Quality and Food Safety Compliance to Design Manager

WK Kellogg•Battle Creek, MI

12d•$114,480 - $143,100

About The Position

The Quality and Food Safety Compliance to Design Manager ensures that ingredients and materials meet the quality and food safety standards required by WK Kellogg products and manufacturing processes. The role works across suppliers, manufacturing sites, and corporate teams to translate expectations into practical solutions, identify improvement opportunities, and strengthen material management across the supply chain. The manager approves ingredients and suppliers, maintains material requirements and supplier verification documentation, assesses supplier and material capabilities, monitors trends, helps develop ingredient standards, and leads change and continuous improvement across supplier networks. The role also supports supplier assessments, applies WK Kellogg Integrated Work System tools, and trains organizational resources on relevant processes and requirements. The position works across corporate and manufacturing environments and involves regular collaboration with suppliers, manufacturing plants, Research & Development, Procurement, Plant Food Technologists, and Corporate Quality and Food Safety partners. The schedule is primarily Monday through Friday, with flexibility to support business needs. Travel of approximately 25% to 50% is required.

Requirements

Experience working with quality and food safety systems, supplier compliance, or material quality in food manufacturing, food development, or a related environment.
Working knowledge of the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) and requirements for managing suppliers and materials used in food products.
Ability to operate and navigate SAP or similar enterprise systems to manage material information across the supply chain.
Ability to learn and evaluate manufacturing processes and assess their capability to deliver critical-to-quality attributes.
Strong analytical and mathematical skills, including use of problem-solving tools, data interpretation, trend identification, and assessment of product and process capability.
Ability to gather and synthesize information from multiple sources and collaborate effectively with suppliers, plant teams, and cross-functional partners.
Strong communication and influencing skills, including translating technical quality and food safety requirements into clear actions.
Ability to become Preventive Controls Qualified Individual (PCQI) qualified.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor of Science degree or equivalent in Engineering, Chemistry, Food Science, Microbiology, or a related scientific field.
At least 5 years of experience in the food manufacturing or food development industry.
Experience working across manufacturing plants, suppliers, Research & Development, Procurement, and Quality and Food Safety organizations.
Experience applying continuous improvement methodologies and tools to improve processes and supplier performance.
Proficiency with Microsoft PowerPoint, Excel, Word, and SharePoint.

Responsibilities

Approve ingredients and suppliers and maintain documentation defining requirements for materials used at manufacturing sites and innovation facilities.
Complete and maintain supplier verification documentation for materials used to manufacture WK Kellogg products.
Assess supplier and material capabilities to ensure starting materials consistently deliver critical quality and food safety attributes required by manufacturing processes.
Partner with Procurement, Research & Development, Plant Food Technologists, Corporate Quality and Food Safety teams, and suppliers to address supply-chain quality and food safety needs.
Monitor quality and food safety trends across material categories and help develop ingredient standards and supply-chain solutions.
Lead change and continuous improvement activities across starting-material supplier networks, including responses to supplier complaints and facility audit findings.
Guide Quality and Food Safety auditing resources to support effective on-site supplier assessments.
Use WK Kellogg Integrated Work System (KIWS) tools to improve manufacturing-process and quality-program effectiveness and efficiency.
Train key organizational resources on processes and requirements that support quality and food safety objectives.