Mfg Plant Sr Quality Leader -Bakery

The Kroger Family of Companies offers comprehensive benefits to support your Associate Well-Being, including Physical, Emotional, Financial and more. We'll help you thrive, with access to:

• A wide range of healthcare coverage, including affordable, comprehensive medical, dental, vision and prescription coverage, through company plans or collective bargaining agreement plans.
• Flexible scheduling in full- and part-time roles with paid time off, including holiday and sick pay based on eligibility and length of service.
• Emotional and financial support with free counseling through our Employee Assistance Program and free, confidential financial tools and coaching.
• Valuable associate discounts on purchases, including food, travel, technology and so much more.
• Up to $21,000 in tuition reimbursement over your career, through our industry-leading Continuing Education program.
• Vast potential for growth, through an abundance of industry-leading training programs and diverse career pathways.

From one tiny Cincinnati grocery store more than a century ago, we’ve grown into what today is the nation’s largest grocer with nearly 2,800 stores in 35 states operating under 28 different names. As America’s grocer, we take pride in bringing diverse teams with a passion for food and people together with one common purpose:
To Feed the Human Spirit. With a history of innovation, we work tirelessly to create amazing experiences for our customers, communities AND each other, with food at the heart of it all.
Here, people matter. That’s why we strive to provide the ingredients you need to create your own recipe for success at work and in life. We help feed your future by providing the value and care you need to grow. If you’re caring, purpose-driven and hungry to learn, your potential is unlimited.
Whether you’re seeking a part-time position or a new career path, we’ve got a fresh opportunity for you.

• Provide strategic leadership in areas of food safety, sanitation,product quality standards and related regulations and oversee management of these areas at all times
• Serve as liaison for governmental inspections, participate in corporate compliance inspections/audits, & lead effort to maintain audit readiness
• Maintain plant sanitationthrough environmental/product testing & physical inspections
• Ensure Good Manufacturing Practices (GMPs) are followed & pest control program compliance byleadingroutine walkthroughs & supporting food safety/quality initiatives
• Ensure Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point, Hazard Analysis & Risk-based Preventive Controls, Sanitation Standard Operating Procedures, allergen programs, formulations, & finished product consistently meet specification
• Train & resource Quality Assurance staff
• Ensure effective annual training of Safe Quality Foods (SQF), GMPs, Food Safety Modernization Act,& Food Safety Programs
• Prepare/update plant work instructions and verify record keeping is timely and accurate/meets necessary regulations
• Ensure all records are completed/approved for preventive controls, laboratory, sanitation, production, & verification checks
• Ensure receiving procedures for incoming/outgoing ingredients adhere toquality/safety standards
• Investigate consumer comments & support resulting action plans
• Assist Corporate Food Technology with product development/audits & calculation of raw materials
• Provide production with continuous improvement support
• Lead investigations of non-conforming events driving to root cause(s) & effective resolution
• Manage change control & hold programs to enable risk assessment & decisions
• Participate in the annual budgeting process & identify key capital projects
• Perform data analysis to identify trends or find leading indicators to enable proactive decisions
• Coordinate…