Associate QA Manager - Labs

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Since 1869, we've connected people through food they love. We're proud to be stewards of amazing brands that people trust. Our portfolio includes the iconic Campbell's brand, as well as Cape Cod, Chunky, Goldfish, Kettle Brand, Lance, Late July, Pacific Foods, Pepperidge Farm, Prego, Pace, Rao's Homemade, Snack Factory, Snyder's of Hanover. Swanson, and V8. Here, you will make a difference every day. You will be supported to build a rewarding career with opportunities to grow, innovate and inspire. Make history with us. Why Campbell's... Benefits begin on day one and include medical, dental, short and long-term disability, AD&D, and life insurance (for individual, families, and domestic partners). Employees are eligible for our matching 401(k) plan and can enroll on the first day of employment with immediate vesting. Campbell's offers unlimited sick time along with paid time off and holiday pay. If in WHQ - free access to the fitness center. Access to on-site day care (operated by Bright Horizons) and company store. Giving back to the communities where our employees work and live is very important to Campbell's. Our "Campbell's Cares" program matches employee donations and/or volunteer activity up to $1,500 annually. Campbell's has a variety of Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) to support employees. How you will make history here... Responsible for managing the plant Quality Assurance Soup Laboratories including Chemistry Lab and Microbiological Lab. Also, in conjunction with Quality Systems Manager, Logistics, Operations and R/D, coordinate releases of products, startups of new and reformulated products, supplier and incoming materials COA's, and Noncompliance's. Manage laboratory data and coordinate resolution of specification issues with materials and products. What you will do... 1) Product Start Ups: Working closely with the plant Plant Operation personnel, Formula and Procedures Coordinators, Quality Specialists and the WHQ R&D representatives to: a) Coordinate test runs, new product/reformulations start-ups and with Product Development, Quality System and plant operations management. b) Report outcome of start-ups and reformulations to management, with recommendations on further actions. c) Organize and report on conformance of new product to specifications in compliance to the Policy on Specifications Development. d) Coordinate corrective action plans between the plant, WHQ QA, R&D and the business sectors for achieving compliance to specifications when compliance issue occur. 2) Specifications Compliance: a) Establish schedule and ensure sampling of products per specification and Food Safety/Quality requirements b) Ensure Microbiology and chemistry lab is in compliance with corporate requirements and provide training and Corrective Action as required. c) Ensure that the data base and MES system for the statistical tracking of quality attributes information is maintained. Issue the monthly reports to management on conformance to quality specifications as required by policy. d) Coordinate corrective action plans when problems with conformance to specifications occur. e) Supervise the activities of the laboratory technicians responsible for conducting product and ingredient analyses, and entering data, including microbiology. Ensure that the laboratory is equipped and people are scheduled as needed to meet plant requirements for collecting information that assures conformance to ingredient and product specifications. f) Trouble shoot out of specification results, including microbiological specifications, container and ingredient integrity. Partner with operations and maintenance to drive corrective action. g) Ensure daily panel is completed, documented and in compliance with standards. h) Coordinate implementation of programs for compliance of in-process specification controls. i) Competency in use of MES/Zarpac/Historian/Power BI and/or other data reporting tools to report data 3) Supplier Quality: Utilizing the resources of the QA Department and other departments and teams, manage the supplier quality monitoring program: a) If required establish schedule for sampling ingredients that ensure plant compliance to specifications. b) If out of specification work with the plant, purchasing and/or Supply Quality to assess supplier performance and update sampling criteria as needed. Make needed changes to lab and receiving work instructions. Report the results of the supplier review to the SQF/HACCP practitioner so that it can be included in the Management Review meetings when required. c) A resource to all plant department of supplier non-conformances. Maintain the supplier non-conformance database and issue updates to WHQ Purchasing Quality. Coordinate activities to assure that all I non-conformance reports (ingredients, packaging, services, Silgan) are issued and corrective actions followed up and documented. d) A resource to Purchasing for supplier visits and other type of inspections as needed 4) Qua