Quality Assurance Manager - Livestock Nutrition

Description

As a newly formed independent global company with a 100-year legacy, we are poised for significant growth and opportunity. You will play a role in shaping our future, strengthening customer trust, and unlocking unlimited growth potential. We are a safety-first organization, and we make our customers and employees priority.

• Are you looking to build your career with a rapidly growing pet, livestock & aquaculture nutrient manufacturer where your ideas and contributions can make a real impact from day one? We are a proud American Manufacturer.
• Do you want endless growth opportunities, clear career pathways, and the chance to advance as the company continues to expand? We offer attractive market wages and top tier benefits!
• Are you excited by joining a business on a fast track to becoming an employer of choice, where innovation and ambition are encouraged?
• Would you value working in an environment where passion for quality products, and continuous improvement drive everything we do?
• Are you ready to be part of a dynamic team? In this role, you will have full access and exposure to senior and executive leadership!

If this sounds like a place that motivates you, we welcome you to apply! With our new leadership team onboard, we are reshaping the landscape and invite you to join an exciting ground floor opportunity. You will help us shape our future.

The Quality Assurance Manager is responsible for leading all quality, feed safety, regulatory compliance, and continuous improvement activities for the livestock nutrition manufacturing facilities. This role serves as the livestock nutrition’s Preventive Controls Qualified Individual (PCQI) and Safe Feed/Safe Food Program Leader, ensuring compliance with FDA, FSMA, AAFCO, state feed regulations, and customer requirements.

Our Quality Assurance Manager plays a critical role in protecting animal health, ensuring regulatory compliance, maintaining customer trust, and driving operational excellence throughout our livestock nutrition manufacturing operations. This role has 3 direct reports and multi-site responsibility.

• Promote a workplace safety and quality culture that aligns with Rangen Values.
• Manage the facility Quality Management System (QMS).
• Develop, implement, and maintain Feed Safety Plans and prerequisite programs.
• Lead hazard analysis, preventive controls, verification activities, and corrective actions.
• Oversee product testing, sampling, laboratory activities, and product release decisions.
• Investigate customer complaints, non-conformances, and quality incidents using root cause analysis.
• Maintain compliance with FDA FSMA Preventive Controls for Animal Food requirements.
• Lead Safe Feed/Safe Food certification activities and regulatory inspections.
• Ensure compliance with AAFCO ingredient, labeling, and feed regulations.
• Coordinate traceability, recall preparedness, and mock recall exercises.
• Monitor quality standards for manufactured feed products.
• Verify adherence to GMPs, sanitation programs, and process controls.
• Partner with Operations to improve product consistency, process capability, and operational performance.
• Support Management of Change (MOC) activities related to ingredients, formulations, equipment, and processes.
• Participate in supplier approval and ingredient qualification programs.
• Review specifications, Certificates of Analysis, and supplier documentation.
• Conduct internal audits, develop actions plans and close them out based on findings.
• Monitor supplier performance, implement corrective actions as needed and elevate poor performance.
• Supervise FSQR Specialist and FSQ technicians and laboratory…