Job Title: Quality Food Safety Manager Department: Quality Reports To: Director Quality Direct Reports: Quality Supervisor & Technicians Job Location: Plant Position Summary: • Provides leadership to the bakery’s Quality Food Safety department through coaching and development of front-line associates, driving a culture of safety, inclusion, engagement and accountability. • Promotes a culture of Food Safety among all bakery associates through education and policy enforcement along with fellow department leaders. • Ensures that our customer’s receive the highest quality product in a food safe environment. • Provides oversight of Quality, Food Safety and Sanitation programs and evaluates for compliance through regular audits, inspections and risk assessments, ensuring that Corrective Actions are performed for any non-conformance. • Ensures proper document control for all documentation within the bakery. • Leads all third-party audits including SQF (Safe Quality Foods) and AIB (American Institute of Baking). • Drives continuous improvement by ensuring that LEAN tools and 5S are practiced. Position Qualifications: • Bachelor’s degree in Food Science or related scientific major preferred. A combination of education, training and experience that results in demonstrated competency to perform the work may be substituted.  • GFSI (SQF, BRC, FSSC 22000, IFS, etc), PCQI, Food Defense and HACCP certifications strongly preferred. • 5-7 years of experience leading Quality/Food Safety/Sanitation teams in a high-speed food production environment. • Leadership skills with a focus on associate development and accountability. • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to work within cross-functional teams. • Computer proficiency including MS Office products. • Experience with 5S and LEAN tools highly preferred.