Food Safety/Quality Manager

Responsibilities

• 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

Required:

• 5 years of experience in a food safety and quality leadership role
• Experience in food required; meat/poultry processing and harvest preferred

Qualifications

Preferred:

• Bachelor's degree in food science, Meat Science, Microbiology or related field
• Knowledge and understanding of food safety, HACCP systems, USDA/FDA, Animal Handling and Welfare programs and regulatory requirements and have established regulatory relationships
• Emphasis on prior USDA- FSIS facility experience
• Proficiency in Microsoft Suite
• Certification of Global Food Safety Initiative Standards [Safe Quality Food program preferred]
• Experience analyzing fresh product shelf life and microbiology
• Experience with continuous improvement processes (Six Sigma, Lean Manufacturing, etc.)
• Experience with digital document systems SAP Business Operating System and Redzone
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills

Skills

• Demonstrated leadership and the ability to grow direct and indirect members
• Knowledge and understanding of food safety, HACCP systems, USDA/FDA, Animal Handling and Welfare programs and regulatory requirements and have established regulatory relationships
• Emphasis on prior USDA- FSIS facility experience
• Proficiency in Microsoft Suite
• Certification of Global Food Safety Initiative Standards [Safe Quality Food program preferred]
• Experience analyzing fresh product shelf life and microbiology
• Experience with continuous improvement processes (Six Sigma, Lean Manufacturing, etc.)
• Experience with digital document systems SAP Business Operating System and Redzone
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills