Food Safety​/Quality Manager

Position Overview

Johnsonville has an opportunity for a Food Safety/Quality Manager to join our Holton FSQ Team. Your passion for continuous improvement will support the company in its drive to create a best in world quality culture through leadership and member interaction. This job is perfect for an individual who has a track record of improving and expanding the scope of their responsibilities and wants to continue to grow and be challenged.

• Foster a culture of safety, accountability, and continuous improvement, striving for zero IFR year after year
• Promote Johnsonville Culture and work with members to drive strategic continuous improvement efforts tied to food safety and quality risks or incidents in the animal harvest and fresh sausage processes
• Lead the plant food safety and quality system through administration of the written food safety and quality programs, procedures and policies.
• Collaborate with teams to achieve continuous improvement within the food safety and quality performance with key performance metrics, identify trends and process variation and driving corrective actions.
• Lead and administer the facility’s Animal Welfare System and Programs.
• Ensure regulatory compliance with applicable regulatory requirements, including USDA‑FSIS, Federal and State requirements.
• Lead cross‑functional teams to excel at all site internal, customer, regulatory, and SQF audits, ensuring effective preparation, execution, and follow‑up.
• Demonstrate the ability to apply technical acumen applied to meat food safety and quality systems.
• Use your technical expertise to train members on food safety principles, quality systems, and regulatory requirements.
• Actively participate in network wide project work as applied to food safety, quality, animal welfare and process related improvements.
• Directly coach and develop Food Safety and Quality team members.
• Lead and manage the performance of third‑party contractors, such as pest control and sanitation providers
• Lead FSQ capital pipeline planning and budget development efforts to align facility investments with network food safety and quality strategies.

• Bachelor's degree in food science, Meat Science, Microbiology or related field preferred

• 5 years of experience in a food safety and quality leadership role required
• Experience in food required; meat/poultry processing and harvest preferred

• Demonstrated leadership and the ability to grow direct and indirect members required
• Knowledge and understanding of food safety, HACCP systems, USDA/FDA, Animal Handling and Welfare programs and regulatory requirements and have established regulatory relationships. Emphasis on prior USDA‑FSIS facility experience.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Suite required
• Possesses a Certification of Global Food Safety Initiative Standards [Safe Quality Food program preferred]
• Experience analyzing fresh product shelf life and microbiology preferred
• Knowledge of continuous improvement processes (Six Sigma, Lean Manufacturing, etc.)
• Experience with digital document systems SAP Business Operating System and Redzone preferred
• Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills