Job Description

Quality and Food Safety Coordinator - Valdosta, GA
This is a full-time, exempt position.

The QFS (Quality and Food Safety) Coordinator is responsible for managing the daily activities of the site’s food safety program.

This position reports to the QFS Manager located at the Valdosta, GA site.

Essential Job Functions:

• Provides leadership, support, and guidance to ensure that Food Safety/Quality requirements are met.
• Manages, plans, implements, and continuously improves the Food Safety/Quality divisional programs.
• Enforce Quality goals and KPIs, Food Safety/Quality, maintain Food Safety plan, and supports Operations for continuous improvement.
• Ensure the processes and systems are adequate to implement, achieve, and maintain 3rd party certifications (i.e., GMP+, SQF, etc.) and FDA compliance (21CFR 507 and/or 21CFR 117).
• Oversee usage of and provide support for information technology systems (i.e., Policy Tech, APeCS, GEMINI, etc.).
• Tracks and reports the Cost of Poor Quality to drive continuous improvement in the plant.
• Work and communicate with the Plant Manager (dotted line reporting) and Superintendent on any quality problems, or issues that arise.
• Excellent communication, problem solving, and good decision making skills are required.

Job Qualifications:

• Preferred 4 year degree or equivalent 7 year Food Safety experience in a Food manufacturing environment.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills a must. Ability to communicate and interact with all levels of the organization, including senior management, customers, and regulatory officials as needed.

Working Conditions:

• Employees in this position may be exposed to various potential chemical and food allergens due to the nature of our business and the requirements of the job. If there is any reason such exposure would interfere with your ability to perform this role or work at the location, please notify the hiring manager.

Physical Requirements:

• Ability to stand, walk, and lift up to fifty (50) pounds.
• Lifting or carrying of weights over fifty (50) pounds is rare; employees are encouraged to request assistance in lifting or carrying objects that weigh more than fifty (50) pounds.

Before applying for an exempt, non-exempt or hourly job opportunity, you are expected to initiate a discussion and share your intentions with your supervisor. * If you’ve been in your current position for more than 18 months, supervisor approval is not required. * If you’ve been in your current position for less than 18 months, verbal supervisor approval is required.
​Hiring Manager- Ashley Frazier ​
Recruiter- Lauren Shea

City

Valdosta

State

GA - Georgia

Location Country

United States

About ADM

At ADM, we unlock the power of nature to provide access to nutrition worldwide. With industry-advancing innovations, a complete portfolio of ingredients and solutions to meet any taste, and a commitment to sustainability, we give customers an edge in solving the nutritional challenges of today and tomorrow. We’re a global leader in human and animal nutrition and the world’s premier agricultural origination and processing company. Our breadth, depth, insights, facilities and logistical expertise give us unparalleled capabilities to meet needs for food, beverages, health and wellness, and more. From the seed of the idea to the outcome of the solution, we enrich the quality of life the world over. Learn more at www.adm.com.

Base pay offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, including market location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Hourly and salaried non-exempt employees will also be paid overtime pay when working qualifying overtime hours.

If hired, employees will be in an “at-will position” and the Company reserves the right to modify base pay (as well as any other discretionary payment or compensation program) at any time, including for reasons related to individual performance, Company or individual department/team performance, and market factors.

The pay range for this position is expected to be between:

$52,800.00 - $99,400.00