Site Quality Manager - Food Safety & Process Excellence

Barry Callebaut Group; American Canyon (CA); On-site; USD 100,000 - 141,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

12 paid holidays

Birthday off

Career growth

Job summary

Barry Callebaut Group is seeking a Site Quality Manager to oversee the QA program, ensuring compliance with BC QMS, GFSI, and regulatory standards at the American Canyon site. You will lead the QA team, manage audits, CAPA cycles, and drive continuous improvements across quality, food safety and hygiene.

You will collaborate with operations, R&D and sales to support new product transfers and drive a culture of safety and quality with a relentless focus on preventing non-conformities.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in chemistry, Biology, Microbiology or Food Science, or engineering degree with 7–10+ years in food quality assurance.
• Minimum 7 years’ experience in food safety including formal HACCP training.
• Formal training in Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI) standards, preferably FSSC22000.
• Knowledgeable in MS Office Suite, SAP Systems and other manufacturing applications.
• Strong written & verbal communication, analytical ability, leadership and teamwork skills.
• Solid knowledge of HACCP, GMP, Pathogen Environmental Monitoring and Facility/Equipment Design.

Responsibilities

• Develop their team and build capability within the plant to ensure high performance across Quality, Food Safety and Hygiene metrics.
• Manage audits, visits and inspections from Customers, Certification bodies, Regulatory agencies or corporate oversight at the plant.
• Oversee corrective and preventative (CAPA) actions from audits and daily management system.
• Provide support to resolve customer complaints, complete RCA cycles and ensure CAPA efficiency.
• Lead food safety, ensure the food safety plan is properly implemented and complied with.
• Work with operations, R&D and sales to support product transfers and site transfers.
• Establish and document sanitation standards and ensure compliance.
• Oversee local laboratory equipment and QC material inventories.
• Ensure timely decisions on non-conformities or quality issues.
• Drive corrective actions for out of spec materials and perform RCA to identify root cause.
• Lead the issue management team per Global guidelines.
• Ensure DMS is used and documents are up-to-date.
• Ensure product batches are released only after reviews.
• Develop a site quality masterplan and CAPEX planning.
• Identify food safety investments and CAPEX requirements to improve performance.
• Manage QA team planning: budget and capex.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Teamwork

HACCP

GFSI knowledge

SAP

MS Office

Education

Master’s degree in chemistry, Biology, Microbiology or Food Science

Tools

MS Office Suite

SAP Systems

Job description

Barry Callebaut Group is seeking a Site Quality Manager to oversee the QA program, ensuring compliance with BC QMS, GFSI, and regulatory standards at the American Canyon site. You will lead the QA team, manage audits, CAPA cycles, and drive continuous improvements across quality, food safety and hygiene.

You will collaborate with operations, R&D and sales to support new product transfers and drive a culture of safety and quality with a relentless focus on preventing non-conformities.