Sr. Director, Manufacturing Quality

Due to the highly interactive and team-based nature of this role, in-person attendance is essential for: effective communication including during in-person meetings, strong supervision, real-time problem-solving, and participation in cross-functional initiatives. This role is required to be on-site at our different facilities.

The Sr. Director of Manufacturing Quality is responsible for leading manufacturing quality execution across the production network to ensure the delivery of safe, compliant, defect‑free products that protect and delight consumers. This role serves as the operational quality leader responsible for translating enterprise Food Safety, Quality, and Regulatory systems into practical, sustainable factory execution.

This leader will play a critical role in building world‑class quality systems that embeds quality by design, protects consumers, enables defect‑free high‑quality products, strengthens brand trust, eliminates cost of poor quality, and embeds prevention, discipline, data, and accountability across the manufacturing network.

The Sr. Director of Manufacturing Quality must be visible at the factories, pragmatic, and operationally grounded, with expertise in TPM and Quality Pillar systems, manufacturing operations, process controls, sanitation, and continuous improvement. This role requires the ability to partner with Sr. Site directors on coach, challenge, and elevate teams while driving measurable improvements in quality performance, operational discipline, and site culture.

This leader will partner closely with plant leadership, Sr Site Directors, to build environments centered on ownership, accountability, prevention, operational excellence, and consumer protection. The role is critical in creating manufacturing cultures that support the goal of producing products that consistently delight consumers.

• 50‑70% travel to facilities within the network (mostly in the Chicagoland area)
• Must have valid passport
• Must have a vehicle

• Lead manufacturing quality strategy and execution across all manufacturing facilities
• Ensure safe, compliant, defect‑free products through strong operational execution and process discipline
• Drive standardization and sustainability of manufacturing quality programs across the network
• Establish clear quality expectations, accountability, and execution standards at all sites
• Maintain a strong factory presence and actively engage with site quality manager and site leadership to drive quality by design
• Translate enterprise quality strategy into practical and sustainable manufacturing execution

• Direct end‑to‑end innovation quality strategy across multiple business verticals, ensuring flawless product launches through robust governance, risk mitigation, validation, and cross‑functional execution from concept to commercialization.
• Establish and lead enterprise launch‑readiness frameworks, aligning Intech, operations, supply chain, regulatory, and commercial teams to proactively identify risks, eliminate quality gaps, and deliver on‑time, right‑first‑time launches.
• Drive a culture of launch excellence and accountability, leveraging quality metrics, stage‑gate reviews, and continuous improvement practices to achieve consistent performance.

• Drive loss elimination, defect reduction, centre lining, root cause analysis, and process capability improvements
• Partner with Factory Sites directors, and Continuous Improvement teams to strengthen operator ownership and autonomous quality systems
• Coach plant quality leadership teams on TPM behaviors, quality culture, and sustainable execution practices
• Ensure Quality Pillar activities are directly connected to measurable operational, quality, and consumer outcomes
• Drive disciplined problem‑solving methodologies and sustainable corrective action execution

• Partner closely with Sr. Site Directors and plant leadership teams to elevate site food safety culture, accountability, and execution discipline
• Coach and develop plant quality teams…