Operations Quality Manager – Butter and Milk Powder

🔥 12 hours ago

🏄 California, Minnesota, +1 more states – Remote

🏄 California – Remote ❄️ Minnesota – Remote 🔔 Pennsylvania – Remote

💵 $107.7k - $161.5k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

🔴 Lead

⚙️ Operations

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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

• Support butter and milk powder manufacturing sites • Guide plants in monitoring and analyzing product safety and quality data, including customer complaints and feedback, product testing results, ingredient issues, audit results, and product and processing parameters • Communicate and work with customers as needed • Guide plants to complete root cause investigations and CAPA plans for product safety and quality issues, audit findings, and customer complaints • Verify closure of CAPAs • Guide plants on product disposition • Report on quality and food safety metrics and communicate with cross-functional leaders on quality issues/events and customer concerns • Assist with hiring and onboarding new quality staff and plant quality training • Assist with customer audits, third-party audits, and regulatory inspections as needed • Coach, mentor, and direct work of plant quality teams at manufacturing sites • Engage corporate and external technical experts with site Quality Assurance teams to develop and implement robust QMS programs • Work with cross-functional teams on product specifications, ingredient and supplier issues, design and commercialization of new products and manufacturing processes • Support line trials and first production runs as needed • Ensure compliance with Land O’Lakes QMS, food regulatory requirements, and customer quality/food safety requirements • Guide plant quality teams in creating, implementing, and maintaining quality and food safety programs

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Food Science, Dairy Science, Chemistry, Microbiology or related discipline • Seven (7) years of experience in production, quality assurance, or sanitation within the food or pharmaceutical industry • Five (5) years of experience in a progressive leadership role in plant quality or corporate quality roles • Strongly preferred experience with butter and/or milk powder manufacturing • Extensive experience in HACCP, GFSI certification, quality assurance standards, food laboratory testing, statistical process control techniques, and food processing sanitation • PCQI certified or ability to become certified • CQE, LEAN, or Six Sigma certification and/or experience preferred • Experience managing quality for multiple sites preferred • Experience in dairy processes and sanitation, such as raw milk receiving, butter, and milk powder • Excellent organizational, communications, interpersonal, and team interaction skills • Ability to travel approximately 50% to 75%

🏖️ Benefits

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