Sr. Manager, Quality & Food Safety - Orangeburg, SC

Military Spouse Corporate Career Network•Orangeburg, SC

3d•Onsite

About The Position

The Sr. Quality Manager is the senior quality leader embedded in the Orangeburg, South Carolina factory and is accountable for quality, food safety, regulatory compliance, and consumer protection. Reporting to the Sr. Director Quality-Manufacturing, this hands-on leader owns the site quality and food safety agenda from raw material receipt through finished product release, ensuring documented systems and processes are consistently followed on the production floor. The role calls for strong technical judgment, operational urgency, and the ability to influence manufacturing, maintenance, sanitation, planning, warehousing, and leadership teams. The leader is expected to establish a culture where quality is non-negotiable, issues are escalated quickly, root causes are understood, and corrective actions are sustained. This includes challenging the status quo and stopping production when necessary. This position is part of building a new, large-scale food manufacturing facility. The leader will shape site processes, team capability, and culture from the ground up, work in a fast-moving and sometimes ambiguous environment, and contribute to both local operations and enterprise strategy. The role is onsite and requires visible, in-person engagement on the factory floor; schedules may vary and are subject to change.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Food Science, Engineering, Microbiology, or a related field.
At least 10 years of progressive manufacturing quality leadership experience in food or consumer packaged goods manufacturing.
At least 5 years of plant quality management experience.
Strong expertise in GMPs, HACCP, sanitation, environmental monitoring, statistical process control (SPC), and process controls.
Experience working in a TPM/Lean manufacturing environment and partnering across Quality, Operations, and Maintenance to eliminate losses, address equipment- and process-related defects, drive root-cause corrective actions, and prevent recurrence.
Strong operational acumen and ability to influence cross-functional teams.
Experience driving cultural and operational transformation initiatives.
Ability to work onsite and maintain a visible, hands-on presence in the manufacturing facility; schedules may vary.

Nice To Haves

Advanced degree.
Experience with SAP, quality management systems, specification systems, laboratory systems, and manufacturing data systems.

Responsibilities

Lead the Orangeburg quality and food safety agenda from raw material receipt through finished product release, with accountability for site FSQAR performance.
Maintain a visible leadership presence on the production floor for at least three hours daily to verify standards, identify risks, coach behaviors, and drive corrective actions.
Create a culture where quality is non-negotiable and issues are escalated quickly.
Serve as the senior site authority for product holds, risk assessments, escalations, and dispositions.
Ensure compliance with company policies, FDA requirements, FSMA, HACCP/HARPC, GFSI standards, customer requirements, and regulatory expectations.
Lead site readiness for internal audits, regulatory inspections, customer audits, and corporate assessments.
Lead investigations into consumer complaints, foreign material events, microbiological failures, labeling concerns, process deviations, and other site risks.
Drive disciplined root-cause and corrective-action processes to eliminate repeat failures and strengthen controls.
Partner with Operations, Maintenance, Engineering, Supply Chain, and Continuous Improvement to resolve issues at their source.
Lead and develop the site FSQA team, establishing clear decision rights, shift coverage, and accountability.
Build technical capability through coaching, training, floor-based verification, and practical problem solving.
Strengthen FSQA partnership with operators, supervisors, mechanics, sanitation teams, and site leaders.
Serve as a key member of the Orangeburg site leadership team and provide food safety and quality input to operational decisions, capital projects, product launches, commercialization, line trials, and improvement initiatives.
Challenge decisions when product safety, compliance, quality, or consumer trust may be at risk.
Help build and shape the site, its team, and culture from day one, while connecting local impact with enterprise strategy and the Orangeburg community.