Quality Supervisor

Quality Assurance Supervisor

Position Summary

Catalent, Inc. is a leading global contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) whose mission is to develop, manufacture, and supply products that help people live better and healthier lives. Catalent is dedicated to delivering unparalleled service to pharma, biotech, and consumer health customers, supporting product development, launch, and full life-cycle supply. With time-tested experience in development sciences, delivery technologies, and multi-modality manufacturing, Catalent supports the acceleration of development programs and the launch of more than a hundred new products every year. Powered by thousands of scientists and technicians and the latest technology platforms at more than 40 global sites, Catalent supplies billions of doses of life-enhancing and life-saving treatments for patients annually.

Our Manassas, Virginia site is a part of the Consumer Health division and provides expanded capabilities in soft chews and lozenges. With extensive development and manufacturing expertise and a wide range of flavors, ingredients, and colors available, we can work with complex formulations to help create engaging new products consumers will love.

The QA Supervisor will lead Food Safety and Quality programs. This includes implementation and on-going program management/oversight on Safe Quality Foods (SQF) Certification, and its initiatives. The QA Supervisor also requires Quality Control data base management and control over product specifications. The SQF process is broad in scope and requires interaction with most departments, the SQF consultant and the auditor. This position is 100% based on-site in Manassas, VA.

The Role

• Coordinate and oversee the SQF Certification process

• Develop, maintain, validate and help revise annually the HACCP Plan, SQF Code, Gimbal’s SOP and other Quality Program

• Ongoing Food Safety and Quality Program management – Ensure the SQF/HACCP/QUALITY/SOP programs are being respected in all divisions

• Manage the HACCP system and ensure HACCP programs are effective

• Initiate Food Safety and Quality training as needed

• Manage internal and third party audits to maintain highest standard of Food Safety, Food Quality, and Food Security;

• Initiate internal food safety and quality audits. Participate in customer, 3rd party and regulatory audits. Ensure compliance to the food safety and quality management system throughout the facility.

• Develop, implement, and continuous improvement of food safety and quality programs.

• Manage corrective action program and ensure follow up by stakeholders. Conduct verification activities to ensure corrective actions were implemented effectively to prevent reoccurrences. Maintain food safety scorecard metrics and report trends to stakeholder. Manage incident reports to track deviations and ensure appropriate follow-up and corrective actions.

• Conduct Deviation investigations, support implementation of CAPAs, Change Controls.

• Other duties assigned

The Candidate

• Food Science/Food Technology College degree preferred

• HS Diploma or GED required

• Prior experience in food processing, within a manufacturing environment under HACCP, and SQF/GFSI required

• Demonstrated leadership in the areas of food safety and plant regulatory affairs

• Strong organizations and leadership skills; ability to analyze processes for Biological, Chemical and Physical hazards with a thorough understanding of the science and support behind each type of hazard and each step of a production process

• Strong computer skills using Microsoft Office Programs

• Demonstrable leadership experience at Catalent (including but not limited to participation in Catalent-sponsored leadership programs such as NGGL, GOLD, LEAD Now, GM Excellence, and GROW) may be considered in place of external experience.

• The employee must be able to lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel and is frequently required to stand, walk, reach with hands and arms, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl, and talk or hear.

• The employee is required to sit, climb or balance and taste or smell.

Why You Should Join Catalent

• Spearhead exciting and innovative projects

• Fast-paced, dynamic environment

• High visibility to members at all levels of the organization

• 152 hours of PTO + 8 paid holidays

Catalent offers rewarding opportunities to further your career!  Join the global drug development and delivery leader and help us bring over 7,000 life-saving and life-enhancing products to patients around the world. Catalent is an exciting and growing international company where employees work directly with pharma, biopharma and consumer health companies of all sizes to advance new medicines from early development to clinical trials and to the market. Catalent produces more than 70 billion doses per year, and each one will be used by someone who is counting on us. Join us in making a difference. 

personal initiative. dynamic pace. meaningful work.

Visit Catalent Careers to explore career opportunities.

Catalent is an Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and veterans.

If you require reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process due to a disability, you may submit your request by sending an email, and confirming your request for an accommodation and include the job number, title and location to DisabilityAccommodations@catalent.com. This option is reserved for individuals who require accommodation due to a disability. Information received will be processed by a U.S. Catalent employee and then routed to a local recruiter who will provide assistance to ensure appropriate consideration in the application or hiring process.

Notice to Agency and Search Firm Representatives: Catalent Pharma Solutions (Catalent) is not accepting unsolicited resumes from agencies and/or search firms for this job posting. Resumes submitted to any Catalent employee by a third party agency and/or search firm without a valid written & signed search agreement, will become the sole property of Catalent. No fee will be paid if a candidate is hired for this position as a result of an unsolicited agency or search firm referral. Thank you.

Important Security Notice to U.S. Job Seekers:

Catalent NEVER asks candidates to provide any type of payment, bank details, photocopies of identification, social security number or other highly sensitive personal information during the offer process, and we NEVER do so via email or social media. If you receive any such request, DO NOT respond— it is a fraudulent request. Please forward such requests to spam@catalent.com for us to investigate with local authorities.

California Job Seekers can find our California Job Applicant Notice HERE.