COMPANY OVERVIEW:

Balchem Corporation develops, manufactures and markets specialty ingredients that improve and enhance the health and well-being of life on the planet, providing state-of-the-art solutions and the finest quality products for a range of industries worldwide. Our corporate headquarters is located in New Hampton, New York, (Hudson Valley area) and we have a broad network of sales offices, manufacturing sites, and R&D centers, primarily located in the US and Europe. Founded in 1967, Balchem is a publicly traded company (NASDAQ – “BCPC”) with annual revenues over $640 million and a market cap exceeding $3.0 billion. The company consists of three business segments: Human Nutrition & Health; Animal Nutrition & Health; and Specialty Products. Balchem employs over 1,400 people worldwide who are engaged in diverse activities, committed to developing the company into global market leadership positions. To learn more about our dynamic, stable and growing company, visit www.balchem.com

POSITION SUMMARY:

Lead a team to meet or exceed personnel safety, food safety, and food quality goals of the company. This position exemplifies a positive culture that encourages continuous improvement and collaboration.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Responsible for team incident rate consistent with Balchem company goals; must maintain department safety rules compliance and be a positive safety role model
• Responsible for ensuring an organized, clean and safe work environment; responsible for general housekeeping of all Quality work areas, including 5S efforts
• Must have regular safety discussions with team and proactively listen to employees’ safety concerns/suggestions; must act upon those concerns and provide feedback
• Must participate in all incident/near miss investigations for team
• Assure that quality employees are appropriately trained, coached and developed in support of individual career development paths and Balchem growth plans; including training on safe work practices, food safety, and quality practices
• Follow all Food safety practices and processes applicable to the department and promote food safety and quality to all Balchem departments
• Execute what is required by the company QMS; Implement and train your department and other departments in Quality Management Systems (QMS) requirements. Strive to promote a world-class Quality organization
• Monitor and maintain all food safety activities as part of daily tasks and enforce food safety plan.
• Build and maintain a high-performance team environment and coach others in effective team interaction and function; foster an environment of empowerment
• Foster a team-oriented culture of coordination, cooperation and communication cross functionally throughout the company
• Conduct timely and thorough employee reviews giving accurate and constructive feedback to reports
• Coordinate and conduct meetings with direct reports individually and in regularly scheduled team meetings
• Must assess employees for selection, promotion and discipline situations
• Support and assist the manufacturing teams to meet customer and product quality performance requirements
• Effectively represent the quality team and QA issues to all internal and external customers in a timely manner
• Communicate non-conformances and lead root cause analysis investigations followed up by corrective action
• Conduct GMP audits and communicate results to the leadership teams; enforce all GMP expectations within the facility and with all employees, customers and vendors
• Effectively manage the QC lab and technicians to ensure appropriate inventory levels for supplies and equipment; monitor equipment upkeep and calibration; ensure that appropriate documentation is completed
• Manage the facility sanitation group and maintain cleaning chemical inventory; ensure systems are in place to minimize cost and maintain just in time deliveries
• Communication clearly with all team members and leaders in a 24x7 manufacturing environment and ensure Quality coverage , including working in the lab when the team is short-staffed
• Maintain Pest Control program including coordination of vendor activities and follow-through/completion of the issues determined by the vendor
• Drive, initiate, and support continuous improvement and elimination of waste and variation in processes using established improvement processes
• Document and monitor procedures and processes to eliminate variation and promote sharing of knowledge
• Learn, understand, train to, develop and follow documented internal controls, policies, procedures, and work procedures and drive others to do so
• All other duties as necessary to the success of Balchem Corporation

REQUIREMENTS:

• Requires a two-year technical degree with 7-10 years of related experience or a four-year technical degree and 3 + years related experience
• Proven direct people and project leadership experience; minimum of 3 years leadership experience in a manufacturing environment preferred
• HACCP knowledge and understanding required/PCQI preferred
• Strong proven knowledge of food GMP’s or drug or medical device experience is required
• Proficient computer skills (Word, Excel, ERP, LIMS)
• Knowledge of Spanish preferred
• Clear sense of urgency and ability to manage priorities, time, and workload efficiently. And the ability to prioritize and modify priorities accordingly
• Strong safety, food-safety, and quality orientation and ability to promote these standards and hold people accountable in a cross-functional environment
• Self-motivation and ability to work independently; ability and willingness to provide support and training to employees on all shifts
• Demonstrated ability to work and develop others in a team environment
• Must be able to communicate and handle conflict in a professional manner
• Ability to give and receive constructive feedback
• Ability and willingness to learn, practice, and improve documented work procedures
• Strong verbal and written communication skills to discuss, develop, and implement plans
• High sensitivity to quality and on time delivery of materials and services

WORKING CONDITIONS:

• While performing the functions of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, stand, walk, talk, and hear
• Occasionally required to kneel, crouch, crawl, bend, ascend and descend stairs and/or ladders
• Frequently required to use hands and fingers to feel, handle, or operate objects, tools, or controls; and reach with hands and arms
• May occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds
• Vision requirements include close vision, depth perception, color vision, and the ability to adjust focus
• This job is performed in a production environment in a manufacturing location
• The noise level in the plant is moderate to loud
• There will be exposure to machine noise and food dust when in the plant
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee regularly works near moving mechanical parts and with or around various chemicals
• The employee is occasionally exposed to vibration and risk of electric shock
• Production Environment includes varying temperatures (heat, cold and moisture)

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Balchem is committed to a workplace culture that values and promotes diversity, inclusion, equal employment opportunities, and a work environment free of harassment and hostility.