Senior Food Safety & Quality Leader

PLZ Corp; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Life insurance

Disability insurance

401k match

Paid time off

Bonus incentives

Job summary

PLZ Corp, a leading producer of household cleaning and personal care products, seeks a Quality Manager at its St. Clair, MO site. You will lead the food safety and regulatory compliance programs, ensuring audit readiness and strong quality systems across operations.

You will collaborate with Operations, R&D, and Corporate Quality to drive continuous improvement, risk mitigation, and regulatory excellence in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of quality assurance, food safety, or regulatory compliance leadership experience in food manufacturing, packaging, or consumer packaged goods industries.
• Extensive knowledge of FDA regulations, SQF, FSMA, HACCP, GMPs, preventive controls, food defense, sanitation, labeling requirements.
• Experience leading regulatory inspections and third-party food safety audits.
• Bachelor’s degree in a related scientific discipline.
• Preferred PCQI, HACCP, SQF Practitioner or related certifications.

Responsibilities

• Lead site food safety, regulatory compliance, and quality assurance programs to ensure FDA/USDA and customer requirements.
• Drive audit readiness and manage regulatory inspections and third-party audits (SQF, GMP, HACCP).
• Develop and improve food safety and quality management systems.
• Oversee supplier quality and vendor compliance programs.
• Coach leaders on food safety responsibilities and regulatory expectations.

Skills

Regulatory leadership

Food safety

Quality assurance

Audit readiness

CAPA

Regulatory inspections

Cross-functional collaboration

GMPs

Education

Bachelor's degree in Food Science, Microbiology, Chemistry, Biology, Food Engineering, or related discipline

Tools

Audit management

Job description

PLZ Corp, a leading producer of household cleaning and personal care products, seeks a Quality Manager at its St. Clair, MO site. You will lead the food safety and regulatory compliance programs, ensuring audit readiness and strong quality systems across operations.

You will collaborate with Operations, R&D, and Corporate Quality to drive continuous improvement, risk mitigation, and regulatory excellence in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.