Quality Assurance Manager

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We need your talent, knowledge and dedication to better our world with biology.

Our purpose points the way

In Novonesis, we know that solutions rooted in biology can help solve humanity's biggest challenges. Since we began more than a century ago, this has been our guide. It's how we've gotten so far. And it's how we'll impact the future. Now, more than ever, the world needs change. And with biosolutions, the possibilities for transformation are endless.

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Join us as our new Quality Assurance Manager

The Quality Assurance Manager is responsible for the oversight and functions associated with Quality Assurance for our Wausau, Wisconsin facility's operations. The Quality Assurance Manager is responsible for developing and empowering the quality assurance specialist team. The Quality Assurance Manager demonstrates commitment to GMP compliance, food safety, continuous improvement, and corporate culture. The Quality Manager ensures that quality systems align with and support corporate goals, objectives, and strategies.

In this role you'll make an impact by:

• Collaborating with operations, quality, engineering/maintenance, and R&D to ensure compliance and sustainability of manufacturing processes and quality systems.
• Leading the quality assurance team to ensure products meet company policies, regulatory requirements, and customer expectations.
• Identifying GMP, food safety, and quality training needs; overseeing training and serving as SME instructor.
• Conducting or overseeing batch record reviews and releasing manufacturing work orders via the ERP system.
• Writing, reviewing, and approving documentation such as SOPs, work instructions, and reports.
• Overseeing validation of manufacturing processes, equipment, cleaning, and facilities for regulatory compliance.
• Supporting investigations of deviations and unexpected observations in QC and manufacturing.
• Conducting quality investigations and implementing corrective and preventive actions (CAPAs).
• Participating in and supporting regulatory inspections, third-party audits, and customer audits.
• Maintaining compliance with third-party certifications (Organic, Kosher, Halal, NSF, etc.).

To succeed you must hold:

• Bachelor's Degree or higher in microbiology with 5+ years of QA/QC experience with increasing levels of responsibility, including 3+ years of directQuality Management experience.
• Experience leading employees through change.
• Knowledge of regulatory requirements that affect food, dietary supplements is strongly preferred.
• Preventive Controls Qualified Individual preferred.
• Knowledge of GMPs, HACCP/HARPC, food safety management systems, and prerequisite programs.
• Ability to read and interpret regulations, standards, guidance documents, technical manuals, handbooks, formulations, and product specifications.
• Effectively manage competing priorities and adapt to and manage change with a demonstrated ability to accept additional responsibilities and manage tasks through teamwork.
• Ability to delegate, provide direction to employees, establish overall objectives and available resources, and assure that finished work and methods used are technically accurate and in compliance with established requirements.
• Excellent application, communication, organization, planning, problem-solving, and follow-up skills.
• Must be proficient with Microsoft Office, Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
• Occasional travel is required.

• Must be proficient with PC programs, i.e. Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)

• Occasional travel is required.

Application Deadline: 9/19/25

Could our purpose be yours? Then apply today!

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