Sr. Director, Manufacturing Quality

About the role

The Sr. Director of Manufacturing Quality is responsible for leading manufacturing quality execution across the production network to ensure the delivery of safe, compliant, defect-free products that protect and delight consumers. This role serves as the operational quality leader responsible for translating enterprise Food Safety, Quality, and Regulatory systems into practical, sustainable factory execution.

Responsibilities

• Lead manufacturing quality strategy and execution across all manufacturing facilities
• Ensure safe, compliant, defect-free products through strong operational execution and process discipline
• Drive standardization and sustainability of manufacturing quality programs across the network
• Establish clear quality expectations, accountability, and execution standards at all sites
• Maintain a strong factory presence and actively engage with site quality manager and site leadership to drive quality by design
• Translate enterprise quality strategy into practical and sustainable manufacturing execution
• Direct end-to-end innovation quality strategy across multiple business verticals, ensuring flawless product launches through robust governance, risk mitigation, validation, and cross-functional execution from concept to commercialization.
• Establish and lead enterprise launch-readiness frameworks, aligning Intech, operations, supply chain, regulatory, and commercial teams to proactively identify risks, eliminate quality gaps, and deliver on-time, right-first time launches.
• Drive a culture of launch excellence and accountability, leveraging quality metrics, stage-gate reviews, and continuous improvement practices to achieve consistent performance.
• Drive loss elimination, defect reduction, center lining, root cause analysis, and process capability improvements
• Partner with Factory Sites directors, and Continuous Improvement teams to strengthen operator ownership and autonomous quality systems
• Coach plant quality leadership teams on TPM behaviors, quality culture, and sustainable execution practices
• Ensure Quality Pillar activities are directly connected to measurable operational, quality, and consumer outcomes
• Drive disciplined problem-solving methodologies and sustainable corrective action execution
• Partner closely with Sr. Site Directors and plant leadership teams to elevate site food safety culture, accountability, and execution discipline
• Coach and develop plant quality teams and operational leaders to strengthen technical capability, ownership, and decision-making
• Drive a culture focused on prevention, urgency, transparency, operational discipline, and continuous improvement
• Build environments where quality and food safety are fully integrated into daily operational behaviors and plant culture
• Challenge complacency and normalize proactive identification and correction of issues
• Support the organization’s commitment to producing products that do not harm and consistently delight consumers
• Drive reduction of consumer complaints, internal defects, rework, waste, and quality losses
• Ensure operational decisions prioritize consumer safety, product integrity, and brand protection
• Strengthen factory understanding of the direct connection between manufacturing execution and consumer experience
• Promote quality by design principles throughout manufacturing and operational processes

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Food Science, Engineering, Microbiology, or related field required; advanced degree preferred
• 15+ years of progressive manufacturing quality leadership experience within food or consumer packaged goods manufacturing
• Minimum 5 years in plant quality management
• Strong expertise in GMPs, HACCP, sanitation, environmental monitoring, SPC, and process controls
• Proven leadership experience across multi-site manufacturing networks
• Strong operational acumen and ability to influence cross-functional teams
• Experience driving cultural and operational transformation initiatives
• Bilingual capabilities preferred (English and Spanish)

Benefits

At Ferrara, we're proud to support our employees with comprehensive benefits that enhance health, financial wellness, and include paid time off (PTO). Eligible employees may also receive an annual bonus based on company performance. Learn more about our benefits at https://flimp.live/Ferrara-Benefits-Resource-Center

Pay

The salary range for this role is $162,975 - $228,165 annually.