Food Safety & Quality Ops Jr Manager

• Lead the salaried Quality professionals to ensure practical application of quality management techniques
• Deliver effective change leadership while driving business changes and minimizing people's impact
• Communicate and collaborate cross-functionally to assist the team in solving operational issues
• Builds people capability through effective employee relations, hiring, training, and communication for front-line hourly and salaried personnel
• Motivate team members to achieve plan goals
• Identify and lead efforts of product/process quality and cost management opportunities to achieve productivity gains
• Lead the plant QC Pillar through the Continuous Improvement journey
• Lead and develop action plans with production, engineering, and division Quality Assurance to improve the product specifications, analytical procedures, and sampling programs, and ensure that they are appropriate and meet system capability and key consumer requirements
• Provide forward-thinking insights for future business improvements
• Serve as a key statistical resource. Verify product and process improvements through the implementation and analysis of statistically designed experiments and capability studies
• Lead food safety and compliance audits, including FSSC 22000, AIB, QAS
• Ensure all internal and external sanitation is complete and adequately meets quality standards
• Design and implement programs to monitor calibration and accuracy of all analytical procedures and equipment in the plant
• Ensure compliance with the OSHA chemical hygiene plan and proper laboratory safety practices by involving all employees in an effective safety program
• provide training, periodic review of hazards, and timely correction of hazardous situations
• Lead the interpretation of in-process and analytical data to make quality evaluations, recommend actions for improvements, and ensure resolution. Challenge results and drive improvements. Coach others in interpreting results
• Lead risk assessment analysis throughout the plant. Manage issues with non-conforming product to assure proper control, minimize losses, and provide analysis to drive the elimination of future occurrences
• Provide training in food science, regulatory requirements, and quality measurement systems to appropriate personnel
• Administer policies and procedures
• Regular and predictable attendance at the work site
• This role requires regular presence on the plant floor
• This role may operate forklift and manufacturing equipment occasionally
• This role may require off-shift and weekend work
• This role may require some travel (less than 5%)

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience required
• Preferably in engineering, business, operations management, or a similar field
• Minimum of 5 years' experience in the Food/Beverage Industry preferred
• Clear understanding and working knowledge of process and compliance quality systems
• Clear understanding of Continuous Improvement Processes
• Strong organizational, interpersonal, and presentation skills
• Knowledge of regulatory requirements and AIB standards
• Ability to motivate, lead, and work with teams
• Proficient in Microsoft Suite applications
• Ability to give and receive constructive feedback
• Ability to lead a team-based approach to decision-making
• Proven ability to work in a results-oriented, challenging environment
• Strong leadership skills with the ability to get results through mentoring others
• Effective coaching, facilitation, presentation, and team building skills
• This position is limited to persons with an indefinite right to work in the United States
• Must have a valid driver's license

Lean Six Sigma and Project Management Experience preferred

• Bonus based on performance and eligibility target payout is 12% of annual salary paid out annually
• Paid time off subject to eligibility, including paid parental leave, vacation, sick, and bereavement
• Medical, Dental, Vision, Disability, Health, and Dependent Care Reimbursement Accounts, Employee Assistance Program (EAP), Insurance (Accident, Group Legal, Life), Defined Contribution Retirement Plan