Business Unit Overview:
Headquartered in Lakeville, Minn., Post Consumer Brands, a business unit of Post Holdings, Inc., is dedicated to providing people and their pets with delicious food choices for every taste and budget. The company’s portfolio includes beloved brands such as Honey Bunches of Oats®, PEBBLES®, Grape-Nuts® and Malt-O-Meal® cereal, and Peter Pan® peanut butter, as well as Nutrish®, Kibbles ‘n Bits® and 9Lives® dog and cat food. As a company committed to high standards of quality and to our values, we are driven by one idea: To make lives better by making delicious food accessible for all. For more information about our brands, visit www.postconsumerbrands.com and follow us on LinkedIn and Facebook for the latest news.
Brand:
At Post Consumer Brands, we’ve spent generations showing up for families, starting with breakfast, the most important meal of the day. Our cereals have become a trusted part of daily routines, helping spark conversations, fuel busy mornings, and create everyday moments that bring families closer together, including their furry four-legged family members, who have recently become a part of our story. As families have evolved, so have we. What began at the breakfast table has expanded into snacks, peanut butter, and, more recently, pet food, because caring for a family means feeding every part of it. With the addition of several iconic pet brands, we’ve extended our purpose: to make high-quality, accessible food for everyone under the same roof.
This phase is still new, and that’s what makes it exciting. As we continue to grow across grocery and pet, we’re looking for people who care about good food, thoughtful work, and the kind of impact that stretches from store shelves to kitchen tables, and food bowls, across the country.
Location Description:
The Post Consumer Brands plant in Asheboro, NC, features some of the most modern cereal production technology in the industry and the facility has quadrupled in size since it opened in 2007. Asheboro’s 230+ team members produce some of our newest and most innovative cereals, like Oreo O’s cereal! While there is plenty to do right in Asheboro, the town is only a few hours from the Atlantic Ocean in one direction and the Blue Ridge Mountains in the other direction.
Responsibilities:

EXPERIENCE:

Minimum of 7-10 years’ experience in food manufacturing business, preferably in the Quality Assurance or Production environment. Minimum of 3 years supervisory experience. Must have working knowledge of HACCP, FSMA requirements, GMPs, quality systems, and experience working with and leading team in a manufacturing environment. Must possess understanding of FDA and local regulatory requirements.

OTHER KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES

Effective management and supervisory skills. Must have excellent facilitating skills in a team environment, and effective communication skills, both written and oral. Training skills with ability to develop own curriculum. Must be a demonstrated problem solver with the ability to implement effective solutions. Working knowledge of statistical and other advanced analytical problem-solving tools. Must be able to read, write and communicate in the English language. Experience with thermal processes is preferred

• Ensure that all raw materials, process parameters, sanitation procedures, and finished products comply with Customer, Company, State and Federal standards.
• Must have HACCP certification and meet the requirements for PCQI and BRC Practitioner responsibilities.
• Provide managerial and technical leadership to Quality Assurance technicians and other appropriate plant QFS staff.
• Manage and audit quality programs and maintain proper documentation.
• Administer hold product dispositions. Follow-up and coordinate the release and/or removal of hold product through the proper channels.
• Assure that HACCP/Food Safety plans are fully implemented and monitored for all processing lines. Responsible for validating changes to food safety fundamentals (prerequisite programs).
• Assure the training of employees in the areas of noncompliance, metal detection, GMP’s, preventive controls, color code, sanitation procedures, net weight, and quality requirements
• Along with Engineering and Maintenance, coordinate the activities of engineers and contractors in complying with GMP’s during construction activities.
• Work with vendors to correct noncompliance issues concerning ingredients and supplies.
• Provide technical assistance to team members regarding the use of chemicals and sanitation protocol. Duties to include verification of cleaning methods for control of microbial, allergenic, and organic product cross contamination risks.
• Support the necessary retrieval of suspect product involved in a product recall.
• Direct the implementation, process and follow-up to corrective action items for audits, and inspections by customers, state regulators, FDA, etc.
• Collect quality data and develop reports for business units.
• Research and approve temporary approvals and R&D trials.
• Investigate consumer and customer complaints and provide written communication regarding the findings