Senior Manager Quality Assurance

Albertsons • Pleasanton, CA

7d • Hybrid

About The Position

Join Albertsons Companies for an exciting opportunity where innovation and customer service go hand-in-hand. We are looking for someone who wants to make an impact and lead, innovate, and contribute to the growth of a company that values great service and lasting customer relationships. This position offers the chance to work in a fast-paced, dynamic environment that’s constantly evolving.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Food Science/Technology, Microbiology, Dairy Science, or related field required.
• 10 plus years of progressive food safety, quality assurance, or manufacturing leadership experience within food manufacturing.
• Experience supporting multiple manufacturing facilities or complex manufacturing operations.
• Minimum 5 years of experience in a food processing plant at a supervisory level or above in food safety & quality assurance or related role is required.
• Experience in one or more of the following manufacturing categories: dairy, frozen desserts, beverage, bakery, sauces, prepared foods, or ready-to-eat foods.
• Experience supporting regulatory inspections, customer audits, and GFSI-certified facilities.
• Strong knowledge of HACCP, FSMA Preventive Controls, cGMPs, sanitation, allergen management, environmental monitoring, and quality management systems.
• Knowledge of USDA, FDA, Seafood HACCP, Acidified Foods, PMO, Food Defense, and related regulatory requirements.
• Experience training and implementation of HACCP or FSMA food safety plans, PCQI, SQF or BRC, vendor qualification, and customer requirement auditing.
• Demonstrated ability to lead quality improvement initiatives across multiple sites.
• Experience utilizing data, KPIs, trend analysis, and root cause methodologies to drive performance improvement.
• Strong leadership, coaching, and talent development capabilities.
• Ability to influence cross-functional teams and drive alignment across multiple manufacturing locations on-site and remotely.
• Strong verbal, written, and presentation communication skills.
• Knowledge of GFSI standards including SQF and BRCGS.

Nice To Haves

• Advanced degree in Food Science, Microbiology, Dairy Science, or a related field.

Responsibilities

• Leads quality and food safety performance across a multi-site manufacturing network, ensuring consistent execution of enterprise FSQA programs and compliance with regulatory, customer, and company requirements.
• Partners with plant leadership to drive quality system effectiveness, strengthen food safety culture, mitigate risk, and deliver continuous improvement across manufacturing operations.
• Provides oversight and governance of quality and food safety programs across assigned manufacturing facilities to ensure compliance with regulatory, customer, and company requirements.
• Ensures consistent execution of HACCP, Preventive Controls, GMPs, sanitation, environmental monitoring, allergen control, and quality management programs.
• Serves as a key escalation point for food safety, quality, regulatory, and compliance issues.
• Provides leadership, coaching, and development for plant Quality Managers and site FSQA teams.
• Establishes performance expectations, accountability, and capability-building plans to strengthen quality leadership across the network.
• Supports continuous improvement initiatives utilizing lean problem-solving tools and thorough root cause analysis, corrective action and preventative action.
• Promotes a strong food safety and quality culture throughout manufacturing operations.
• Ensures facilities maintain readiness for USDA FDA inspections, customer, third-party, and internal audits.
• Supports regulatory inspections and customer engagements while driving timely and effective corrective action execution.
• Partners with sites to ensure consistent interpretation and application of regulatory and customer requirements.
• Drives consistent execution of enterprise FSQA programs and standards across assigned facilities.
• Utilizes quality, food safety, operational, and customer complaint data to identify trends, mitigate risk, and improve performance.
• Leads root cause investigations and corrective action efforts for quality and food safety events.
• Partners with Procurement to resolve raw material and supplier performance issues impacting quality and food safety.
• Oversees complaint, defect, and performance trending to reduce consumer and customer quality issues.
• Partners with Operations, Engineering, Maintenance, and FSQA leadership to improve product safety, quality, process capability, and operational performance.
• Supports commercialization, process changes, and continuous improvement initiatives by ensuring food safety and quality requirements are effectively incorporated into business decisions.

Benefits

• Competitive wages paid weekly
• Access to up to 50% of your earned wages before payday, via our partnership with Stream
• Associate discounts
• Health and financial well-being benefits for eligible associates (Medical, Dental, 401k and more!)
• Time off (vacation, holidays, sick pay).
• Leaders invested in your training, career growth and development
• An inclusive work environment with talented colleagues who reflect the communities we serve

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior