Plant Quality Control Manager

Job Summary

At Danone, Manufacturing the best products and supplying them to meet demand is a key driver for our plant teams. We are currently looking to hire a Plant Quality Control Manager, internally titled QFS Process Control Manager based in Dallas, Texas
. As a QFS Process Control Manager, you will be a critical strategic partner to Senior Plant Leadership, driving food safety, quality excellence, and regulatory compliance through innovative process management. This role is responsible for ensuring the release of products that meet quality requirements, thereby maintaining the health and satisfaction of our customers. This position will coordinate, plan, and control quality control processes and tests in the Quality Control Department and will partner with production to ensure quality standards are strictly followed.

It will also ensure that all raw materials and semi‑finished products and packaging are properly inspected and that compliance with specifications is confirmed before being released for production. Additionally, it will manage non‑conformances related to quality and food safety in accordance with the PNC program.

• Collect all inputs to allow finished product release, ensuring all decisions made regarding the quality status of products, semi‑finished products, and raw materials are made independently.
• Manage finished product release according to predefined requirements (SN specific). Decide on product release in case of process or product deviations based on risk analysis results, additional tests, etc.
• Ensure raw materials and packaging quality control age QN with connection to suppliers packaging quality including pack materials validation, developing line standards for packaging and improving with supplier based on QN.
• Determine the frequency and scope of control for raw materials, materials, semi‑finished products, products, packaging and the production environment.
• Interpret test results and signal quality non‑conformities related to raw materials, semi‑finished products, and finished products.
• Ensure raw materials, materials, and semi‑finished products are analyzed according to current control plans and released for production if they meet quality requirements.
• Approve raw material and packaging material specifications.
• Define acceptance criteria for the above, ensuring compliance with corporate and formal requirements.
• Establish test schedules for products, semi‑finished products, and in‑process tests, and participate in establishing test schedules for raw materials and packaging.
• Manage quality documentation changes for raw materials, materials, and semi‑finished products.
• Coordinate work related to setting test dates for new products (SN specific).
• Manage all complaints (consumers and customers and authorities and NGOs) with a consumer‑centric approach to ensure proper analysis and improvement.
• Participate in Crisis Team activities as defined by the QFS Plant Quality Leader.
• Define and ensure efficient FPQ RTT is implemented on site.
• Provide data and calculate KPIs defined for Quality Control.
• Provide clear leadership, coaching and direction to the team in alignment with plant and Danone NA objectives and vision.
• Other duties as assigned.

• Frequent standing, walking, using hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; reaching with hands and arms; stooping; kneeling; crouching; crawling; tasting and/or smelling, talking and hearing.
• Ability to bend & stoop at waist level as well as bend & twist neck and head.
• Employee must regularly endure repetitive minimal to moderate lifting of 10‑50 pounds and occasional team lifting above 50 pounds. Requires normal hearing and vision (including color).
• Employee is frequently standing on a concrete surface for 2‑4 hours at a time during a shift and up to 12 hours on occasion.
• Occasionally may need to climb stairs, step ladders, and stools.
• The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.
• Ability to work up to 12‑hour shifts.

• Work is performed in an office and manufacturing environment with exposure to moderate noise and temperature variations.
• Work schedules could include…