Quality, Food Safety & Sanitation Program Manager

🕒 September 25

❄️ Minnesota – Remote

❄️ Minnesota – Remote

💵 $93.4k - $140k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

🔴 Lead

📋 Program Manager

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Land O'Lakes, Inc.

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5001 - 10000 employees

Founded 1921

🏭 Manufacturing

🌾 Agriculture

🍽️ Food & Beverage

Manufacturing • Agriculture • Food & Beverage

Land O'Lakes, Inc. is a farmer-owned cooperative that has been operational since 1921. The company engages in various sectors of the agriculture industry, providing animal nutrition, crop inputs, and dairy foods. Known for their commitment to sustainability, Land O'Lakes employs cooperative efforts to support their members and communities. They are involved in agtech, working towards a sustainable future for agriculture through innovation and collaboration. Land O'Lakes values the impact of their work on the environment and community, aiming to create a better world through their agricultural products and initiatives.

📋 Description

• Lead Quality Assurance, Food Safety, Regulatory, and Sanitation activities for new processing technology across multiple dairy manufacturing facilities • Serve as the primary quality and regulatory representative for a multi-year capital project • Partner with Engineering, Operations, R&D, Manufacturing, and external regulatory agencies • Ensure new equipment, processes, and products are designed, validated, and launched in compliance with food safety, quality, customer, and regulatory requirements • Develop and implement quality systems, sanitation programs, regulatory compliance strategies, environmental monitoring requirements, testing programs, and customer readiness processes • Lead quality, food safety, and regulatory collaboration with key quality team members • Develop and implement quality and food safety systems • Manage regulatory and customer readiness • Develop laboratory and testing plans • Support hygienic design, commissioning, and validation of new equipment and processes • Support master sanitation implementation and training • Provide training, education, and team building • Maintain detailed communication and reporting to senior leadership to streamline decision-making and timelines • Perform other duties as required by business needs • Travel to project locations and work across office, manufacturing, and construction environments

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in food science, Dairy Science, Microbiology, Biological Sciences, Engineering, or related technical discipline • 7+ years of experience in dairy, food manufacturing, quality assurance, food safety, sanitation, or regulatory compliance • Experience implementing quality systems in manufacturing environments • Strong knowledge of HACCP, Preventive Controls, Environmental Monitoring Programs, and Sanitary/Hygienic Design • Experience with regulatory inspections and compliance • Knowledge of dairy manufacturing operations • Demonstrated ability to manage complex, cross-functional projects • Approximately 50–70% travel, fully within the US • Flexibility to work during off shifts depending on project timelines and deliverables • Flexibility regarding working hours and travel • Comfortable working in office, manufacturing, and construction environments

🏖️ Benefits

• Medical insurance • Dental insurance • Vision insurance • PTO • Life and disability insurance • Education assistance • 401(k) • Well-being resources • Holiday pay • Employee development programs • Prorated education assistance for eligible part-time employees • Drug-free workforce