Assistant Food Safety and Quality Manager

Johnsonville has an opportunity for an Assistant Food Safety/Quality Manager to join our campus FSQ Team. Your passion for continuous improvement will support the company in its drive to create a best in world quality culture through leadership and member interaction. This job is perfect for an individual who has a track record of improving and expanding the scope of their responsibilities and wants to continue to grow and be challenged.

• Ensure the daily HACCP documentation is complete, pre-shipments are reviewed, and proper follow-ups are documented
• Represent Food Safety and Quality on cross-functional project teams
• Identify, define, and solve quality issues in association with the plant operations, quality, and reliability excellence teams
• Lead third party audits:serve in a lead role in regulatory audits
• Develop and implement Standard Operating Procedures as they relate to the safety and quality of products and processes ensuring compliance to GMPs, and regulatory requirements
• Troubleshoot day-to-day food safety and quality opportunities to help the teams define comprehensive, proactive solutions
• Use your technical expertise to educate members on food safety and quality applications and systems
• Work with facility RE, Ops and Cost teams to improve price of non-conformance (PONC) and First Pass Quality performance utilizing the concept of best practices and enhancing standard work.
• Lead project teams that improve the quality of the process and product
• May plan, organize, and coach the work of the Food Safety Quality Leader
• Maintain the facility food safety plans, quality plan, and food defense plan
• Coordinate product test and holds between various departments, review certificates and disposition materials in a timely manner

• Bachelor’s Degree in Food Science, Meat Science, Microbiology or a related field required

• 2-4 years of experience in a quality leadership position is desired
• Experience in food required; meat/poultry processing preferred
• Experience working under regulatory systems, USDA preferred

• Intermediate knowledge of food safety requirements including HACCP
• Understanding of quality systems & ability to execute against them
• Basic understanding in statistical quality tools and continuous improvement processes (Six Sigma, Lean Manufacturing, etc.)
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Proficiency in Microsoft 365 required
• Desire to become a future leader (potential replacement for Food Safety Coordinator position or others within the company)
• SQF Practitioner certification desired
• Understanding of quality and sanitation systems with ability to execute against them
• Detail oriented, responsible, self-motivated individual
• Strong problem solver
• Experience with SAP and Redzone desired
• Willingness to relocate to other facilities within the organization