FSQ Manager

At Link Snacks, we show up hungry, roll up our sleeves, plaid or otherwise, and dive straight into the hard work. We don’t hide from challenges; we hunt them down. We push harder, move faster, and take the kinds of big swings that built this business in the North Woods of Wisconsin four decades ago.

We’re everyday people who deliver extraordinary results. Innovation, creativity, and urgency aren’t buzzwords, they’re expectations. And just like the real protein snacks we make across our global house of brands—Jack Link’s®, Lorissa’s Kitchen®, Golden Island®, BiFi®, and Peperami® and KOOEE!® to name a few—there’s nothing artificial about us. What you see is exactly what you get: humble, gritty, passionate people who show up every day ready to not just be a participate in the meat snack industry that the Link Family created, but to move faster, innovate harder and keep raising the bar so high, the rest of the world needs a ladder just to see it.

Dominating this space across the world takes a team. A team that runs together, succeeds together, and celebrates together. A team that’s full of relentless energy and spirit that can only be fueled by one thing: a fist full of our delicious meat snacks.

Real Meat Protein. Real People. Real Results. THAT is Link Snacks.

The FSQ Manager leads the Food Safety and Quality (FSQ Team) and oversees the development, implementation, review, and maintenance of the SQF Quality System at our USDA-inspected meat snacks manufacturing facility as an SQF Practitioner. This role has primary responsibilities for our site’s HACCP-based food safety system and compliance with regulatory, customer, and company quality requirements. A member of the Senior Site Leadership team;

this role drives food safety culture, continuous improvement activities, and ensures that all Team Members have the training, resources, and awareness needed to meet our food safety and quality standards.

HACCP Coordinator, FSQ Supervisor(s)

The duties and responsibilities of this position shall consist of, but not be limited to, the following:

• Training, coaching, and direct observation of all Team Members to build the behaviors, actions, and awareness needed to meet the high standards of our food safety and quality system; performance management and supervision of FSQ Team
• Strategic direction and management of the site SQF Quality System including program development, implementation, review, and maintenance of HACCP plans, sanitation procedures, prerequisite programs, and other procedures and policies
• Lead appropriate resolution of food safety and quality issues by serving as onsite subject matter expert in regulatory, customer, and company requirements
• Establish and maintain processes to trend progress in food safety and quality performance against benchmarks; develop and lead plan for continuous improvement
• Serve as a member of the Senior Site Management Team to drive food safety culture in site initiatives and across departments; regularly report on specification compliance, process and product variation, customer requirements, continuous improvement activities, and matters impacting the implementation and maintenance of the SQF Quality System

Manage on-site relationships and compliance with USDA FSIS and other regulatory and certification organizations

REQUIRED

EDUCATION:

Associate Degree or Higher Education

REQUIRED EXPERIENCE:

5 Years of Leadership Experience in Food Safety and Quality Assurance in the Meat and Poultry Industry

Bachelor’s Degree and More than 5 Years of Leadership Experience in Food Safety and Quality Assurance in the Meat and Poultry Industry;
Education Focused in Food Science, Microbiology, Meat Science, or Animal Science

• Must work effectively, respectfully, and collaboratively with all levels of management and Team Members
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English; bilingual with the ability to read, write, and speak Spanish preferred
• Proficient in Internet navigation;
  Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook
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