Senior Product Quality & Food Safety Lead

Leprino Foods; Lemoore (CA); On-site; USD 69,000 - 81,000; Full time

Job summary

Leprino Foods in California seeks a Product Review Lead VIII to guide the Quality team and ensure safe, compliant production of cheese and nutrition products. You will drive food safety performance, oversee documentation, and coordinate with senior management to address incidents.

The role requires leadership experience, dairy industry familiarity, and strong MS Office/QA tooling skills. Flexibility with shifts and holidays is expected in a fast‑paced plant environment.

Qualifications

• Associates degree in Food Science preferred, or 3–5 years equivalent experience.
• 1–3 years of leadership experience required.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office required.

Responsibilities

• Provide direction to Quality team and oversee food safety/QA processes.
• Generate Food Safety and Quality Incident Reports and manage holds.
• Communicate incidents to Quality Director and Senior Management.
• Lead root cause investigations and corrective actions with cross‑functional teams.
• Oversee product quality across Cheese/Nutrition and manage documentation.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Decision making

Multi-tasking

FSMA knowledge

Analytical skills

Education

Associates degree in Food Science (preferred)

Tools

CIM system

Excel

SAP

MES

MS Word

Email

Job description

Leprino Foods in California seeks a Product Review Lead VIII to guide the Quality team and ensure safe, compliant production of cheese and nutrition products. You will drive food safety performance, oversee documentation, and coordinate with senior management to address incidents.

The role requires leadership experience, dairy industry familiarity, and strong MS Office/QA tooling skills. Flexibility with shifts and holidays is expected in a fast‑paced plant environment.