Senior Director of Food Safety and Quality

Select Milk Producers and its subsidiaries offer competitive compensation and a best‑in‑class benefits package that includes medical, dental, vision, and life insurance, along with additional options to meet the needs of you and your family. Eligible employees also enjoy a 401(k) plan with up to a 6% company match, disability coverage, paid holidays, and vacation time. We take pride in fostering an inclusive workplace and are committed to being an equal opportunity employer.

The Senior Director of Food Safety and Quality provides strategic leadership and hands‑on direction for food safety and quality systems supporting Select Custom Solutions and Mill Haven Foods Group operations in Wisconsin. This role is responsible for leading food safety and quality activities across three powder blending, packaging, warehousing, distribution, and fulfillment facilities, while ensuring compliance with company, customer, regulatory, and GFSI/SQF requirements.

Approximately 80% of the role is focused on supporting the three Wisconsin manufacturing and fulfillment sites, including food safety and quality systems, audit readiness, regulatory compliance, customer requirements, team development, and continuous improvement. The remaining 20% of the role serves as a food safety and quality subject‑matter expert through Select Services consulting engagements, including support in areas such as hygienic design, sanitation optimization, regulatory and GFSI readiness, training, and commissioning / validation activities.

This is a senior leadership role that combines plant‑level engagement with broader systems ownership, cross‑functional influence, and external‑facing consulting support. The position partners closely with Operations, Engineering, Supply Chain, Packaging, R&D / Product Development, Commercial, and customer stakeholders to deliver safe, high‑quality products and services.

Lead food safety and quality programs for Select Custom Solutions and Mill Haven Foods Group operations, including powder blending, packaging, warehousing, distribution, and fulfillment activities. Own and continuously improve food safety plans, quality management systems, policies, procedures, and related controls across the network. Ensure alignment of plant food safety and quality systems with company standards and applicable regulatory requirements, including FDA / FSMA Preventive Controls, USDA requirements where applicable, and GFSI / SQF standards.

Oversee sanitation, GMP, allergen, environmental monitoring, supplier / ingredient risk, and related food safety and quality requirements appropriate to the operations. Promote alignment and consistency across the three sites through standard work, shared learning, and enterprise training.

Ensure audit readiness and support successful outcomes for customer, regulatory, and third‑party audits and certifications, including GFSI / SQF and other applicable programs. Lead follow‑up on corrective and preventive actions, verification, and validation activities as needed. Serve as a primary technical and regulatory liaison with customers, certification bodies, and federal, state, and local agencies, including FDA / FSMA and USDA where applicable.

Support customer and client audits, business reviews, technical discussions, and issue resolution related to food safety and quality performance. Own traceability and recall readiness processes across the supported network, including mock recalls, product disposition, customer notifications, and crisis‑response coordination, as appropriate.

Monitor and analyze food safety and quality performance indicators, including complaints, nonconformances, environmental results, audit findings, hold / release performance, yields / scrap, and internal deviation trends. Use root cause analysis and continuous improvement tools to drive corrective action, measurable improvement, and stronger plant performance. Lead risk assessments for new products, process changes, equipment commissioning, and…