Quality Assurance Manager

Quality Manager

Tasty Brands, LLC is seeking a hands-on Quality Manager to lead food safety and quality at its Vanderburgh County, IN manufacturing plant. This leader owns the plant's food safety and quality programs, keeps the operation compliant with USDA/FSIS regulations, leads the plant through audits, and builds a quality team that lives the company's values of urgency, accountability, proactivity, teamwork, and integrity. Daily, hands-on experience in a USDA-inspected plant is required.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and manage the plant's food safety and quality programs, including SQF, HACCP, and prerequisite programs.
• Ensure daily compliance with USDA/FSIS regulations; serve as a primary point of contact for USDA inspection personnel on-site.
• Maintain, verify, and validate HACCP plans, food safety plans, and related records and documentation.
• Prepare for and lead third-party, customer, and regulatory audits; own corrective and preventive actions (CAPA) through closure.
• Oversee GMPs, sanitation verification, environmental monitoring, allergen control, and foreign material programs.
• Manage hold and release, non-conforming product, and root cause analysis for quality and food safety issues.
• Handle customer complaints and support customer quality requirements for K12 foodservice and retail private brand programs.
• Lead, train, and develop the quality team; build a food safety culture across production and the floor.
• Partner with production, maintenance, sanitation, and operations leadership to drive continuous improvement.
• Track and report quality KPIs and trends to plant and company leadership.

Requirements:

• Daily, hands-on experience working in a USDA-inspected food plant.
• Proven experience in food manufacturing quality, with leadership of a quality team.
• Working knowledge of SQF and HACCP; HACCP certification preferred.
• Strong knowledge of USDA/FSIS regulations and inspection practices.
• Experience leading third-party, customer, and regulatory audits.
• Strong leadership, communication, and documentation skills.
• Bachelor's degree in Food Science, Microbiology, or a related field preferred.

The Opportunity

If you're a Quality Assurance leader who is passionate about food safety, product quality, and operational excellence, this is an opportunity to take ownership of quality standards, drive continuous improvement, and make a direct impact within a growing food manufacturing operation.