Quality Assurance Coordinator

About Kerry in Granby!

Kerry is the world's leading taste and nutrition company for the food, beverage and pharmaceutical industries. Every day we partner with customers to create healthier, tastier and more sustainable products that are consumed by billions of people across the world. Our vision is to be our customers' most valued partner, creating a world of sustainable nutrition. A career with Kerry offers you an opportunity to shape the future of food while providing you opportunities to explore and grow in a truly global environment.

MISSION

The role of the Quality Assurance Coordinator is to provide services for the development, implementation, and compliance of standards, processes, and systems across the entire site. The Quality Assurance Coordinator works with external and internal stakeholders, contributing to the overall success of the site's activities.

Immediate Supervisor: Technical Director & Quality Assurance

Main Responsibilities: 1. Ensure the control of documentation and process establishment policies in the field of implementation and maintenance of standards.

2. In the context of food safety and risk management - food safety and quality management system, ensure compliance with the requirements of the compliance assurance and crisis management processes.

3. Rigorously track the pre-requisite programs for food safety. Analyze trends and meet the established performance indicators according to the Site Quality Policy.

4. As a member of the plant's food safety team, contribute to the tracking and improvement of hazard control programs such as hygienic zoning, HACCP plans, food defense, intentional adulteration, and food fraud.

5. Plan and ensure the proper conduct of internal audits as well as the training of internal auditors.

6. Actively participate in the preparation and conduct of external audits.

7. Coordinate the integration of new employees and train all site employees on the requirements of our Food Safety Management Systems.

8. Perform root cause analyses (RCA), determine corrective and preventive actions (CAPA), and ensure the tracking and closure of actions related to non-conformities and improvement opportunities.

9. Manage information requests and submit the required technical documents to clients.

10. Be a model and actively promote the quality culture on the site.

Required Skills

• Communicate positively, uphold and live the values of KERRY
• Promote a positive image of Kerry, take on and share the demands and vision of the leadership with plant employees
• Be an agent of change, promote and support positive change
• Possess excellent skills in interpreting and understanding standards
• Be able to write clear and effective texts
• Have good knowledge of processes to be able to adapt procedures to the particularities of the site
• Be concerned about meeting deadlines and manage time effectively
• Have a sense of organization
• Work as a team and demonstrate listening skills
• Be rigorous, detail-oriented, and have a good analytical mind
• Be able to quickly adapt to changing situations
• Maintain basic computer knowledge, be comfortable working with the quality management software in place.
• Hold a bachelor's degree in Food Science or equivalent
• Have experience in Quality Assurance in a HACCP, or GFSI environment
• Be bilingual in English / French, both spoken and written