Quality Assurance Manager - Omnium (Finance)

Quality Assurance Manager - Omnium

Omnium is your loyal partner in the manufacturing of crop protection, adjuvant and plant nutrition products. Our team adheres to stringent safety protocols and environmental stewardship standards.

The Quality Assurance Manager will work closely with the plant's management team and lead QC Laboratory to provide accurate and timely analytical support to plant production teams, minimize the environmental impact, and ensure Divisional Quality system (QA) requirements are being met at the plant site. Coach the plant management team and train plant personnel on quality systems (QA) and best practices with the goal of preventing quality deficiencies and promoting continuous Improvement. Contributes to the building of positive plant and divisional quality culture.

Essential Functions:

Measurement

50%

• Manage the Plant Quality system (QA) and QC Laboratory to support efficient production and to ensure all Omnium EQMS quality standards are upheld.
• Monitor, review and evaluate the implementation and communication of Divisional Quality programs and Plant quality practices to ensure overall compliance and effectiveness.
• Ensure QC Lab provides accurate and timely analytical support to plant production teams
• Ensure QC Lab procedures are correctly written and executed and QC Lab equipment and instrumentation is properly maintained and is suitable to support the Plant's operations.
• Assist lab technicians with training and problem solving to ensure analytical readiness and accuracy.
• Control lab expense while still providing adequate training and materials to lab technicians and shift coverage to support production requirements
• Reduced number of quality issues, no critical failures in quality nor costly complaints or brand-name damaging events.
• Appropriate leadership and support
• Appropriate financial control on lab expense

20%

• Provide Land O'Lakes and contract customer support to meet business objectives.
• Provide accurate and timely reports to customers on analytical results.
• Review QC laboratory data daily, make corrections, follow up issues and re-train personnel as needed.
• Technically assist field complaints and analyze samples from these complaints
• The accuracy of lab analytical analysis and reports

10%

• Assist Divisional Quality Manager in maintaining risk-based QMS programs and procedures, ensuring divisional compliance and training needs are met.
• Assist in auditing Omnium facilities for QMS compliance.
• Contribute to Omnium quality systems improvements and updates.
• Openly shares successes and improvement opportunities between plants to help realize divisional synergies in best practices.
• The accuracy of lab analytical analysis and reports
• Customer satisfaction

10%

• Assist production teams on formulation solutions for out of specification batches to enhance productivity.
• Recommend process controls to avoid out of specification batches 2. Interpret lab analysis and batch sheets to recommend the best "fix" for the out of specification batches.
• Recommend process changes based on laboratory data, actual production issues, lab technicians and operators' input, and team leaders' feedback.

10%

• Provide a safe and hospitable work environment and promote environmental awareness and impact.
• Provide and perform regular safety training and schedule technicians to attend monthly safety meetings
• Initiate good housekeeping practices and schedule needed repairs on the facility in a timely manner
• Analyze environmental samples and recommend solution to operators and/or environmental specialists
• Safe and environmental friendly working environment
• Co-worker and supervisor feedback
• Safety record

Required Education and Experience:

• B.S. or B.A. in Chemistry or related major, with a minimum 20 semester hours credits in chemistry.
• 5+ years experience as a lab technician or chemist in a chemical industry with extensive knowledge of HPLC & GC instrumentation
• 2+ years leadership in a lab environment

Salary: $91,120 - 136,680

In most cases, candidates offered employment can expect to be hired at a pay rate near the middle of our salary ranges

About Land O'Lakes, Inc.

Join us and be part of a Fortune 250, farmer- and member-owned cooperative that is reimagining the business of food. We have been named a Top Workplace by Indeed and LinkedIn, and to the TIME 100 Most Influential Companies list.

Benefits for most full-time roles include medical, dental, vision, PTO, life & disability insurance, education assistance, a 401k and a variety of well-being resources. Most part-time employees are eligible for prorated PTO, holiday pay, employee development programs, prorated education assistance, and a 401(k).

Land O'Lakes, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE) M/F/Vets/Disabled. The company maintains a drug-free workforce, including post-employment substance abuse testing pursuant to a Drug and Alcohol Policy.

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