Quality Assurance Manager
- Toronto, ON, Canada
Full-time
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Original job description
Company Description Sunflower Kitchen Inc. is a family-owned business dedicated to creating delicious, wholesome, ready-to-eat dishes for individuals and families. The company focuses on quality ingredients and careful preparation to deliver convenient meals without compromising taste or nutrition. Sunflower Kitchen Inc. values a supportive, collaborative work environment where team members contribute to high food safety and quality standards. The organization is committed to continuous improvement in its products and processes to better serve customers and the community.
Role Description The Quality Assurance Manager is a full-time, on-site role based in Toronto, ON. This role oversees food safety and quality systems, ensuring all products meet regulatory, customer, and internal standards. Day-to-day responsibilities include monitoring production processes, performing inspections and audits, reviewing documentation, and coordinating corrective and preventive actions. The Quality Assurance Manager collaborates closely with production, procurement, and management teams to implement and maintain HACCP, GMPs, and other quality programs. This role also trains team members on quality procedures, analyzes quality data, and supports continuous improvement initiatives across the facility.
Qualifications
- Experience with food safety and quality systems (e.g., HACCP, GMPs, food safety regulations).
- Background in quality control and assurance in food manufacturing or a related industry.
- Strong skills in inspection, auditing, documentation, and root cause analysis.
- Ability to develop and implement quality procedures, policies, and training programs.
- Excellent communication, teamwork, and problem-solving skills.
- Strong attention to detail and ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
- Post-secondary education in Food Science, Quality Assurance, Microbiology, or a related field preferred.
- Experience leading or supervising teams in a production or quality environment is an asset.
- Familiarity with Canadian food safety regulations and third-party certification standards is beneficial.
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Responsibilities
Oversee food safety and quality systems, monitor production, conduct inspections and audits, review documentation, and coordinate corrective and preventive actions. Work with production, procurement, and management to maintain quality programs, train employees, analyze quality data, and support continuous improvement.
Requirements
Requires experience with food safety and quality systems and a background in quality control or assurance in food manufacturing or a related industry. Candidates should have strong inspection, auditing, documentation, and root cause analysis skills; relevant post-secondary education is preferred, and team leadership experience and familiarity with Canadian regulations and third-party standards are beneficial.
Skills
- Food Safety
- Quality Assurance
- HACCP
- Good Manufacturing Practices
- Food Safety Regulations
- Quality Control
- Inspection
- Auditing
- Documentation
- Root Cause Analysis
- Corrective and Preventive Actions
- Quality Procedure Development
- Training
- Data Analysis
- Team Leadership
- Continuous Improvement
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Categories
- Food & Beverage
- Manufacturing
- Management & Leadership
- Security & Safety
Keywords
- HACCP
- Good Manufacturing Practices
- Food Safety
- Food Safety Regulations
- Quality Assurance
- Quality Control
- Food Manufacturing
- Inspections
- Audits
- Documentation
- Root Cause Analysis
- Corrective Actions
- Preventive Actions
- Quality Procedures
- Training Programs
- Quality Data Analysis
- Continuous Improvement
- Canadian Food Safety Regulations
- Third-Party Certification Standards
- Food Science
- Microbiology