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Growve

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Company Overview:

Growve is a leading health and wellness company specializing in acquiring, operating, and growing world-class brands within the active nutrition, dietary supplement, and beauty verticals. Our portfolio includes 16 brands and thousands of unique products.

Position Title: Quality Manager

Position Overview:

Reporting to the VP of Quality, the Quality Manager will assist in developing the Quality strategy and lead all day-to-day activities for our Growve team in Southern Utah. This role will utilize personal experience and expertise in the areas of food safety, food quality, and good manufacturing and sanitation practices to provide strategic leadership and tactical support to all departments, ensuring Growve products are produced with the utmost quality. The QA/QC Manager’s primary responsibility is to assist with growing the capabilities of the QA/QC department, with a focus on dietary supplements, beadlets, powder blending and encapsulation.

Objectives and Responsibilities:

  • Responsible for overseeing activities related to safety, consistency, and quality of dietary supplement and nutritional manufactured products.
  • Responsible for Quality Assurance and Regulatory personnel and processes.
  • Maintain quality systems and improve programs to ensure compliance with industry standards, regulatory requirements for dietary supplements and nutritional products (cGMP, GDP, 21 CFR 111, HACCP, FSMA, SQF, NSF, GFCO, TGA, etc).
  • Lead internal and external audit processes (regulatory, certification, and customer).
  • Escalate quality and food safety issues and presents plausible solutions.
  • Conduct training for team members and other departments as necessary and appropriate.
  • Oversee formal raw material Supplier Qualification process.
  • Oversee raw material sampling, label control, and retention processes.
  • Oversee review and approval of documentation (production records, specifications, change orders, etc), including finished product release approval.
  • Organize and ensure completion of non-conformances, complaints, investigations, Corrective and Preventative Actions (CAPA).
  • Understand and ensure compliance to relevant regulatory requirements (FDA, NSF, TGA, Health Canada, etc.).
  • Assist with enforcement of the cGMP policy, food safety and defense plans, personal hygiene policy, etc.
  • Knowledge of HACCP principles include verification and validation activities.
  • Assist manufacturing and quality teams and provide them with necessary services to ensure the highest quality products.
  • Follow procedures to ensure production of quality products, as well as cost effective reductions.
  • Meet all safety expectations including wearing the required personnel protective equipment, cGMP gowning garb and follow all safe practices.
  • Cross training will occur throughout the facility in all aspects of high-speed manufacturing.
  • Work with production and give technical support to assist with manufacturing our products following all production standard procedures (kitting, mixing/blending, beadlet manufacturing, encapsulating, packaging, boxing, and labeling of the product).
  • Prepare and maintain materials and equipment at the start, during, and end of production.

Skills & Qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s degree in food science, Biology, Microbiology, Chemistry, Nutrition, Exercise Science, or an applicable scientific discipline. 1-2 years’ Quality experience or more with nutritional supplements, dietary ingredients, food, or equivalent experience as it pertains to this role.
  • 5+ years in the Quality Manufacturing industry, preferably for a Dietary Supplement manufacturing.
  • Label Review, Formulation, HACCP, Food Defense, Root Cause Analysis knowledge preferred.
  • Must possess good interpersonal and strong communication skills (both written and verbal).
  • Effective organizational, prioritization, and time management.
  • Must have excellent attention to detail.
  • Be reliable, motivated, organized and be able to work in a dynamic fast-paced team-driven environment.
  • Have a commitment to Safety, Quality and Productivity.
  • Ability to read and write legibly in English/Spanish
  • Ability to work flexible hours and be willing to adapt to changes in orders and tasks. Weekend work may be necessary on occasion.

Additional Details:

  • Full Time with Competitive Pay
  • Health Benefits Package
  • DTO
  • 401(k)
  • Progressive Working Environment
  • Located in Washington, Utah

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This description is not intended to be an exhaustive list of responsibilities and qualifications. The position, duties, and qualifications are subject to change at any time.