Bdgrowers
SR Manager - Corporate Food Safety and Quality
Salida, CA · Senior
Sponsorship not specified$141k-$183kDetected 30 days ago
StatisticsIncident ResponseAuditingFDA RegulatoryResearchLeadershipCommunicationProblem SolvingOrganizational SkillsHACCPFood SafetyFood Science
About the role
- The position plays a critical leadership role in transitioning production to co-manufacturers, enhancing site-level accountability, and embedding a proactive food safety culture across the organization.
Responsibilities
- Establish and maintain corporate food safety and quality policies, standards, and programs aligned with FSMA, USDA, Almond Board of California and global regulatory requirements.
- Develop FSQA KPIs with analytics and reporting cadence.
- Lead internal audits and verification activities to ensure compliance and effectiveness.
- Lead or support food safety and quality incident investigations
- Develop communication strategies for internal and external stakeholders
- Lead root cause analysis and corrective actions for food safety or quality incidents
- Drive standardization and simplification of FSQA
- Develop metrics, KPIs, and dashboard to measure FSQA performance
- Lead initiatives to improve product quality, reduce waste, and enhance operational efficiency
- The Senior Manager, Corporate Food Safety & Quality is responsible for leading and strengthening enterprise-wide food safety and quality systems across Blue Diamond Growers's manufacturing network and co-manufacturing partners.
Requirements
- 10+ years of experience in Food Safety & Quality within food manufacturing or CPG
- 5+ years experience in quality auditing in a supervisory capacity.
- Ability to interact with people at all levels and promote a teamwork environment.
- Technical Expertise
- Deep knowledge of FSMA, preventive controls, and HACCP principles
- Experience with environmental monitoring programs (EMP), allergen controls, and validation/verification
- Established knowledge and/or experience in quality tools, quality auditing, HACCP, GMPs, statistical analysis, process controls, scientific methodologies, GLPs, laboratory equipment/instruments and laboratory policies.
- Strong understanding of microbiological risks in low-moisture foods (e.g., Salmonella)
- Familiarity with GFSI standards (SQF, BRC, etc.)
- Performs other duties and responsibilities as required or assigned by Supervisor.
Nice to have
- Bachelor's degree in Food Science, Microbiology, Engineering, or related field (Master's preferred)
- Experience with low-moisture foods and/or nut processing strongly preferred
Compensation
- $140,800.00 - $182,600.00
- Hourly Rate (if applicable):
- N/A Targeted Base Salary Range (if applicable):
Benefits
- Check out the BDG Benefits, Health & Wellness Guide HERE.
Company info
- We Are the Almond People!
- Provides technical assistance and expertise for other departments, customers and regulators.
- In addition to working at the world's largest, state-of-the-art almond manufacturer, we offer a safe and collaborative team environment, with numerous opportunities for free training and career advancement.
Equal opportunity
- BDG provides equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants without regard to race, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, color, age, religion, protected veteran or disability status, or genetic information.
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