safety requirements.
Identify areas of microbial risk and ensure corrective actions are implemented.
Provide internal and external quality & food safety training.
Manage, implement, maintain quality & food safety related policies.
Supervise and train salaried and hourly employees within the FSQA departments.
Act as liaison with federal and state agencies to ensure compliance with regulatory issues.
Must be willing to travel to various regions, as needed.
Ensure customer requests related to quality & food safety are completed appropriately and timely.
Prepare and manage department budgets
Follow all food safety requirements and GMP’s as applicable for this position
Evaluate and recommend new processes that will increase efficiencies for the business
Facilitate compliance with third party auditing schemes
Responsible for performing/assigning processing floor centric audits, maintaining records of results and analysis of results for report out to the business.
Responsible for analysis and verification of Food Safety and Quality Plans including assessment of results
Increase awareness, evaluation and compliance of FSQA programs. This includes making recommendations for follow-up completion, providing training content for FSQA training and communication of FSQA expectations.
Leverage internal and external data to drive continuous improvement
Serve as a resource for equipment commissioning & decommissioning activities
Ensure the integrity and continued operations of the food safety system in the event of organizational or personnel changes within the company or associated facilities
Other duties as assigned.
Required Experience
JOB SPECIFIC COMPETENCIES (KNOWLEDGE, SKILL AND EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS)
NTERNAL & EXTERNAL RELATIONS
EDUCATION AND CERTIFICATION
EMPLOYEE MANAGEMENT
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS
WORK HOUR REQUIREMENT
We are an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, sex, color, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, or on the basis of disability.
MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES AND TASKS/DUTIES OF THE POSITION
Ensure all Dole suppliers are approved.
Ensure compliance to Federal (FSMA), State and local regulations internally and externally.
Responsible for handling customer food safety and quality complaints. Ensure all Dole sites and associated external &/or 3rd party entities follow Dole quality and food safety requirements.
Identify areas of microbial risk and ensure corrective actions are implemented.
Provide internal and external quality & food safety training.
Manage, implement, maintain quality & food safety related policies.
Supervise and train salaried and hourly employees within the FSQA departments.
Act as liaison with federal and state agencies to ensure compliance with regulatory issues.
Must be willing to travel to various regions, as needed.
Ensure customer requests related to quality & food safety are completed appropriately and timely.
Prepare and manage department budgets
Follow all food safety requirements and GMP’s as applicable for this position
Evaluate and recommend new processes that will increase efficiencies for the business
Facilitate compliance with third party auditing schemes
Responsible for performing/assigning processing floor centric audits, maintaining records of results and analysis of results for report out to the business.
Responsible for analysis and verification of Food Safety and Quality Plans including assessment of results
Increase awareness, evaluation and compliance of FSQA programs. This includes making recommendations for follow-up completion, providing training content for FSQA training and communication of FSQA expectations.
Leverage internal and external data to drive continuous improvement
Serve as a resource for equipment commissioning & decommissioning activities
Ensure the integrity and continued operations of the food safety system in the event of organizational or personnel changes within the company or associated facilities
Other duties as assigned.