Senior Food Safety & Quality Manager

CareersInFood.com; Middlebury (IN); In loco; USD 100.000 - 170.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

CareersInFood.com is seeking a Senior Manager to lead site food safety and quality programs for high-risk manufacturing operations. You will ensure regulatory, customer, and certification compliance and drive continuous improvement across operations, sanitation, and product development.

The role interfaces with inspections and audits, leads CAPA and QA initiatives, and guides leadership on regulatory implementation. Onsite, Monday–Friday with occasional travel.

Competenze

• Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years of quality leadership experience in food manufacturing.
• Progressive experience in food safety and quality within a manufacturing environment; ready-to-eat, deli, bakery or similar operations preferred.
• Strong knowledge of food safety plans, GMPs, sanitation systems, environmental monitoring, allergen controls, audit readiness, and quality management practices.

Mansioni

• Lead and improve the site food safety and quality management system, including safety plans, prerequisite programs, sanitation, monitoring, document control and records management.
• Ensure compliance with regulatory, customer, and third-party requirements; serve as the primary site contact for inspections, audits, corrective actions and follow-up.
• Provide guidance to site leadership on regulatory compliance implementation.
• Oversee product and material compliance activities, including specifications, labeling, packaging verification, process controls, testing, and disposition of nonconforming product.
• Provide technical leadership for manufacturing operations, including critical controls, sanitation programs, traceability, recall readiness, and risk-based decisions.
• Support product launches, process changes, shelf-life and validation activities, and risk-based quality decisions across multiple product categories.
• Lead internal audits, root cause analysis, CAPA, KPI reporting and cross-functional training to strengthen food safety culture.
• Provide oversight for laboratory or external testing, microbiological risk management and specialized process controls.

Conoscenze

Quality leadership

Cross-functional leadership

Technical communication

Data analysis

Audit readiness

CAPA investigations

Formazione

Bachelor's degree in Food Science, Dairy Science, Microbiology, Biology, Chemistry, or related field

Descrizione del lavoro

CareersInFood.com is seeking a Senior Manager to lead site food safety and quality programs for high-risk manufacturing operations. You will ensure regulatory, customer, and certification compliance and drive continuous improvement across operations, sanitation, and product development.

The role interfaces with inspections and audits, leads CAPA and QA initiatives, and guides leadership on regulatory implementation. Onsite, Monday–Friday with occasional travel.