Description
Kelly Science & Clinical is seeking a QA Manager in Chicago (Cicero), IL.
Direct Hire
Shift: Monday - Friday 8:30am-5pm
Salary: $85,000 - $100,000 per year DOE, plus bonus and benefits.
About Us
Enjoy a friendly work environment with amazing clients and excellent opportunities for professional growth. We offer a wide variety of Halal chicken and beef products, and are dedicated to providing healthy meals to families across the nation. With a focus on humane raising and processing, our farm-to-fork philosophy adheres to strict ethical guidelines for customer, vendor, and employee satisfaction. To learn more, visit our website.
About the Role
We are seeking a Quality Assurance Manager to ensure that our plant and production area meets USDA regulations and complies with Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP). This role requires a self-starter with strong leadership experience and professional ethics to manage legal compliance and customer expectations. You must be a certified SQF Practitioner.
Key Responsibilities:
- Develop and implement training for facility personnel to ensure product legality and safety.
- Handle customer service activities including order management and complaint resolution.
- Implement incoming material inspection criteria and procedures.
- Conduct audits and inspections to ensure continuous compliance with SQF code requirements.
- Schedule and conduct Food Safety and HACCP meetings and conferences.
- Assist in formulating company policies, SOPs and objectives.
- Act as Substitute SQF Practitioner and HACCP Coordinator as needed.
- Maintain QA procedures, policies, and design-related training.
- Supervise QA team members and manage pest control activities.
- Train employees on GMP's, HACCP, MSDS & Allergen controls.
- Oversee QA Micro program and liaise with outside labs.
- Assist with regulatory compliance and certification audits.
- Evaluate productivity, set metrics, and facilitate career planning for team members.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor's Degree required.
- Minimum 5 years experience in QA management within the food industry.
- Experience with poultry and meat handling.
- R & D experience required.
- Proven ability to think independently, handle multiple projects, and influence senior management.
- Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.
- Fluent in English with proficient business office software skills.
- Ability to present to diverse groups and manage budgets effectively.
As part of our promise to talent, Kelly supports those who work with us through a variety of benefits, perks, and work-related resources. Kelly offers eligible employees voluntary benefit plans including medical, dental, vision, telemedicine, term life, whole life, accident insurance, critical illness, a legal plan, and short-term disability. As a Kelly employee, you will have access to a retirement savings plan, service bonus and holiday pay plans (earn up to eight paid holidays per benefit year), and a transit spending account. In addition, employees are entitled to earn paid sick leave under the applicable state or local plan. Click here for more information on benefits and perks that may be available to you as a member of the Kelly Talent Community.
Why Kelly® Science & Clinical?
Kelly Science & Clinical is your connection to premier scientific and clinical companies looking to hire industry experts just like you. Our team creates expert talent solutions to solve the world's most critical challenges. Every day, we match science professionals with dream jobs that fit their skills, interests, and career goals—it's the way we think job searching should be. Nearly 100 percent of our science recruiters have a professional background and education in science, so we know a thing or two about the science market and how to get your expertise noticed.About Kelly
Work changes everything. And at Kelly, we're obsessed with where it can take you. To us, it's about more than simply accepting your next job opportunity. It's the fuel that powers every next step of your life. It's the ripple effect that changes and improves everything for your family, your community, and the world. Which is why, here at Kelly, we are dedicated to providing you with limitless opportunities to enrich your life—just ask the 300,000 people we employ each year.Kelly is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all qualified employees and applicants regardless of race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, disability, veteran status, age, marital status, pregnancy, genetic information, or any other legally protected status, and we take affirmative action to recruit, employ, and advance qualified individuals with disabilities and protected veterans in the workforce. Requests for accommodation related to our application process can be directed to the Kelly Human Resource Knowledge Center. Kelly complies with the requirements of California's state and local Fair Chance laws. A conviction does not automatically bar individuals from employment. Kelly participates in E-Verify and will provide the federal government with your Form I-9 information to confirm that you are authorized to work in the U.S.
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