Quality Assurance Manager
Strategic HR Client Job OpeningsCincinnati, Ohio, United States · Posted 1 day agoDescription
Career Opportunity: Quality Assurance Manager – Northern Kentucky
Do you enjoy leading quality, compliance, and food safety programs? Are you detail-oriented, proactive, and able to build strong relationships with suppliers and internal teams? If so, we have an exciting opportunity for you!
Our client is a well-established, design-driven consumer products company that develops seasonal confectionery, gift, toy, and licensed products for major retailers nationwide.
As the Quality Assurance Manager, you will oversee quality assurance, food safety, regulatory compliance, vendor quality programs, and audit readiness while partnering with cross-functional teams to support successful product launches.
As the Quality Assurance Manager, you will:
- Lead quality assurance and quality control activities across products, suppliers, and contracted operations.
- Ensure compliance with FDA, BRC/GFSI, licensor, customer, and internal quality requirements.
- Manage vendor qualification, audits, inspections, corrective actions, and supplier performance monitoring.
- Lead HACCP, food safety, recall, and audit programs.
- Review new products, packaging, and product modifications to identify quality and compliance risks.
- Partner with Product Development, Design, Packaging, Sales, Operations, Supply Chain, and external suppliers to support successful product launches.
- Monitor changing regulatory requirements and communicate impacts to internal stakeholders and suppliers.
- Supervise the Labeling Compliance Manager and QA Assistant.
- Lead investigations, corrective actions, and continuous improvement initiatives related to quality and compliance.
- Ensure quality standards are maintained throughout the product lifecycle.
Qualifications
- 3+ years of quality assurance, quality control, food safety, regulatory compliance, or related experience.
- Experience working with audits, supplier quality programs, AQL or other sampling methods, corrective actions, and compliance documentation.
- Working knowledge of FDA regulations, HACCP, BRC/GFSI, CPSC, ASTM standards, Proposition 65, or similar regulatory requirements.
- Strong organizational, project management, and problem-solving skills.
- Detail-oriented, process-driven, and able to take initiative without waiting for direction.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Ability to effectively communicate with vendors, auditors, and internal stakeholders while driving issues through resolution.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office, including Excel and Access.
- Experience leading teams, projects, or compliance initiatives strongly preferred.
- HACCP and/or PCQI certification preferred.
Salary Range: $110,000-$125,000, commensurate with experience.
Benefits: Competitive benefits package including medical, dental, vision, life insurance, 401(k) with company match, paid time off, and additional employee benefits. Potential hybrid flexibility may be available after six months based on training progress and business needs.
To ensure a consistent hiring process, all applications, resumes, and candidate inquiries must be submitted directly through Clark Schaefer Strategic HR. Please do not contact the client directly regarding this opportunity.
Third-party recruiters, staffing agencies, and search firms: Please do not contact the client directly regarding this opportunity. Unsolicited resumes and agency submissions will not be accepted.
If you are looking for a great career opportunity with an established and growing organization, apply online today!
Employer is EOE/M/F/D/V.
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