FSQ Product Associate Manager

Select Division•Minnetonka, MN

11h•Onsite

About The Position

Ready for more than just a job? Build a career with purpose. At Lactalis in the USA, we’re committed to providing meaningful opportunities for our people to learn, grow, and thrive—whether you’re just starting your journey with us or looking to take the next step in your career. From day one, we offer the tools and support to help you succeed. As the world leader in dairy, Lactalis is a family-owned company with over 85,000 pragmatic and ambitious professionals across the globe. Each day, we’re proud to produce award-winning dairy products that bring people together. In the US, we proudly offer an unrivaled house of beloved brands, including Galbani® Italian cheeses and ricotta, Président® specialty cheeses and butters, Kraft® natural and grated cheeses, Breakstone’s® cottage cheese, Cracker Barrel®, Black Diamond® cheddar, and Parmalat® milk. Our yogurt portfolio includes siggi’s®, Stonyfield Organic®, Brown Cow™, Oui®, Yoplait®, Go-Gurt®, :ratio®, Green Mountain Creamery®, and Mountain High®, along with a growing family of ethnic favorites like Karoun®, Gopi®, and Arz®. At Lactalis, we live by our core values—Ambition, Engagement, and Simplicity. We foster a workplace where innovation thrives, diverse perspectives are celebrated, and everyone’s unique background and ideas are valued. Even if you don’t meet every qualification, we encourage you to apply. We want to hear about your PASSION, your STORY, and how your EXPERTISE can help us shape the future of dairy. From your PASSION to ours Lactalis US Yogurt , part of the Lactalis family of companies, is currently hiring a FSQ Product Associate Manager based in Minneapolis, MN. The FSQ Product Associate Manager, will lead quality and food safety strategies for our Lactalis US Yogurt (LUSY) facilities by championing our consumers’ needs first via proper product design implementation followed by quality of manufactured product throughout the product life cycle. The role will support product projects across our portfolio of facilities. Additionally, the FSQ Product Associate Manager will partner with our Production Plants, R&D, Business, Supply Chain, and global Quality teams, along with external partners, to champion quality, safety and regulatory compliance of our products. to align duties with the company's goals and values. The FSQ Product Associate Manager will report to FSQ Product Senior Manager for Lactalis US Yogurt (LUSY).

Requirements

Bachelor's degree is required.
5+ years Food Safety & Quality Yogurt experience is required
Solid knowledge of GFSI, HACCP, US food regulations, i.e. PMO, FDA
Understanding of Food Safety & Quality as applied to our products
Understanding of statistical process control and application for product quality.

Nice To Haves

A major in engineering, food science and/or microbiology is preferred.

Responsibilities

Lead quality, food safety and regulatory strategies for Lactalis US Yogurt production locations.
Champion consumer first product design and quality as manufactured throughout the product life cycle.
Ensure plants are capable of consistently delivering products within specification.
Lead product quality and food safety improvement efforts.
Facilitate plant floor evaluations, new equipment commissioning, new product launches and ongoing product evaluations.
Focus on issue resolutions and promoting FSQ requirements for delivering superior products.
Monitor and identify quality and food safety improvement opportunities leveraging manufacturing, customer and consumer data, determine next actions and influence the change.
Maintain a close partnership with LUSY internal plants and collaborate on continuous improvement activities.
Alerts senior management on major issues.
Proactively share and promote best practices throughout the organization.
Manage a portfolio of projects associated with 1-2 brands, support prioritization and escalation of critical points.
Ensure consistency across all sites to deliver the best product quality possible.
Collaborate with quality peers and management to implement innovation and best practices for more efficient operations.