Senior Manager, Food Safety & Quality

Employee Type: Full time Location: MD Cambridge Job Type: Quality Job Posting Title: Senior Manager, Food Safety & Quality About Us: TreeHouse Foods (NYSE: THS) is a leading manufacturer of private label packaged foods and beverages, operating a network of production facilities across the United States and Canada. At TreeHouse Foods, our commitment to excellence extends beyond our products and revolves around our people. We are investing in talent and creating a performance-based culture where employees can do their best work, directly impacting our mission to make high quality, affordable food for our customers, communities and families. We hope you will consider joining the team and being part of our future. What You Gain: Competitive compensation and benefits program Enrollment in our wellness and employee assistance programs Paid holidays, vacation, and other competitive paid time off opportunities An inclusive working environment where you can build meaningful work relationships with a diverse group of people Leaders who are invested in supporting your career growth Opportunities to be recognized for outstanding contributions to your team through our employee recognition programs Job Description: About the Role: The Senior Manager, Quality establishes, directs and monitors all in plant food safety, quality and sanitation procedures.  You’ll add value to this role by performing various functions including, but not limited to: Working with manufacturing management in improving and expanding our quality assurance procedures to ensure food safety is at the forefront at all times, reduce returns/complaints, reduce scrap, and provide follow-up activities on corrective actions to prevent re-occurrence Establishing and maintaining appropriate quality systems. Ensuring compliance with in-house and/or external specifications and standards to include HACCP, LACF, and GMP. Actively contributing to the data collections, trend analysis, investigation and improvements to processes, products and systems Working with quality and manufacturing teams to create and/or modify methods and procedures to ensure that appropriate processes and/or products are developed, tests are conducted and that products, materials, and manufacturing equipment meet required standards Designing, evaluating, implementing and maintaining quality assurance programs and systems for product and/or process development, manufacturing and testing to ensure product quality and compliance with regulatory requirements Implementing and managing the internal Quality Audit procedure and schedule Tracking and initiating investigation of complaint trends Assuring the development and utilization of equipment calibration and preventative maintenance systems Managing non-conforming, process deviations, and escalate complex issues when appropriate Managing product hold release programs Carrying out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the organization’s policies and applicable laws - responsible for the overall direction, coordination and evaluation of quality employees. Responsibilities include interviewing, training employees, planning, assigning and directing work, appraising performance, addressing complaints and resolving problems. Important Details: The position is a full time, permanent role at our Cambridge, MD manufacturing facility. About You: You’ll fit right in if you have: Bachelor’s Degree in Biology, Chemistry or Food Science or related field is (required) Five or more years of experience in supervisory capacity in manufacturing (required) Previous work in LACF regulated facility GFSI (BRC or SQF) experience (required) Ability to work independently with minimal supervision. Highly developed leadership skills to ensure all quality programs meet current customer and corporate expectations. Ability to flex schedule when necessary to cover company needs Excellent written and verbal communication skills. Ability to effectively present information to top management, public groups and/or boards of directors. Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts and draw valid conclusions. Ability to interpret and extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables. Your TreeHouse Foods Career is Just a Click Away! Click on the “Apply” button or go directly to www.treehousefoods.com/careers to let us know you’re ready to join our team! TreeHouse Use Only: #IND1 TreeHouse Foods is a private label food and beverage leader focused on customer brands and custom products. When customers partner with TreeHouse they can expect access to an industry-leading portfolio, strategic vision, on-trend innovation and insights, world-class supply chain, operational excellence and flexibility, collaborative approaches, and dedicated customer service. Our strategy is to be the leading supplier of private label food and beverage products by providing the best balance of quality and cost to our customers. We engage with retail grocery, food away from home, and industrial and export customers, including most of the leading grocery retailers and foodservice operators in the United States and Canada. Our portfolio includes a variety of shelf-stable, refrigerated, and snack products. Customers can expect comprehensive flavor profiles including natural, organic, and preservative-free ingredients in many categories and packaging formats. TreeHouse Foods is best known for food and beverages produced by our two largest businesses Bay Valley Foods, LLC (including E.D. Smith and Sturm Foods) and TreeHouse Private Brands. With more than 10,000 employees in over 35 plants across the United States, Canada, and Italy, TreeHouse Foods is based in Oak Brook, Illinois. Disability Assistance TreeHouse Foods is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer and offers opportunities to all job seekers, including those with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation to assist with your job search or application for employment, please contact us by sending an email to disability-accommodations@treehousefoods.com. In your email please include a description of the specific accommodation you are requesting and a description of the position for which you are applying. To all recruitment agencies: TreeHouse Foods does not accept unsolicited agency resumes/CVs. Please do not forward resumes/CVs to our careers email addresses, Treehouse Foods employees, or any company location(s). TreeHouse Foods is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes/CVs. EEO Considerations: All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, citizenship, disability, or protected veteran status.