Plant Quality Manager
Core
Lead food safety and quality programs within a manufacturing plant to ensure products meet regulatory, customer, and company requirements.
Role type
Plant Quality Manager
Builds
Food safety compliance, quality systems, and continuous improvement initiatives for food manufacturing products.
Domain
Food manufacturing / Food safety
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work
Required skills
Food safety compliance, Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP), Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP), root cause analysis, corrective and preventive actions, regulatory auditing, team coaching, cross-functional collaboration, data analysis, problem-solving
Preferred skills
Canning and thermal processing experience, equivalent education and experience combination
Technologies
Safe Quality Food certification, environmental monitoring systems, pest control programs
Responsibilities
Lead food safety and quality programs to ensure compliance with company and regulatory requirements; Promote adherence to good manufacturing practices and food safety standards across the facility; Deliver food safety and quality training programs and maintain annual training compliance; Partner with Operations and Maintenance to strengthen food safety and quality ownership on the production floor; Develop and coach quality team members while supporting a culture of continuous improvement; Monitor food safety and quality metrics and lead initiatives to improve plant performance; Investigate quality concerns and consumer complaints, implementing corrective and preventive actions as needed; Ensure compliance with regulatory agencies and serve as the primary contact during inspections and audits; Maintain key quality systems including HACCP, Safe Quality Food certification, environmental monitoring, recall readiness, and pest control programs; Collaborate with Operations, Sales, and Research & Development to resolve quality issues and support new product launches; Lead the Food Safety & Quality pillar within the Conagra Performance System and drive continuous improvement efforts.
Seniority
Mid-Senior, hands-on IC