Food Safety Quality Manager

Role Overview

• Foster a culture of safety, accountability, and continuous improvement, striving for zero IFR year after year
• Promote Johnsonville Culture and work with members to drive strategic continuous improvement efforts tied to food safety and quality risks or incidents in the animal harvest and fresh sausage processes
• Lead the plant food safety and quality system through administration of the written food safety and quality programs, procedures and policies.
• Collaborate with teams to achieve continuous improvement within the food safety and quality performance with key performance metrics, identify trends and process variation and driving corrective actions.
• Lead and administer the facility’s Animal Welfare System and Programs.
• Ensure regulatory compliance with applicable regulatory requirements, including USDA
• FSIS, Federal and State requirements.
• Lead cross-functional teams to excel at all site internal, customer, regulatory, and SQF audits, ensuring effective preparation, execution, and follow-up.
• Demonstrate the ability to apply technical acumen applied to meat food safety and quality systems.
• Use your technical expertise to train members on food safety principles, quality systems, and regulatory requirements.
• Actively participate in network wide project work as applied to food safety, quality, animal welfare and process related improvements.
• Directly coach and develop Food Safety and Quality team members.
• Lead and manage the performance of third-party contractors, such as pest control and sanitation providers
• Lead FSQ capital pipeline planning and budget development efforts to align facility investments with network food safety and quality strategies.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Food Science, Meat Science, Microbiology or related field preferred
• 5 years of experience in a quality leadership role required
• Experience in food required; meat/poultry processing and harvest preferred
• Proficient at influential leadership and the ability to grow direct and indirect members required
• Knowledge and understanding of food safety, HACCP systems, USDA/FDA, Animal Handling and Welfare programs and regulatory requirements and have established regulatory relationships
• Proficiency in Microsoft Suite required
• Understanding of Safe Quality Food program preferred
• Experience with fresh product shelf life and microbiology
• Knowledge of continuous improvement processes (Six Sigma, Lean Manufacturing, etc.)
• Experience working in SAP Business Operating System desired
• Proficient with data management and Statistical Process Control
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Project management and team leadership skills

Benefits

• monthly bonus
• 401k with company match
• affordable medical coverage
• dental coverage
• vision coverage
• flexible spending accounts
• disability insurance
• life insurance
• fertility assistance
• adoption assistance
• competitive paid time off
• paid parental time off