Senior Food Safety and Quality Assurance Manager

Perdue Foods has a goal of becoming the most trusted name in premium proteins by creating products for consumers and for retail and food service customers around the globe while changing the way animals are raised for food. It is part of Perdue Farms, a fourth‑generation, family‑owned food and agricultural business deeply rooted in tradition yet with a forward‑thinking mindset. We believe that success starts with our people, and our culture is built on a foundation of teamwork, integrity, and respect, where every voice matters and everyone is encouraged to contribute to our shared goals.

We are dedicated to creating a supportive, inclusive environment where associates feel valued and inspired to make an impact, both within the company and in the communities we serve. From promoting growth and development to prioritizing work‑life balance, we’re committed to helping our team members thrive.
That’s Perdue.

The Senior Food Safety and Quality Assurance (FSQA) Manager provides leadership to cross‑functional teams when problem solving issues across functional areas (QA, Operations, R&D, and Marketing/Sales), measures and communicate progress as a problem moves towards a lasting solution. The Senior FSQA Manager will also assist Operations, R&D, Engineering with design (and process capability) on any new lines (as well as improvements in old lines), build and maintain a strong QA/FS teams by providing coaching and training, assist associates in receiving outside training when needed, provide Food Safety guidance to operations and maintain strong professional relationships across plant locations, Sales, Marketing, Vendors, Key customers, Co‑Packers, to enable responsive partnerships.

This position is located onsite at our facility in Lewiston, NC. Relocation assistance is available for qualified candidates to support a smooth and successful transition.

• Oversee Food Safety and Quality Management systems (FSQMS) and support personnel of assigned locations to include HACCP, SSOP, FSIS regulations and programs.
• Provide executive reporting on Food Safety and regulatory compliance and concerns about microbial management with actionable recommendations.
• Ensure Perdue’s microbial intervention processes are executed in assigned facilities.
• Partner with business colleagues (e.g., Supplier Quality and Procurement) where improvements and execution of relevant preventive controls about food safety programs are needed.
• Training/educating colleagues and suppliers in finding critical parameters of processes used, the mechanisms underlying control steps and the measurements needed to validate these processes when requested by other functions (e.g., Supplier Quality)
• Excellent organizational skills including time management and priority setting.
• Proven ability to interact clearly and effectively with cross functional business partners to establish targets plans and maintain timelines to ensure timely and quality execution Strong demonstrated transformational skills (inspiring, problem solving, communication across multiple organizations, executing) to provide evidence‑based leadership, and the ability to utilize these skills with all levels of team members, management and community leaders is required.
• Requires excellent executive presentation and communication skills with the ability to inspire and inform.
• Requires a strong business, planning, communication, and financial skillset with the ability to manage complex projects involving multiple stakeholders.
• Requires demonstrated experience and excellence in coaching, collaborating, and influencing; a proven leader of people who can recruit, develop and mentor a top‑notch team capable of supporting future growth and has demonstrated leadership in promoting diversity and inclusion in the workplace and community.
• Demonstrates the ability to strategically analyze and be able to take on projects external to the assigned operation and to lead projects with multi‑plant impact. Knowledge of SPC is a plus.
• Will meet directly with customers during plant visits and/or visits to their locations to develop relationships, communicate…