Associate Director, Site Quality Assurance (Food Safety)

Location: Charlotte, North Carolina, United States; onsite at the manufacturing site

Salary: $155,700–$214,100 base salary per year

Company

hirify.global is a food manufacturing company with a portfolio of established packaged food and snack brands.

What you will do

• Lead the Charlotte site's food safety and quality assurance strategy, resources, objectives, and priorities.
• Deploy enterprise food safety and quality programs across plant functions and ensure compliance with local regulations.
• Drive continuous improvement, sanitation, GMP, consumer complaint, SPC, and process capability initiatives.
• Facilitate the investigation, documentation, and resolution of food safety and quality issues.
• Develop and standardize quality manuals, policies, procedures, audit standards, templates, and KPIs.
• Manage, coach, and develop the quality and sanitation team while collaborating with plant leadership, operations, and R&D.

Requirements

• High school diploma.
• 8+ years of quality plant or quality systems experience with progressive quality leadership responsibility.
• 5+ years of food manufacturing experience.
• 5+ years of people management experience.
• Knowledge of food safety, regulatory and quality systems, sanitation, GMP practices, pest control, and food safety audits.
• Experience with quality systems leadership, technical issue resolution, and continuous improvement.

Nice to have

• Bachelor's degree in food science, a related science, or a technical field.
• PCQI, HACCP, or GFSI/SQF certification.
• Experience with LEAN, Six Sigma, Kaizen, CAPA, and other continuous improvement tools.

Culture & Benefits

• Medical, dental, disability, AD&D, and life insurance benefits begin on the first day.
• Matching 401(k) plan with immediate vesting.
• Unlimited sick time, paid time off, and holiday pay.
• Access to a fitness center, onsite childcare, and company store at the WHQ.
• Employee resource groups and community giving support.