* Position Summary
Corporate Quality Manager is responsible for leading and overseeing quality assurance, food safety, regulatory compliance, and continuous improvement programs across multiple dairy manufacturing facilities. This role ensures that all plants consistently produce safe, high-quality products that meet company standards, customer requirements, and applicable regulatory guidelines. The Corporate Quality Manager partners closely with plant leadership, operations, R&D, supply chain, and executive management to drive a strong quality culture throughout the organization.
Key Responsibilities
* Develop, implement, and maintain corporate quality assurance and food safety programs across all dairy plants.
* Ensure compliance with FDA, USDA, PMO, FSMA, HACCP, SQF/BRC, GMP, and all applicable state and federal regulations.
* Standardize quality systems, policies, procedures, and documentation across multiple facilities.
* Lead internal audits, plant assessments, and regulatory readiness activities to ensure ongoing compliance.
* Oversee microbiological, chemical, and physical quality standards for raw materials, in-process production, and finished dairy products.
* Monitor and analyze quality performance metrics, customer complaints, non-conformances, and corrective/preventive actions across all sites.
* Drive root cause analysis and corrective action processes related to quality deviations, audit findings, product holds, and customer concerns.