Quality Manager - Dairy
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Meijer (pharmacy/other) is hiring a Quality Manager - Dairy. The Quality Manager - Dairy leads site food safety and quality programs for high-risk manufacturing operations, reporting to the Director of Food Safety for Manufacturing. This role ensures compliance with regulatory, customer, and certification requirements, leads food safety plans, and partners across various departments to ensure safe, legal, and high-quality products. The manager serves as the primary site contact for inspections and audits, driving continuous improvement through effective quality systems and technical leadership.
Key focus areas include Lead and continuously improve the site food safety and quality management system, Ensure compliance with applicable regulatory, customer, and third-party requirements, and Serve as the primary site contact for inspections, audits, corrective actions, and follow-up activities.
Successful candidates bring Bachelor's In Food Science/Dairy Science/Microbiology/Biology/Chemistry Or Equivalent, 5+ Years Quality Leadership Experience, and UHT/Aseptic/ESL Experience (2 of 3). Important skills include Food Safety Plans, GMPs, Sanitation Systems, Environmental Monitoring, Allergen Controls, and Audit Readiness.
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As a family company, we serve people and communities. When you work at Meijer, you’re provided with career and community opportunities centered around leadership, personal growth and development. Consider joining our family – take care of your career and your community!
Meijer Rewards
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Weekly pay
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Scheduling flexibility
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Paid parental leave
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Paid education assistance
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Team member discount
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Development programs for advancement and career growth
Please review the job profile below and apply today!
Reporting to the Director of Food Safety for Manufacturing, this role leads site food safety and quality programs for high-risk manufacturing operations. The position is responsible for maintaining regulatory, customer, and certification compliance; leading food safety plans and prerequisite programs; and partnering across operations, sanitation, maintenance, supply chain, and product development to ensure safe, legal, and high-quality products. This role serves as the primary site contact for inspections and audits and drives continuous improvement through effective quality systems, technical leadership, and risk-based decision making.
Onsite position with Monday-Friday 8am-5pm schedule. On call as needed. Occasional travel.
What You'll Be Doing:
- Lead and continuously improve the site food safety and quality management system, including food safety plans, prerequisite programs, sanitation controls, environmental monitoring, document control, and records management.
- Ensure compliance with applicable regulatory, customer, and third-party requirements; serve as the primary site contact for inspections, audits, corrective actions, and follow-up activities.
- Primary point of contact for regulatory inspections and provide guidance to site leadership regarding implementation of regulatory compliance.
- Oversee product and material compliance activities, including specifications, labeling, packaging verification, process controls, testing, calibration, and disposition of nonconforming product.
- Provide technical leadership for manufacturing operations, including verification of critical controls, sanitation and hygienic design programs, traceability, recall readiness, complaint investigations, and continuous improvement initiatives.
- Support product launches, process changes, shelf-life and validation activities, and risk-based quality decisions across multiple product categories and manufacturing systems.
- Lead internal audits, root cause analysis, CAPA, KPI reporting, site training, and cross-functional collaboration to strengthen food safety culture and operational performance.
- Provide oversight for laboratory or external testing support, microbiological risk management, and specialized process controls relevant to the site's operations.
- This job profile is not meant to be all inclusive of the responsibilities of this position; may perform other duties as assigned or required
What You Bring with You (Qualifications):
- Bachelor's degree in Food Science, Dairy Science, Microbiology, Biology, Chemistry, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
- 5+ years of quality leadership experience in dairy manufacturing environment required
- Progressive experience in food safety and quality within a manufacturing environment; experience in dairy required.
- Strong knowledge of food safety plans, GMPs, sanitation systems, environmental monitoring, allergen controls, audit readiness, and quality management practices.
- Experience leading investigations, internal audits, CAPA, complaint management, traceability, recall readiness, and risk-based product disposition decisions.
- Demonstrated leadership of cross-functional teams, technical communication, data analysis, and the ability to influence operational performance.
- Experience with regulated manufacturing environments, certification programs, laboratory oversight, and specialized process controls relevant to the facility preferred.
- Experience in UHT, Aseptic or ESL (some combination of experience in 2 of 3) required
- Pasteurized Milk Ordinance experience.
- HACCP, PCQI, SQF, certifications required.
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