Job Description:

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES

• Provide FSQ leadership and direction through technical mastery in the areas of regulatory compliance, SPC, system capability, sanitation, and food safety risk mitigation
• Provide functional leadership to support plant and department objectives
• Use quality engineering principles to collect, analyze and interpret in-process and analytical data to make quality evaluations, recommend actions for improvement and assure resolution
• Develop action plans with Operations, R&D, Engineering, and Quality and Regulatory teams to ensure product specifications, analytical procedures and sampling programs are appropriate and meet system capability and key consumer and customer requirements
• Provide leadership as needed for initiatives, including but not limited to process improvements, process standardization, and team development
• Build alignment and strategy with cross-functional partners; lead risk assessments and root cause analysis activities for issue resolution
• Lead quality grid metric improvements
• Lead FSSC program and FSSC audits and ensure FSMA compliance; sustain FSSC certification within the facility
• Demonstrated ability to apply the tools of statistics, problem solving, and decision making.
• Depending on background/experience, advanced sanitation/food safety leadership

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Food Science, Packaging, Material Science, or related field
• 4+ years of relevant quality experience in food manufacturing or other related experiences
• Strong bias for action, results, and taking initiative
• Demonstrated leadership and ability to navigate complex organizations
• Strong written and verbal communication to partner effectively with internal and external stakeholders
• Willingness to travel (less than 10%)
• Ability to manage projects and be comfortable with ambiguity

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Self-starter who has the ability to prioritize workload while meeting commitments
• Strong understanding of product quality, sensory, and food safety
• Plant Quality Engineer, manufacturing, auditing/consulting, or related experience

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