Johnsonville has an opportunity for an Assistant Food Safety/Quality Manager to join our campus 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.

Responsibilities:

• Ensure the daily HACCP documentation is complete, pre-shipments are reviewed, and proper follow-ups are documented
• Represent Food Safety and Quality on cross-functional project teams
• Identify, define, and solve quality issues in association with the plant operations, quality, and reliability excellence teams
• Lead third party audits: serve in a lead role in regulatory audits
• Develop and implement Standard Operating Procedures as they relate to the safety and quality of products and processes ensuring compliance to GMPs, and regulatory requirements
• Troubleshoot day-to-day food safety and quality opportunities to help the teams define comprehensive, proactive solutions
• Use your technical expertise to educate members on food safety and quality applications and systems
• Work with facility RE, Ops and Cost teams to improve price of non-conformance (PONC) and First Pass Quality performance utilizing the concept of best practices and enhancing standard work.
• Lead project teams that improve the quality of the process and product
• May plan, organize, and coach the work of the Food Safety Quality Leader
• Maintain the facility food safety plans, quality plan, and food defense plan
• Coordinate product test and holds between various departments, review certificates and disposition materials in a timely manner

Education:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Food Science, Meat Science, Microbiology or a related field required

Experience:

• 2-4 years of experience in a quality leadership position is desired
• Experience in food required; meat/poultry processing preferred
• Experience working under regulatory systems, USDA preferred

Skills and Competencies:

• Intermediate knowledge of food safety requirements including HACCP
• Understanding of quality systems & ability to execute against them
• Basic understanding in statistical quality tools and continuous improvement processes (Six Sigma, Lean Manufacturing, etc.)
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Proficiency in Microsoft 365 required
• Desire to become a future leader (potential replacement for Food Safety Coordinator position or others within the company)
• SQF Practitioner certification desired
• Understanding of quality and sanitation systems with ability to execute against them
• Detail oriented, responsible, self-motivated individual
• Strong problem solver
• Experience with SAP and Redzone desired
• Willingness to relocate to other facilities within the organization

About Johnsonville, LLC

Since 1945, our family-owned band of sausage-makers has invented better ways to make, eat and prepare crave-able sausage. Today, we are 4,000+ Members strong. We sell our famous sausage in all 50 United States and more than 40 countries. We have a culture built on the idea that if we make developing your talents our top priority, great business results will follow naturally. We call it The Johnsonville Way. It has been our secret sauce for decades, and we hope you get to experience it for yourself!

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