Quality Assurance Food Safety Manager
GOURMEY, France
Job Description
Do you want to build a tastier future through cutting-edge technologies? We are looking for a mission-driven, creative, and committed Quality Assurance amp; Food Safety Manager to join us . Come and bring your skills to the table!
GOURMEY is one of Europe's leading cultivated meat companies with global ambitions. Our vision is to create sustainable cultivated meat delights directly from animal cells for a conscious generation. We believe in a world where succulence can share a table with a positive impact and that cutting-edge technology combined with culinary arts can help us get there.
From engineers, and scientists to culinary experts, we’re building an international team that shares the same passion for positive change. Currently a team of 50 Gourmates, we have dozens of nationalities at the table! Our differences are our strengths and our common language is food.
At GOURMEY, you will report directly to our Head of Quality amp; Regulation, and you will have a tight collaboration with other Ramp;D teams as well as Manufacturing departments.
Requirements
As a Quality Assurance amp; Food Safety Manager, you will be a key member of the Quality team responsible for providing strategic direction and executing the implementation of all necessary food safety and quality programs to ensure the safety, quality, and regulatory compliance of Gourmey’s products.
You will start your journey in Gourmey within the Ramp;D / Pilot facility in the center of Paris. Later, we expect this role to become the QA amp; FS manager of our first demonstrator facility outside of Paris. Therefore, the flexibility to relocate is a critical requirement for the role.
What will you be responsible for?
- Be responsible for ensuring effective food safety compliance through ongoing development, maintenance, and implementation of the company’s Food Safety Plan(s)/HACCP and ensure that Good Manufacturing Practices (GMPs), preventive controls, and prerequisite programs are in place and effective.
- Act as a Food Safety Team leader and or Site Quality Assurance Manager for any internal manufacturing as needed.
- Lead, train, and verify laboratory and manufacturing teams on cleaning amp; sanitation verification, pre-op inspections, sample collection amp; prep, swabbing, etc.
- Lead the design, creation, and implementation of practical QA programs for Gourmey’s Quality Management System (QMS) by working with multi-disciplinary teams to achieve and maintain relevant internal and external compliance standards.
- Be responsible for internal QMS programs such as controlled document systems, nonconformance, CAPA, change control, internal audits, and other related programs required by Gourmey.
- Manage raw material and supplier review programs which include risk assessment, audits, and the review of key food safety amp; quality documentation for overall adherence to the applicable regulatory requirements.
- Contribute to the training and development of all on-site employees to ensure their knowledge and implementation of food safety and QA guidelines are current and in compliance with internal and external regulatory requirements.
- Compile, review, and analyze/trend lab data. Be able to provide a data-driven rationale to adjust testing and sampling plans as needed. Be able to make data-driven conclusions on data to adjust product specs, make conclusions on shelf-life studies, and or identify product trends (good and bad).
- Track reports and review agreed-upon KPIs. Develop and lead quality improvement plans as necessary. Partner cross-functionally in quality and process improvement.
- Be proactive and responsive in addressing internal and external customer complaints, communicating effectively on technical issues, leading root cause analysis, and developing and verifying corrective actions.
- Provide ongoing management support and or serve as an administrator to drive continuous implementation of all applicable electronic databases and software related to food safety amp; quality assurance.
About You
- B.S. or M.S. in Food Science, Microbiology, or similar degree.
- +5 years of progressive biotech/food industry experience in food safety and quality assurance.
- Minimum of 3 years of experience in leading either a US (21 CFR 117), an EU (Regulation (EC) No 852/2004, and Regulation (EC) No 853/2004) food safety and quality programs. High-risk/high-care products, aseptic products, and or cultured meat products experience is a plus.
- In-depth knowledge of relevant US (FDA amp; USDA) and EU regulations (hygiene, labeling, animal products, etc.), one or more GFSI schemes, and relevant cGMPs. Knowledge of other jurisdictions is a plus.
- Experience in developing, implementing, maintaining, and auditing GFSI food safety and quality m