Quality Assurance Manager

Job Summary We are seeking a Quality Assurance Manager for a direct hire opportunity in Monrovia, CA with a food and beverage production organization. This role is ideal for a hands‑on food safety and quality leader with strong regulatory knowledge, audit experience, and a passion for continuous improvement in a USDA‑regulated manufacturing environment. The Quality Assurance Manager will lead QA and QC programs across food safety, product quality, sanitation, compliance, audits, labeling, testing, and team development. This is a high‑impact leadership role with visibility to executive leadership and the opportunity to help strengthen quality systems, improve processes, and support a collaborative production team. This position offers a stable, team‑oriented work environment where quality, food safety, accountability, and continuous improvement are valued. The right candidate will enjoy leading people, solving problems, and partnering across departments to maintain high standards in a fast‑paced food manufacturing operation. Key Responsibilities Lead and maintain SQF, HACCP, food safety, quality assurance, and quality control programs. Manage regulatory compliance and serve as the primary contact for USDA, FDA, Organic, Halal, and third‑party audits. Oversee GMPs, SSOPs, allergen controls, supplier approvals, customer complaints, sanitation standards, calibrations, and training programs. Coordinate microbiological testing, review results, investigate trends, and implement corrective actions. Ensure product labels, specifications, formulations, and nutritional documentation meet applicable regulatory requirements. Supervise, coach, train, and support the SQF Practitioner and Quality Control Technicians. Compensation and Benefits Salary: $120,000 to $130,000 per year. Job Type: Direct Hire. Location: Monrovia, CA. Equal Opportunity Employer / Disabled / Protected Veterans We are committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. We also consider for employment qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements, including, if applicable, the City of Los Angeles’ Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance. Pursuant to applicable state and municipal Fair Chance Laws and Ordinances, we will consider for employment-qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records, including, if applicable, the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance. For Los Angeles, CA applicants: Qualified applications with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act. The Know Your Rights poster is available here: The pay transparency policy is available here: #J-18808-Ljbffr AppleOne Employment Services