Flowers Foods

Quality Manager

Flowers Foods$85K — $95K *
Food & Beverages
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5+ years in plant quality assurance/control within the food industry, including 2+ years in a supervisory role.
  • B.S. degree in Food Science, Food Technology, Cereal Chemistry, Chemistry, or related field.

Responsibilities

  • Promote teamwork across departments to enhance collaboration.
  • Maintain logs of documented GMP and internal audit gaps along with corrective actions taken.
  • Manage audits and inspections by third-party inspectors and collaborate on quality program management.
  • Oversee preventive control and foreign material compliance with effective root cause analysis and corrective actions.
  • Ensure management of physical, chemical, and biological findings with proper corrective measures in place.
  • Maintain foreign material logs and overall KPIs related to food safety, quality, and compliance.
  • Coordinate inspections of raw and finished goods as per company standards.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health and medical benefits
  • 401(k) retirement savings plan
  • Professional growth and leadership training
  • Paid vacation, holidays, and parental leave
Full Job Description
Full-time employees are offered the following benefits:
  • Comprehensive health and medical benefits
  • 401(k) Retirement savings plan
  • Professional growth and leadership training
  • Paid vacation, holidays, and parental leave


Benefits may vary depending on your work location.

Bringing Home the Dough

Manage all Good Manufacturing, Food Safety, Quality and Regulatory Compliance programs within assigned bakery. This role provides governance of the quality and food safety management process and leads the implementation of the Company's policies, standards, and GFSI standards at the facility. The role leads and manages the site quality and food safety team to assure the production of high quality, safe and legally compliant products that meet the desired product design and customer expectations.

Rising to the Challenge: Position Responsibilities
• Promote teamwork across departments.
• Maintain log of all documented GMP and internal audit GAP's and corrective actions taken.
• Manage audits and inspections by third party inspectors. Collaborate with appropriate teams regarding quality program management.
• Manage preventive control and foreign material compliance. Build effective root cause analyzes and corrective actions.
• Manage physical, chemical, and biological findings with proper corrective actions in place.
• Maintain a foreign material log per company requirements.
• Maintain overall responsibility for KPIs related to food safety, quality, and regulatory compliance.
• Manage raw goods and finished goods inspection processes in compliance with company standards
• Maintain Quality Manual as outlined in GFSI standards.
• Responsible for outside service/vendor compliance with all policies and standards.
• Achieve and maintain annual Food Safety certification.
• Verify and validate the GFSI systems and all changes.
• Responsible for daily product review and record keeping on all shifts.
• Ensure disposition of "Hold" & "Release" product is authorized in accordance with Corporate Quality Policies and Procedures.
• Track and respond to all product complaints, keeping bakery management informed of complaints and resolutions.
• Update corporate of all new and current formulas to ensure compliance of nutritional panels.
• Maintain environmental monitoring program per company standards,
• Coordinate the correct disposition of product samples using outside test results.
• Conduct weekly review of master sanitation schedule adherence and pest control records, identifying issues and participating with plant personnel on sanitation planning.
• Ensure ATP testing is complete by plant personnel.
• Conduct & attend relevant training on food safety, quality standards and procedures.
• Maintain thorough records of Food Quality Reports, Tests, and Inspections.

Knead to Know: Preferred Qualifications

  • 5+ years of plant quality assurance / control experience in the food industry -including 2+ years in a supervisory role.


Additional Ingredients: Essential Job Requirements
• B.S. Food Science, Food Technology, Cereal Chemistry, Chemistry, or related discipline

Salary Range- 85000 - 95000

We offer a competitive salary and an excellent total rewards package. Interested job seekers who successfully complete the series of pre-screening questions and who appear to possess the basic qualifications for this position may be contacted for a telephone interview.

About Flowers Foods

Flowers Foods, Inc. is a producer and marketer of packaged bakery products. The company operates in two segments: Direct-Store-Delivery (DSD) and Warehouse Delivery. The DSD segment produces fresh breads, buns, rolls, tortillas, and snack cakes that are delivered to retail and foodservice customers directly. The Warehouse Delivery segment produces frozen breads, rolls, and snack cakes that are sold through customers' warehouse channels. The company's brands include Nature's Own, Wonder, Tastykake, Dave's Killer Bread, and others. Flowers Foods was founded in 1919 and is headquartered in Thomasville, Georgia.
Learn more about Flowers Foods
Size
8,900 employees
Market Cap
$6.1 billion
Industry
Net Income
$152.3 million
Founded
1919
5 Year Trend
+2%
Revenue
$4.3 billion
NASDAQ

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