Sr. Food Safety Quality Assurance Manager

Overview

Join our Battle Creek plant leadership team as our Senior Food Safety Quality Assurance Manager, where you’ll own plant-wide Quality and Food Safety and play a key role in driving performance, compliance, and continuous improvement in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.

What You’ll Do

• Lead all Quality Assurance & Food Safety programs, ensuring compliance with company, customer, and regulatory standards
• Own HACCP and food safety systems, driving continuous improvement
• Partner with Operations & Engineering to strengthen processes and food-safe design
• Lead internal, customer, and regulatory audits, including corrective actions
• Develop and coach a high-performing QFS team
• Monitor performance metrics and turn insights into actionable improvements

What You Bring

• Strong leadership experience in food manufacturing (quality or food safety)
• Deep knowledge of HACCP, GMPs, and regulatory requirements
• Proven ability to influence cross-functional teams
• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to translate data into action

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in Food Science, Microbiology, or related field

Experience

• 10+ years in food manufacturing
• 3+ years of people leadership

Preferred

• HACCP certification, PCQI or SQF Practitioner eligibility
• Experience with audits and continuous improvement (Lean, Six Sigma)