Quality Assurance Manager - Food and Beverage manufacturing

Quality Assurance ManagerLocation: Albert Lea, MinnesotaWhy Join This Opportunity?• Competitive salary and full benefits package • Leadership role on the site management team • Opportunity to drive food safety, quality, and regulatory excellence • Significant influence on plant operations, continuous improvement, and quality culture • Relocation assistance may be available for the right candidateWhat You'll Do• Lead all site Quality Assurance and Quality Control functions to ensure compliance with customer, regulatory, corporate, and food safety requirements. • Manage CAPA programs, including customer complaints, vendor complaints, nonconformances, corrective actions, and root cause investigations. • Oversee food safety and preventive control programs, including HACCP/HARPC, allergen control, sanitation, pest control, recall readiness, and environmental monitoring. • Maintain customer quality satisfaction through effective control of raw materials, in-process materials, manufacturing processes, and finished products. • Lead customer, vendor, third-party, and regulatory audits and inspections. • Partner with operations, supply chain, R&D, commercialization, and leadership teams to drive quality improvements and operational excellence. • Manage departmental staffing, budgets, training programs, employee development, and performance management. • Drive continuous improvement initiatives using SPC, root cause analysis, and quality systems. • Support commercialization efforts, product launches, specification development, and change control processes. • Ensure compliance with FDA, EPA, OSHA, GFSI, Kosher, Halal, RSPO, and other applicable standards and certifications.Requirements• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in a relevant field. • Project Management & Change Management Experience. • 5+ years of experience in food, supplement, or related industry. • Familiarity with FDA. • GFSI Scheme (i.e., SQF, BRC). • Certification focused on Quality and Food Safety for Supply Chain requirement: PCQI or HACCP. • Ability to lift 50 lbs; required to stand, walk, sit, and reach.Skills & Certifications• 5+ years of Quality Assurance experience. • Solid FDA, HACCP, SQF, and industry best practices experience. • Bachelor's Degree. • Creates and maintains a quality culture. • US Citizen or Permanent Resident. • Industry experience in Food & Beverage Manufacturing, Pharmaceutical, or Medical Device environments.Ideal Candidate• Strong Quality Assurance leadership experience within Food & Beverage manufacturing. • Experience managing and developing Quality teams. • Proven success leading food safety, compliance, audit readiness, and continuous improvement initiatives.