Are you ready to make a real impact and grow your career in an industry that nourishes the nation? Join us at Trophy Foods Inc. in Mississauga, ON, where exciting opportunities await you! Whether you’re looking to launch your career or take it to the next level, we offer the perfect platform to thrive in the dynamic world of food manufacturing.
At Trophy Foods, we don’t just make snacks — we craft quality products that people across the country love. From sourcing the finest ingredients to producing and packaging private label nuts, seeds, dried fruit, mixes, and confections, our team plays a key role in delivering delicious, healthy snacks to households nationwide. With our products featured in grocery stores, clubs, and mass channels, you’ll feel a sense of pride knowing the snacks you helped create are enjoyed coast-to-coast.
Now’s the time to be part of our growth and success! Ready to start
or accelerate your journey with us? Come be part of something bigger at Trophy Foods!
We are looking for a QA Supervisor to join our dynamic team at Trophy Foods. This position is for an existing vacancy and offers the opportunity to:
- Contribute to our mission of inspiring, creating, and delivering high-quality snacks with exceptional service.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to drive innovation and meet the evolving needs of our customers and consumers.
- Ensure the highest standards of food safety, quality, and customer satisfaction are met.
- Uphold Trophy’s strong commitment to caring for customers, our community, and the environment.
This position is for an existing vacancy.
PM Shift (3:00pm-11:00pm)
Overview:The Quality Assurance Supervisor is responsible for assisting the Quality Manager in managing the QA Department and leading the QA Team in maintaining, organizing, and improving the Quality and Food Safety Programs and providing leadership and support to all staff within the QA Department.
Direct Reports include:
· 2 Sr QA Technicians
· 1 QA Technician
Key responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
· Maintain our Certified GFSI program: the BRC Global Standard for Food Safety.
· Maintain and improve the Quality Assurance Programs as required.
· Manage personnel and day-to-day running of the laboratory.
· Maintain written Company polices related to ensuring product quality and product safety and if necessary, add new polices that must be reviewed and approved by QA Manager or Director, Food Safety.
· Provide employee training related to GMPs and HACCP Program.
· Enforce GMPs in the Plant.
· Interface with Customers and Government Agencies as required during visits, inspections, and customer audits.
· Ensure proper implementation of various processes as they relate to formulation and processing procedures.
· Apply statistical Process Control (SPC) methods for analyzing data to evaluate the process control as monitored by Quality Assurance Department, as needed.
· Solve issues related to raw materials, ingredients, and process control.
· Investigate and respond to customer and consumer complaints as per the established Consumer Complaint Program.
· Initiate and help implement corrective action as a result of customer complaints and internal audits.
· Evaluate new and existing suppliers of commodities, ingredients, cleaning chemicals, and packaging materials if necessary.
· Meet daily with the Operational departments to discuss incidents related to food safety and quality. Work to resolve procedural non-conformances, products on hold, compliance issues in a timely manner.
· Interact with suppliers, customers, and company personnel in all departments of all Trophy Plants - Production, Scheduling, Maintenance, Engineering, Marketing, Sales, Procurement, Warehouse, and Finance.
· Provide direction to operational teams whenever processes fall out of control.
· Keep the Director, Food Safety and Quality Manager abreast of significant issues or developments identified during course of daily activities with recommendations of corrective action to rectify situation.
· Lead continuous improvement initiatives with respect to GMPs and Food Safety with all plant departments.
· Contribute to continuous improvement of existing processes and products.
· Other duties as assigned by Quality Manager or Director, Food Safety & Quality.
Experience, Qualifications, and Educational Requirements:
· Bachelor of Science (Food Science, Microbiology) or diploma/degree from related discipline.
· 5 years of food industry experience including 2 years of supervisor experience preferred.
· Must be trained in at least one GFSI Benchmarked food safety standard (BRC preferred) and have experience implementing and managing food safety systems in a food manufacturing environment.
· Knowledgeable in understanding the Food & Drug Act and Regulations, Consumer Packaging & Labeling Act & Regulations, and Nutrition Labeling Regulations is an asset.
