Senior Quality Compliance Manager

The Senior Quality Compliance Manager is a strategic leadership role responsible for driving and sustaining compliance across multiple USDA- and FDA-regulated facilities. This position ensures designated sites consistently meet regulatory, customer, and corporate requirements through oversight of audit readiness, validation programs, compliance responses, and continuous improvement efforts.

What You Will Do

Ensure defined sites are audit-ready at all times, supporting QAMs in managing internal, customer, third-party, and regulatory inspections (USDA-FSIS, FDA). Act as site liaison during regulatory or high-level customer visits in the absence of the QAM, supporting Regional QAMs or Directors as needed.

Why It Might Be a Fit

The ideal candidate will have strong written and verbal communication skills, analytical ability, leadership strength, and ability to effectively work with all levels of the organization. They will be a self-starter and able to work with minimal direction.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in business/science-related field
• Five (5) – Seven (7) years of related work experience
• Experience managing and leading a Quality and food safety / sanitation staff in a related food manufacturing environment
• Dual site FDA and USDA Experience
• American Society for Quality Certification, such as CQE, CQM status
• HACCP Certified (USDA-compliant)
• PCQI (Preventive Controls Qualified Individual)
• SQF Practitioner or BRC Internal Auditor (preferred)
• Knowledge of Makers Pride procurement, products, and production processes
• Knowledge and experience with SAP, Master Data, Trace Gain, Alchemy (a plus)
• Microsoft Knowledge (Outlook, Word, Excel etc.)
• Demonstrated proficiency in advanced quality statistics, measurement systems analysis, and continuous improvement
• Strong understanding of SQF/BRC and its implementation
• Experience w/ Quality systems and knowledge of pre-requisite programs
• Knowledge of Customer Expectation management, including audit preparation and program management

Benefits

• Equal Opportunity Employer