Multisite FSQA Leader: Food Safety & Quality Programs

DSJ Global; Philadelphia (Philadelphia County); On-site; USD 130,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

DSJ Global is seeking an experienced Corporate FSQA Manager in Philadelphia to oversee food safety and quality programs across manufacturing and distribution sites. The role emphasizes standardized practices, audits, and cross-functional collaboration to drive improvements.

You will lead governance for sanitation, environmental monitoring, and preventive programs, using BI tools to monitor performance and guide corrective actions.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in food safety, quality assurance, or quality systems within a regulated manufacturing environment.
• Demonstrated leadership experience across teams, programs, projects, or cross-functional initiatives.
• Working knowledge of applicable U.S. food safety and regulatory requirements.
• Experience supporting third-party food safety certification programs, preferably including SQF.
• Experience preparing operations for audits by regulators, customers, and certification bodies.
• Knowledge of sanitation, environmental monitoring, and traceability within manufacturing quality systems.
• Experience developing and improving quality-management programs in a manufacturing setting.
• Strong analytical and structured problem-solving capabilities.
• Ability to interpret data, identify trends, determine causes, and drive corrective actions.
• Experience with business intelligence, reporting, or analytical platforms such as Power BI, Tableau, ERP systems.

Responsibilities

• Provide corporate oversight of food safety and quality programs across multiple locations including manufacturing, warehouse, and 3PL sites.
• Establish and improve standardized quality and food safety policies, procedures, records, and practices.
• Develop systems for training, change management, records, and controlled documentation.
• Evaluate programs against regulatory requirements, industry standards, and best practices.
• Partner with sites to maintain readiness for audits by regulators, customers, and certifying bodies.
• Lead corporate support activities during major facility audits.
• Provide technical oversight for sanitation, environmental monitoring, and preventive programs.
• Develop performance indicators to identify trends and improvement opportunities.
• Use data to strengthen process controls and guide corrective actions.
• Support implementation of digital quality-management tools and dashboards.
• Investigate product quality concerns and resolve customer issues.
• Serve as a technical resource for food safety, quality assurance, manufacturing, and regulatory matters.
• Collaborate with product development to assess safety and quality considerations for new products and processes.
• Develop internal audit programs to evaluate compliance with standards.
• Participate in traceability, withdrawal, recall, and crisis-response exercises.
• Lead cross-functional initiatives for standardization and continuous improvement across locations.
• Manage complex technical projects across facilities and stakeholders.
• Influence teams to sustain improvements and resolve systemic issues.

Skills

Food safety

Quality assurance

Leadership

Data analysis

BI tools

Tools

Power BI

Tableau

ERP systems

Job description

DSJ Global is seeking an experienced Corporate FSQA Manager in Philadelphia to oversee food safety and quality programs across manufacturing and distribution sites. The role emphasizes standardized practices, audits, and cross-functional collaboration to drive improvements.

You will lead governance for sanitation, environmental monitoring, and preventive programs, using BI tools to monitor performance and guide corrective actions.