FSQA Site Manager

Fermented Food Holdings (FFH); Town of Bear Creek (WI); On-site; USD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401-K with Company match

Paid holidays

Paid time off

Health, dental and vision insurance

Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA/HSA)

Job summary

Fermented Food Holdings (FFH) is seeking an experienced FSQA Site Manager to lead our food safety and quality programs across multiple brands. This is a hands-on leadership role focused on maintaining product safety, consistency, and quality.

You will collaborate with operations, R&D and brand teams to support innovation while upholding safety and integrity, across diverse product lines. This position anchors audits and continuous improvement within a Wisconsin manufacturing environment.

Qualifications

• 2-5 years of Quality Management experience
• Bachelor's degree in Food Science or equivalent
• Proficient at Word, Excel and other Microsoft applications
• Willingness to spend time in a manufacturing environment with PPE and GMP guidelines
• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without current or future employer sponsorship.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement food safety programs
• Maintain documentation regarding HACCP, GMP, SOP, and employee training
• Provide leadership to ensure food quality standards, food safety guidelines, legal requirements, and customer expectations are met
• Support quality management systems, continuous improvement, food safety, employee safety, preventative maintenance, and legality
• Collaborate with supervisors/managers to coordinate activities across departments to identify and solve quality issues
• Set up quality assurance systems for proper certification
• Consult with Sr. FSQA manager to resolve quality, production, and efficiency problems
• Inspect, test or measure product for conformance to specification and test physical/chemical properties
• Lab equipment experience including calibration and verification
• Conduct audits and inspections
• Investigate food safety concerns
• Perform internal and external plant audits to identify non-conformance

Skills

Quality Management

Auditing

Cross-functional communication

Documentation

Education

Bachelor's degree in Food Science or equivalent

Tools

Word

Excel

Job description

At Fermented Food Holdings (FFH), we’re passionate about harnessing the transformative power of food to enhance lives through high-quality, delicious, fermented products. By making the unique benefits of these foods accessible, we’re driving health and lifestyle improvements while transforming the future of food. We value talent, creativity, and authenticity, fostering a diverse, inclusive workplace where everyone’s contributions make us better. Join us to make a meaningful impact in a growing industry and help create a healthier, happier world—one bite at a time.

About the role:

We’re looking for an experienced and passionateFood Safety & Quality Assurance (FSQA) Site Managerto lead and elevate our food safety and quality programs across a growing portfolio of unique food brands. This is a hands-on leadership role, responsible for managing and continuously improving the systems that ensure our products are safe, consistent, and of the highest quality.

As the FSQA Site Manager, you will be driving compliance, championing quality assurance best practices, and collaborating closely with operations, R&D, and brand teams to support innovation without compromising safety or integrity. You’ll have the opportunity to work across diverse product lines, each with their own character, but all united by a shared commitment to excellence and craft.

If you're passionate about fermented foods, thrive in a dynamic, multi-brand environment, and are excited to make a real impact, we want to hear from you.

You'll get to:

• Develop and implement food safety programs
• Maintain documentation regarding HACCP, GMP, SOP, and employee training
• Provide leadership, support, and guidance to ensure food quality standards, food safety guidelines, legal requirements, and customer expectations are met
• Support and comply with all quality management systems, continuous improvement programs, food safety, employee safety, preventative maintenance programs, and legality
• Collaborate with other supervisors/managers to coordinate activities of individual departments including production to identify, solve and prevent problems affecting quality of product.
• Set up quality assurance systems for proper certification
• Consult with Sr. FSQA manager to resolve quality, production, and efficiency problems
• Inspect, test or measure product for conformance to specification. Testing of Physical and Chemical properties of the product
• Lab equipment experience including calibration and verification
• Conduct audits and inspections
• Investigate food safety concerns
• Perform internal and external plant audits to identify any non-conformance

Must-haves:

• 2-5 years of Quality Management experience
• Bachelor's degree, in Food Science or equivalent
• Proficient at Word, Excel and other Microsoft applications
• Willingness to spend time in a manufacturing environment which requires wearing personal protective equipment, food safety approved attire and following GMP guidelines
• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without current or future employer sponsorship.

How you differentiate yourself:

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills for writing policies and interacting with auditors
• Experience preparing for and leading third-party and regulatory audits (SQF, FDA, USDA, state/local departments)
• Proven ability to align FSQA programs with broader brand integrity, labeling, and clean-label initiatives
• Strong cross-functional communication skills, especially with operations, R&D, regulatory, and marketing teams
• 401-K with Company match
• Paid holidays, as well as paid time off
• Health, dental and vision insurance
• Flexible Spending Accounts (health/dependent) and Health Savings Accounts,
• Company sponsored short term and long-term disability, as well as life insurance
• Additional voluntary insurance plans are available to meet your lifestyle needs

Fermented Food Holdings is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace, as we know that each of our employees helps to make us better. We strongly encourage applicants from all backgrounds and walks of life. Come join us.