FSQ Manager

The FSQ Manager leads the Food Safety and Quality (FSQ Team) and oversees the development, implementation, review, and maintenance of the SQF Quality System at our USDA-inspected meat snacks manufacturing facility as an SQF Practitioner. This role has primary responsibilities for our site’s HACCP-based food safety system and compliance with regulatory, customer, and company quality requirements. A member of the Senior Site Leadership team; this role drives food safety culture, continuous improvement activities, and ensures that all Team Members have the training, resources, and awareness needed to meet our food safety and quality standards.DIRECT REPORTSHACCP Coordinator, FSQ Supervisor(s)DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIESThe duties and responsibilities of this position shall consist of, but not be limited to, the following:Training, coaching, and direct observation of all Team Members to build the behaviors, actions, and awareness needed to meet the high standards of our food safety and quality system; performance management and supervision of FSQ Team Strategic direction and management of the site SQF Quality System including program development, implementation, review, and maintenance of HACCP plans, sanitation procedures, prerequisite programs, and other procedures and policies Lead appropriate resolution of food safety and quality issues by serving as onsite subject matter expert in regulatory, customer, and company requirementsEstablish and maintain processes to trend progress in food safety and quality performance against benchmarks; develop and lead plan for continuous improvement Serve as a member of the Senior Site Management Team to drive food safety culture in site initiatives and across departments; regularly report on specification compliance, process and product variation, customer requirements, continuous improvement activities, and matters impacting the implementation and maintenance of the SQF Quality System Manage on-site relationships and compliance with USDA FSIS and other regulatory and certification organizations