FSQ Manager

Jack Link's Protein Snacks • Mankato, MN

6d • Hybrid

About The Position

The FSQ Manager leads the Food Safety and Quality (FSQ Team) and oversees the development, implementation, review, and maintenance of the SQF Quality System at our USDA-inspected meat snacks manufacturing facility as an SQF Practitioner. This role has primary responsibilities for our site’s HACCP-based food safety system and compliance with regulatory, customer, and company quality requirements. A member of the Senior Site Leadership team; this role drives food safety culture, continuous improvement activities, and ensures that all Team Members have the training, resources, and awareness needed to meet our food safety and quality standards.

Requirements

• Associate Degree or Higher Education
• 5 Years of Leadership Experience in Food Safety and Quality Assurance in the Meat and Poultry Industry
• Must work effectively, respectfully, and collaboratively with all levels of management and Team Members
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English
• Proficient in Internet navigation; Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook
• Certified in HACCP and competent in implementing and maintaining food quality plans using risk-based methodology
• Understand Safe Quality Foods (SQF) Quality Code and the requirements to implement and maintain a quality management system as an SQF Practitioner or similar
• Be competent, through training or experience, in process control and/or other quality tools to reduce process variation impacting quality and achieve regulatory, customer, and consumer requirements
• Demonstrated leadership, team management, and training skills in a food manufacturing environment
• Demonstrated knowledge of continuous improvement methodologies and tools

Nice To Haves

• Bilingual with the ability to read, write, and speak Spanish preferred
• Bachelor’s Degree and More than 5 Years of Leadership Experience in Food Safety and Quality Assurance in the Meat and Poultry Industry
• Education Focused in Food Science, Microbiology, Meat Science, or Animal Science

Responsibilities

• Training, coaching, and direct observation of all Team Members to build the behaviors, actions, and awareness needed to meet the high standards of our food safety and quality system; performance management and supervision of FSQ Team
• Strategic direction and management of the site SQF Quality System including program development, implementation, review, and maintenance of HACCP plans, sanitation procedures, prerequisite programs, and other procedures and policies
• Lead appropriate resolution of food safety and quality issues by serving as onsite subject matter expert in regulatory, customer, and company requirements
• Establish and maintain processes to trend progress in food safety and quality performance against benchmarks; develop and lead plan for continuous improvement
• Serve as a member of the Senior Site Management Team to drive food safety culture in site initiatives and across departments; regularly report on specification compliance, process and product variation, customer requirements, continuous improvement activities, and matters impacting the implementation and maintenance of the SQF Quality System
• Manage on-site relationships and compliance with USDA FSIS and other regulatory and certification organizations

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: Manager
• Education Level: Associate degree