Senior Quality Manager Noam

Senior Quality Manager, North America

Role Purpose

Environmental, Health, Safety and Quality Systems (EHSQS) is the number one priority at Tate & Lyle. It is one of our core values and influences every business decision we make. The Sr. Quality Assurance (QA) Manager will be responsible for leadership in direction of Quality Assurance Managers at all partner facilities assigned to their group. This guidance includes ensuring the Food Safety and Quality Management Systems at each facility comply with company policies, specifications, food safety standards, government regulations, and industry best practices. Additionally, the Sr. QA Manager will demonstrate and foster a culture of continuous improvement to further elevate our performance and standards.

About us

In 2018, Tate & Lyle embarked on a Journey to EHS Excellence (J2EE). This was a multi-year strategy developed to shape the future of the company. We have made tremendous progress to this point through the evolution of our cultural maturity model in support of our EHSQS programs and will continue our focus on achieving excellence within every aspect of the business.

Accountabilities

The Senior QA Manager will provide support, coaching and direction as needed for all partner facilities. They will serve as a key member of their regional leadership team and function as the senior point of contact for all escalated Supply Chain, Product Management and Manufacturing issues which arise. This will be accomplished, in part, by being a visible presence at manufacturing sites and the commercial offices on a basis that is aligned with Global Quality and Global Ops leadership.

Further expectations include:

• Be the demonstrated lead in personal and product safety for the QA teams

• Develop and sustain an environment for the personal and professional growth and development of the Quality Assurance Managers and teams for all facilities

• Hold responsibility for the provision of support across Quality activities and compliance within their assigned region to ensure compliance with national and international regulations, the safe operation of our facilities, the quality of the work performed, and the safe completion of all tasks without harm to health, safety, the environment, or our customers

• Provide support to enable and empower our employees and contractors on EHSQS matters, ensuring everyone is engaged in shaping our EHSQS programs

• Actively support and promote the Journey to EHSQS Excellence, conducting assessments, facilitating best practice sharing, and domain expertise

• Engage proactively with the commercial team (Sales & Product Management) to resolve roadblocks to success while leveraging quality as a competitive advantage

• Engage proactively with the Innovation and Commercial Development team to ensure quality compliance for new product development in the region

• Provide QA/QC support and advice in partnership with Quality Systems & Governance as needed to Supply Chain Managers concerning any third-party tollers, vendors, or suppliers.

• Identify QA/QC best practices and drive implementation across the broader network

• Accelerate, implement and embed initiatives derived from Global Quality at partner facilities

• Lead support and execution of internal audits at manufacturing facilities and external audits for services providers

Skills and Experience Required

• Bachelor of Science (BS) degree in Food Science, Microbiology, Food Engineering, Chemistry or comparable field required

• 5+ years of related Management experience either directly or tangentially related to Manufacturing Quality Systems (Food Mfg. preferred)

• 5+ years' experience in direct team leadership required

• Sound felt leadership, listening, coaching, and organizational capabilities

• Familiarity and experience with GFSI Food Safety certification management required

• A clear focus on the development of high performing teams

• Formal preventive controls, Quality System training is strongly preferred

• Open, honest, direct, non-aggressive communication skills with internal and external stakeholders at all levels

• Strong regional Regulatory, Kosher, Halal and GFSI third party audit management experience

• Proactive, process-oriented, continuous improvement approach

• Self-managing, flexible to work under pressure and on your own initiative

• Purpose driven in Transforming Lives Through the Science of Food

• Lean Six-Sigma project experience or certification preferred.

• Commercial knowledge/business acumen; experience working closely with Commercial teams

• Allergen control management expertise, food safety, environmental monitoring and food defense programs

• Strong knowledge of SAP Quality Management system required

• Ability to travel within assigned region(s)

Location of position is preferred to be near a T&L site (Sycamore-IL, Decatur-IL, Hoffman Estates-, Lafayette-IN, Van Buren-AR, McIntosh-AL, Houlton-ME)

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Tate & Lyle is an equal opportunity employer, committed to the strength of an inclusive workforce.