Director of Food, Safety & Quality (FSQ)

Jack Link's Protein Snacks • Minneapolis, MN

10h • $135,000 - $170,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

This is a Food Safety and Quality leadership position for a large Ready-to-Eat, USDA Inspected facility. The role sets expectations for both the Food Safety and Quality (FSQ) staff and cross-functional teams in delivering food safety and quality standards for industry-leading, branded food products. The Director determines the overall direction, coordination, and evaluation of all quality systems as they relate to achieving corporate FSQ objectives and delivering an outstanding consumer experience for JL products.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree and 8 or more years of Quality Assurance experience in the food industry and successful supervisory experience in a food manufacturing environment.
• Strong leadership and coaching skills.
• Ability to build relationships cross functionally.
• Commitment to continuous improvement.
• Solid grounding in USDA FSIS regulations.
• Proven understanding of food safety and quality in a manufacturing environment.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills; must work effectively with all levels of management and employees.
• Demonstrated professionalism, effective leadership, problem solving, presentation, prioritization, attention to detail, and Team Member motivational skills.
• Proficient in Internet navigation, Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook.
• Knowledge of cost accounting.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with electronic documentation and recordkeeping a plus.

Responsibilities

• Executes the Food Safety and Quality plan to ensure compliance with regulations, product specifications and organizational standards.
• Develop and maintain HACCP, SSOP Prerequisite Plans and ensure compliance with 9 CFR, Chapter III, Part 416 – Sanitation, Part 417 – Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) Systems.
• Maintain scientific supporting documentation and validation results.
• Manage the microbiological, chemical and organoleptic testing of both finished product and in-process product and sanitation confirmation.
• Reviews results, determines product disposition & timely release.
• Ensures Listeria environmental monitoring and control program execution including corrective actions, record keeping, and reporting.
• Develop, review, monitor, and maintain all ingredient and process control systems.
• Develop and maintain SQF program and leads organization through certification and ongoing maintenance of program.
• Review, monitor, and maintain all ingredient and process control systems.
• Conduct a mock recall bi-annually to verify the effectiveness and accuracy of data gathering and record keeping functions.
• Acts as the technical resource for facility during trouble shooting or process changes.
• Establish and manage FSQ Laboratory sampling, testing and documentation.
• Ensures methods of microbiological and chemical analysis are conducted correctly and Good Laboratory Practices are followed.
• Maintains documentation, prepares reports and analyzes testing data from laboratory.
• Ensure all state, local, and federal Food Safety regulatory issues are adhered to.
• Function as the liaison between Operations and the USDA.
• Communicate with USDA-FSIS concerning regulatory issues.
• Responds to NR’s and maintains tracking and reports.
• Monitors regulatory changes and responds accordingly.
• Manages non-conforming product or process issues.
• Monitors incoming inspection of materials and manages deviations through the Supplier Corrective Action Reporting process.
• Conducts consumer complaint investigation, corrective actions, record keeping, and reporting.
• Addresses deviations from expectations with attention to detail and urgency.
• Actively involved with onboarding of Operations team members creating a strong foundational understanding of GMP’s and SSOP’s leading toward a commitment to a reliable Food Safety Culture.
• Identifies, hires and develops FSQ team members to deliver the highest product quality standards through rigorous monitoring of the process and products.
• Works with relevant academic institutions to develop internship opportunities.
• Enforce all safety rules and company policies; provide appropriate interpretation of company policies and safety policies for team members.
• Participate in the Corporate FSQ Leadership team including development of corporate expectations and long term FSQ strategic planning.

Benefits

• medical
• dental
• vision benefits
• life and disability insurance
• 401k participation
• paid holidays
• paid time off

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director
• Number of Employees: 501-1,000 employees