R & D Director

Company: Staff Financial Group
Location: Alpharetta
Posted on: March 14, 2023

Job Description:

R & D Director - Manufacturing Alpharetta
Highly customer service focused food manufacturing R & D Director role. Provides end to end hands-on and strategic quality oversight related to compliance, specifications, auditing, and reporting.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities

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• Ensure compliance with USDA and FDA regulations.
  
• Ensure compliance with auditing scheme and GFSI certification maintenance.
  
• Develop, implement, and monitor processes and procedures to ensure the plant is audit ready.
  
• Lead Customer and third-party audits
  
• Ability to compose and implement food safety program, policies, training and conduct / maintain associated trainings
  
• Pest Control
  
• Chemical Control
  
• Preventive Maintenance
  
• Allergen Control
  
• Environmental Monitoring
  
• Approved Supplier
  
• Sanitation
  
• Verification / Validation
  
• Record Management
  
• Monitoring of procedures and direct observations
  
• Corrective action procedures and records
  
  
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  • Ensure compliance with customer requirements.
    
  • Track / trend consumer complaints and report KPI to the team.
    
  • Onboard new products to ensure all quality and food safety requirements are met.
    
  • Ensure product packaging is in compliance with regulatory requirements.
    
  • Develop and maintain internal / external specifications.
    
  • Gather / log / maintain raw material specifications.
    
  • Gather / log / maintain Customer (plant) audit/QA records.
    
  • Work with Customer and supplier to create labels / review / approve / record / maintain.
    
  • Work internally and externally to ensure scale up/commercialization is flawless.
    
  • Ensure that R&D projects involving product development are delivered in accordance with customer time and all related documentation.
    
  • Other such duties as assigned.
    
    Experience and Education:
    
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    • Experience in USDA and FDA processing.
      
    • Experience with CPG products and packaging.
      
    • Understanding of Quality and Good Safety Process controls and how to apply them to get desired result.
      
    • Bachelor's degree (B. A.) from four-year college or university; or four to six years of related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
      
      Base salary 100k-120k plus Benefits and Excellent growth potential. Please send your resume to for immediate consideration.
      

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