Quality Lead

Great Plains Processing in Yankton, SD is seeking a talented and dedicated Quality Lead to join our team.

Responsibilities

• Lead and further develop local quality management systems to ensure compliance with internal standards and external quality and feed safety requirements.
• Oversee all quality assurance and control functions, ensuring 100% compliance with FAMI-QS.
• Conduct internal audits, supplier assessments, and manage certification body interactions to maintain and strengthen our compliance posture.
• Serve as the primary point of contact for external audits and customer quality concerns.
• Manage customer complaints, nonconformities, and CAPAs, using data insights to identify trends and implement preventative actions.
• Support regulatory compliance by maintaining permits, preparing for inspections, and enabling product registrations when applicable.
• Deliver quality training programs to raise feed safety awareness and strengthen quality culture across departments.

Requirements

• Minimum of 2 years of experience in a similar quality, compliance, or feed/food safety role.
• Experience working in feed or food production environments, with solid understanding of relevant quality and safety practices.
• Strong knowledge of quality management systems.
• Proficiency in MS Office Suite.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to train, influence, and engage colleagues.
• High attention to detail with solid data analysis capabilities.
• Ability to work both independently and collaboratively in a cross-functional environment.

Benefits

• Competitive salary.
• Robust benefits package with 100% of the dental, vision, STD, LTD, and AD&D paid by GPP.
• Participate in the company bonus program.
• 8 paid company holidays.
• Paid time off: starting with 10 days your first year and incremental increases up to 30 days of PTO at 15 years.

Schedule

This is a full-time position working Monday - Friday, 8:00am - 5:00pm. Occasional flexibility outside of core hours may be required to support audits, inspections, or urgent quality matters.