Senior Quality Assurance Manager

Kinsa Group; Illinois; On-site; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Performance-based bonus

401(k)

Paid holidays and PTO

Job summary

Kinsa Group is seeking a Sr. Quality Assurance Manager for a growing food and ingredient manufacturer in the Greater Chicago area.

You will lead quality and food safety programs across multiple locations, ensuring audit readiness and regulatory compliance with SQF, HACCP, GMP, and FSMA. You will strengthen CAPA, supplier quality, and customer-specific requirements, partnering with production to manage specs, product release, and cost-effective quality improvements while leading QA teams across

Qualifications

• 7+ years of quality leadership experience in food manufacturing.
• Strong knowledge of GFSI, FSMA, audit readiness, and regulatory compliance.
• Experience with FSVP, CAPA, root cause analysis, and quality documentation systems.
• Proven ability to partner with production teams and manage customer specifications.

Responsibilities

• Lead QA and food safety programs across multiple locations.
• Maintain audit readiness and regulatory compliance.
• Strengthen CAPA, root cause analysis, and documentation.
• Manage supplier quality and FSVP programs.
• Serve as customer-facing quality leader for investigations and communications.
• Collaborate with Production to manage specs and product release.
• Develop QA teams and establish KPIs across sites.
• Drive continuous improvement balancing quality, cost, and efficiency.

Skills

Quality leadership

Audit readiness

Supplier quality

Customer-facing quality

Job description

Kinsa is recruiting for a: Sr. Quality Assurance Manager

Location: Greater Chicago, IL Area

A growing food and ingredient manufacturer is seeking a Quality Assurance Manager to lead and strengthen quality and food safety systems across multiple manufacturing locations. This role will provide leadership for quality teams while driving audit readiness, supplier quality, and customer-specific requirements.

• Performance-based bonus opportunity
• 401(k)
• Paid holidays and PTO

Key Responsibilities and Goals:

• Lead quality and food safety programs across multiple locations, ensuring compliance with SQF, HACCP, GMP, FSMA, and regulatory requirements while maintaining consistent audit readiness.
• Strengthen CAPA, root cause analysis, documentation, and quality systems to proactively identify and resolve quality risks.
• Manage supplier quality and FSVP programs, including supplier qualification, incoming material documentation, performance monitoring, and corrective actions.
• Serve as a key customer-facing quality leader, managing quality communications, complaint investigations, recurring issues, and customer-specific requirements.
• Partner closely with Production and Operations to manage raw material variability, finished product specifications, product release, and practical quality solutions.
• Lead and develop quality teams across multiple locations while establishing clear KPIs, project plans, accountability, and consistent processes.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives that strengthen quality, workflow efficiency, documentation, and ERP utilization while balancing operational and cost considerations.

Competencies Needed for Success:

• 7+ years of quality leadership experience within food or ingredient manufacturing, including experience managing teams and cross-functional initiatives.
• Strong working knowledge of GFSI, FSMA, food safety systems, audit readiness, and regulatory compliance.
• Experience with FSVP, supplier quality programs, CAPA, root cause analysis, and quality documentation systems.
• Proven experience partnering directly with production teams and managing customer-specific product specifications.
• Strong customer-facing quality experience, including complaint investigation, problem resolution, and professional customer communication.
• Experience developing structured project plans, KPIs, and accountability systems within a multi-site or complex manufacturing environment.