· Must have HACCP qualification (ideally advanced level).
· Must have internal audit training.
· Must be competent in using standard computer software packages including Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Excel, flow chart programming, label programming.
· Ability to read and interpret documents such as Food and Drug Act and Regulations, Consumer Packaging & Labeling Act & Regulations, and other procedure manuals dealing with Food Laws (domestic and foreign).
· Ability to develop and write policies, procedures, programs, report forms, charts, and correspondence.
Accountabilities for Success:
· Collaborate and partner with others through actively building positive and productive relationships, working to understand different viewpoints, and treating people of varying backgrounds and perspectives fairly.
· Communicate ideas and information in an effective manner by listening, demonstrating understanding, readily sharing information, and keeping appropriate parties up to date.
· Take initiative to understand and produce results aligned to department priorities and accept responsibility for performance and results.
· Identify causes of problems and develop solutions to make effective, timely decisions.
· Demonstrate a commitment to Trophy’s vision and mission. Understand how individual decisions and actions impact the needs of the department as well as overall corporate goals.
· Build teams by selecting the right people, with the right skills, at the right time. Set clear goals and develop others to build new skills and capabilities. Provide support, resources, and constructive feedback to achieve objectives. Manage conflict within the department and between the department and others.
· Ensure teams are communicating by building an environment of collaboration, partnership, and trust, as well as holding others accountable.
· Lead change by example through generating unique ideas and solutions, championing new initiatives, and overcoming resistance to change.
· Demonstrate strategic thinking by developing plans, balancing immediate priorities with long-term goals, anticipating future conditions and circumstances, and aligning with department and corporate goals when implementing initiatives.
Physical Effort:
· Regularly walks through the plant and office areas.
· Occasionally, may be required to lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.
· Extended periods of time often exceeding 1 -2 hours without sitting.
Work Environment:
· Regularly exposed to allergens such as peanuts, tree nuts, sulphites, soya, dairy, egg, gluten and sesame.
· Occasionally exposed to wet and/or humid conditions including slippery floors.
· May be exposed to equipment and processing mediums exceeding several hundred degrees Fahrenheit and noise levels exceeding 85 decibels.
· The employee may be required to handle chemicals that require PPEs to be worn including a respiratory PPE.
Sensory Attention:
· Frequent need to give concentrated attention, with one or two senses used in co-ordination.
· Ability to apply common sense to problems involving mathematical skills such as adding, subtracting, multiplication, and dividing and written or oral instructions.
Mental Stress:
· Work and environment are not repetitious/unchanging.
· There is noticeable pressure from deadlines, production quotas, accuracy or similar demands.
Apply today and help us create snacks that bring joy and togetherness to our customers and consumers!
Trophy Foods is an equal opportunity employer that values workforce diversity. Diversity is core to our business: by embedding diversity into all aspects of our culture, we maximize the opportunity to achieve sustainable business success and growth. Trophy Foods Inc. provides equal opportunities in employment, promotions, wages, benefits and all other privileges, terms, and conditions of employment to all qualified persons without regard to race, national or ethnic origin, caste, colour, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, source of income, or any other characteristics protected by the applicable Federal and Provincial laws.
Trophy Foods has an accommodation process in place and provides accommodations for employees with disabilities.
We may use AI-supported tools to assist with parts of our recruitment process. These tools support administrative and screening functions and do not replace human decision-making. All hiring decisions are made by our recruitment team.
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $75,000.00-$85,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- Company events
- Dental care
- Disability insurance
- Discounted or free food
- Employee assistance program
- Extended health care
- Life insurance
- On-site parking
- Paid time off
- Tuition reimbursement
- Wellness program
Ability to commute/relocate:
- Mississauga, ON L5T 2T1: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)
Education:
- Bachelor's Degree (required)
Experience:
- Food Manufacturing: 5 years (required)
- GFSI Benchmarked food safety standard: 5 years (preferred)
- Supervisory experience in food industry: 2 years (required)
Licence/Certification:
- HACCP Certification (required)
- Certified Internal Auditor (required)
Work Location: In person
