Assistant Quality Control Manager - Supply Chain
About The Position
The Assistant Quality Control Manager - Supply Chain plays a critical role in ensuring product quality and safety throughout the supply chain. The position collaborates with internal and external partners to maintain regulatory compliance, conduct audits, and implement quality control measures. It requires expertise in food safety, process improvement, and stakeholder engagement to identify risks and drive operational excellence. The successful candidate supports continuous improvement initiatives, coaches team members on quality practices, and helps maintain high standards aligned with organizational goals. The team develops leadership structures in quality control to improve coverage and decision-making, champions commodity and end-to-end quality integration through proactive downstream and customer engagement, and works to improve fresh-product temperature adherence and monitoring. It also develops and implements store automated guides, provides expertise for emerging fresh quality formats, and invests in people and capabilities to expand upstream inspections and continuously improve quality control and supply chain processes. The primary location is 2250 E Outer Road, Moberly, Missouri 65270-9477.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Agriculture, Agronomy, Food Science, or a related field, or two years of experience in food manufacturing or production quality control/assurance, food safety, or a related field.
- Expertise in quality control practices, including auditing, reporting, and maintaining inventory standards.
- Strong knowledge of food safety, cold chain management, and sanitary handling procedures.
- Experience in stakeholder analysis, engagement, and communication across cross-functional teams.
- Ability to identify process improvement opportunities and implement change management strategies.
- Proficiency in data collection and analysis and using insights to drive operational excellence.
- Skill in coaching personnel on quality inspection tools and ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements.
- Ability to collaborate with partners and influence outcomes to support business goals.
Nice To Haves
- Data analysis
- Fruit ripening experience
Responsibilities
- Collaborate with internal and external partners to maintain and enhance quality standards across the supply chain.
- Conduct audits and inspections to ensure compliance with food safety, cold chain, and sanitation protocols.
- Identify and address quality issues, coaching teams on proper inspection and handling techniques.
- Analyze business processes and recommend improvements that enhance operational efficiency and product quality.
- Use data and reporting tools to monitor quality metrics and support decision-making.
- Facilitate communication across departments to ensure adherence to regulatory and organizational standards.
Benefits
- Competitive pay
- Performance-based bonus awards
- Medical, vision, and dental coverage
- 401(k)
- Stock purchase
- Company-paid life insurance
- Paid time off, including sick leave
- Parental leave
- Family care leave
- Bereavement leave
- Jury duty leave
- Voting leave
- Short-term and long-term disability
- Company discounts
- Military Leave Pay
- Adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement
- PTO and/or PPTO for vacation, sick leave, holidays, or other purposes
- Live Better U education benefit program, including tuition, books, and fees for eligible programs
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
