Quality Manager

A growing food manufacturing organization is seeking an experienced Quality Assurance Manager to lead food safety, quality, and regulatory compliance initiatives within a fast-paced production environment. This is a high-impact leadership opportunity for a quality professional who thrives on building strong teams, driving accountability, and maintaining world-class food safety and quality standards.

The Quality Assurance Manager will oversee a multi-shift QA department, ensure regulatory and customer compliance, and partner closely with Operations to promote a culture of food safety, continuous improvement, and operational excellence. This role offers significant visibility within the organization and the opportunity to influence both strategic and day-to-day quality initiatives.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead, develop, and manage a multi-shift Quality Assurance team, including training, coaching, performance management, and succession planning.
• Oversee the execution and continuous improvement of food safety and quality management systems, ensuring compliance with regulatory, customer, and certification requirements.
• Manage quality investigations, non-conforming product programs, corrective and preventive actions (CAPA), environmental monitoring programs, and quality trend analysis.
• Lead internal audit programs and support third-party, customer, and regulatory audits.
• Review food safety and quality records, ensuring timely completion of investigations, corrective actions, and documentation requirements.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with Operations, Sanitation, Maintenance, and Leadership to drive continuous improvement initiatives and strengthen quality culture.
• Support complaint investigations, recall readiness activities, food defense programs, and crisis management processes.
• Analyze quality metrics and provide reporting that supports data-driven decision making and ongoing process improvements.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Food Science, Microbiology, Biology, or a related discipline preferred.
• Minimum of 5 years of progressive quality leadership experience within food manufacturing.
• Prior experience managing quality teams across multiple shifts in a manufacturing environment.
• Strong working knowledge of SQF, HACCP, GFSI-recognized food safety programs, regulatory compliance, environmental monitoring, and audit management.
• SQF Practitioner and/or PCQI certification preferred, or willingness to obtain certification shortly after hire.
• Experience leading customer audits, certification audits, CAPA programs, and non-conformance investigations.
• Strong communication, organizational, and leadership skills with the ability to influence cross-functional teams.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications and ERP systems.

Why Consider This Opportunity?

• Lead a large quality organization with direct influence over food safety and quality strategy.
• High-visibility role with exposure to senior leadership and broad operational responsibilities.
• Opportunity to build and develop teams while driving meaningful continuous improvement initiatives.
• Stable and growing manufacturing environment with a strong commitment to food safety, employee development, and operational excellence.
• Competitive compensation package, comprehensive benefits, retirement savings plan, paid time off, and professional development opportunities.

If you are a hands-on food safety and quality leader looking to make a significant impact within a growing manufacturing organization, we encourage you to apply.