Quality Manager

Lotus Bakeries in Mebane, North Carolina, is seeking a quality manager who is an expert in leading and overseeing audits. The quality manager ensures the safety and quality of food products that are delivered to market from our factory. A major responsibility is to instill and maintain a culture of continuous improvement towards safety, quality, and efficiency. As a member of the plant leadership team, the quality manager contributes to the overall plant performance. Occasional domestic and international travel is required.

• Responsible for QA/QC
• Serve as the expert for all internal and external audits including but not limited to: FDA, Kosher, BRC, and GFCO, and responsible to coordinate the implementation of any corrective actions as a result of the audits
• Responsible for achieving the production KPIs (quality, hygiene)
• Implement GMP instructions and enforce compliance
• Proactively propose and implement improvement initiatives (continuous improvement)
• Cultivate a culture where quality and product safety are front-of-mind (safety first, quality always)
• Drive plant toward exceptional hygiene and quality status
• Ensure plant achieves the targeted quality of all end-products
• Responsible for product testing in production (R&D)
• Ensure compliance with FSMA/FDA regulations and IFS standards
• Responsible for lab analysis
• Review and respond to customer complaints, with a goal of determining root-cause and then enacting corrective actions
• Collaborate cross-functionally to keep the plant audit-ready at all times
• Provide training tools and documentation
• Manage pest control program

• Master's degree in food science, food technology, chemistry, or biology
• Bachelor's degree in same domains with minimum 8 years of applicable experience

• FSMA/FDA requirements
• GFSI-certification requirements
• Must be able to perform duties following all regulatory GMP/FSMA food hygiene practices
• Basics of mechanical/electrical engineering and utilities

• 3-5 years of experience (food industry or related)
• Experience with IFS is a plus

• English proficiency (verbal and written)
• Conversational Spanish is a plus

• Continuous improvement mentality
• Punctual
• Detail-oriented
• Entrepreneurial
• Leadership skills
• Coaching skills
• Organization skills
• Creativity, thinking out of the box.
• Team spirit, Open Dialogue, Passion
• Collaborative skills with other departments and services

• De kans om mee te bouwen aan een groeiende, internationale omgeving
• Deel uitmaken van een ambitieus en gedreven team vol talenten
• Veel leer- en groeikansen in de wereld van Category Management
• Nauwe samenwerkingen met verschillende stakeholders in de groep
• Een bedrijfscultuur waar passie, team spirit en open dialoog de belangrijkste drijfveren zijn
• Een aantrekkelijk salarispakket, inclusief extralegale voordelen
• En uiteraard: elke dag koekjes