Job Description

Job Description

Job Description

We are currently partnered with a top grocery retailer that operates a network of manufacturing facilities across the United States, producing a wide range of consumer goods for retail distribution. With a strong focus on safety, quality, and operational efficiency, the company supports consistent product delivery and continuous improvement. Its culture emphasizes integrity, innovation, and collaboration to meet evolving customer needs.

We are seeking a Director of Food Safety Quality Assurance for our facility. This individual will lead food safety and quality operations across the plant, ensuring compliance with regulatory standards and internal protocols. The Director of Food Safety Quality Assurance will drive initiatives to enhance product integrity, support continuous improvement, and lead a team of QA professionals in delivering consistent, high-quality results.

The Director of Food Safety Quality Assurance will be responsible for:

• Leading food safety and quality assurance programs across the manufacturing site.
• Acting as the primary liaison for regulatory inspections and third-party audits.
• Conducting internal audits, environmental testing, and sanitation evaluations.
• Ensuring compliance with Good Manufacturing Practices (GMPs) and pest control protocols.
• Supporting continuous improvement through quality walkthroughs and food safety initiatives.
• Overseeing HACCP, HARPC, SSOPs, allergen control, and product specification adherence.
• Managing training programs for QA staff, including annual food safety certifications.
• Maintaining accurate documentation in line with internal and external standards.
• Verifying quality and safety of incoming and outgoing materials.
• Investigating customer feedback and implementing corrective actions with production teams.
• Collaborating with R&D and corporate teams on product development and raw material assessments.
• Providing feedback to suppliers to improve product consistency and resolve quality issues.
• Supporting Safe Quality Food (SQF) certification and compliance efforts.
• Supervising and developing the QA team, conducting performance reviews and coaching.
• Participating in continuous improvement initiatives across the facility.

The Director of Food Safety Quality Assurance will have the following qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Food Science or a related field with 5+ years of experience in food manufacturing quality assurance.
• Certified Preventive Controls Qualified Individual (PCQI), Certified SQF Practitioner.

If you are interested in the Director of Food Safety Quality Assurance opportunity, apply now!

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.

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