Quality & Food Safety Manager

Job Description

Job Description

Position Summary:

The Quality & Food Safety Manager is responsible for leading all food safety, quality assurance, and regulatory compliance efforts at the manufacturing site. This role ensures products meet internal standards and customer expectations while maintaining compliance with federal regulations and industry frameworks.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead site-wide food safety and quality programs, ensuring compliance with FDA, USDA, FSMA, and GFSI standards.
• Own and maintain HACCP/HARPC, GMP, and sanitation systems, including readiness for internal, customer, and third-party audits.
• Oversee product quality performance, including testing, documentation accuracy, and corrective action implementation.
• Manage customer complaints and investigations, driving resolution and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Partner cross-functionally with operations and leadership to enforce quality standards and improve plant performance.
• Develop, train, and lead the quality team while supporting new product launches and process improvements.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent hands-on experience in food safety/quality leadership roles.
• Proven experience managing food safety systems and regulatory compliance in a manufacturing environment.
• HACCP certification required; PCQI and/or SQF (GFSI) experience strongly preferred.
• Strong knowledge of FSMA, GMPs, and audit processes (internal, regulatory, and third-party).
• Excellent communication, leadership, and cross-functional collaboration skills.
• Analytical mindset with the ability to solve problems and drive continuous improvement.

Company Description

DSJ Global is a revolutionary search firm, specializing in the bespoke delivery of executive search solutions to clients.
Working across a number of niche industries and sectors across the US, UK, and Europe.
With offices in New York, Charlotte, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, San Francisco, London, Zurich, Berlin, Hong Kong and Singapore, DSJ Global operates on an international scale providing bespoke search packages which are unrivaled in the widespread recruitment market. Our aim is simple, to provide executive search level services which are flexible and tailored to the individual requirement of each client, on an unrivaled cost structure. We currently specialize in the areas of Procurement, Supply Chain, Logistics, OPEX, Finance and Human Resources.

We believe that every client should receive the benefit and accuracy of a search approach, whilst being able to dictate how, when and where it occurs, all on a fee structure to suit. Our revolutionary approach allows us to structure each assignment according to the requirements, time scales and budget available. We believe that for too long executive search firms have been too rigid in their approach and have been able to dictate how the search is conducted, leaving the client relatively powerless on the outcome.

Our service allows our clients to have increased control, direction and interaction in the search conducted on their behalf and has resulted in successful, on going relationships as search firm of choice with an ever expanding client group.

Company Description

DSJ Global is a revolutionary search firm, specializing in the bespoke delivery of executive search solutions to clients.\r\nWorking across a number of niche industries and sectors across the US, UK, and Europe.\r\nWith offices in New York, Charlotte, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, San Francisco, London, Zurich, Berlin, Hong Kong and Singapore, DSJ Global operates on an international scale providing bespoke search packages which are unrivaled in the widespread recruitment market. Our aim is simple, to provide executive search level services which are flexible and tailored to the individual requirement of each client, on an unrivaled cost structure. We currently specialize in the areas of Procurement, Supply Chain, Logistics, OPEX, Finance and Human Resources.\r\n\r\nWe believe that every client should receive the benefit and accuracy of a search approach, whilst being able to dictate how, when and where it occurs, all on a fee structure to suit. Our revolutionary approach allows us to structure each assignment according to the requirements, time scales and budget available. We believe that for too long executive search firms have been too rigid in their approach and have been able to dictate how the search is conducted, leaving the client relatively powerless on the outcome.\r\n\r\nOur service allows our clients to have increased control, direction and interaction in the search conducted on their behalf and has resulted in successful, on going relationships as search firm of choice with an ever expanding client group.