Plant FSQ Leader: Quality, Safety & Compliance

Ferrero International S.A.; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 125,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Retirement plans

Paid time off

Comprehensive benefits package

Job summary

Ferrero seeks a Plant Food Safety & Quality Manager in Chicago, IL to lead the Quality Team and oversee FSQ for the plant. The role reports to the VP of Industrial Quality NAM and will manage a team of 2 while collaborating with Production, R&D/Technology, Engineering and Maintenance.

The position drives root-cause analysis, continuous improvement, and training to ensure food safety and quality across processes and markets, in alignment with Ferrero standards and regulatory requirements.

Qualifications

• Master's degree in food science, or related field.
• Minimum of 8 years' experience in quality assurance with experience in a food related industry.
• Ability to read and interpret quality and regulatory documents.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Auditing and Assessment skills.

Responsibilities

• Ensure an efficient and effective management of Food Safety and Quality (FSQ) in manufacturing.
• Implement FSQ plans, improvement initiatives and projects at a plant level, ensuring central guidelines and legal and scientific standards are correctly applied.
• Implement within the plant all Food Safety improvement initiatives and risk preventing actions.
• Guarantee certifications requirements are respected ensuring product compliance for all the receiving markets and coherence with products' claims.
• Carry out root‑cause analysis on occurred critical and major non‑conformities and support the SME.
• Measure compliance with FSQ through all transformation processes.
• Run allergen cross contamination risk assessment in the plant.
• Organize work schedule and priorities of her/his team.
• Yearly performance evaluation of direct reports.

Skills

Auditing

Communication skills

Regulatory interpretation

Education

Master's degree in food science

Job description

Ferrero seeks a Plant Food Safety & Quality Manager in Chicago, IL to lead the Quality Team and oversee FSQ for the plant. The role reports to the VP of Industrial Quality NAM and will manage a team of 2 while collaborating with Production, R&D/Technology, Engineering and Maintenance.

The position drives root-cause analysis, continuous improvement, and training to ensure food safety and quality across processes and markets, in alignment with Ferrero standards and regulatory requirements.