If you complement your food quality assurance expertise with strong leadership skills, this position offers you some very compelling opportunities. You will:

• Take point on quality at one of the largest food-processing facilities in the region, leading a team of about 80 people as part of a growing global industry leader. Quick question for you - click here
• Showcase your potential to advance; we're hiring with an eye to the future, looking for a professional with the bandwidth to grow, possibly to a director role.
• Enjoy both autonomy and support in an important role. You'll report directly to the Plant Director at Irwindale and share ideas and insights with quality professionals across Bonduelle Fresh Americas.
• Work in a positive, team-oriented culture -- Bonduelle is dedicated to making a consistently positive impact on employees, communities, the environment, and customers.
• Become part of a stable, global organization. We have been in business for 167 years, and we're making significant investments in our facilities.

Bonduelle Fresh Americas is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Bonduelle (BON.PA), and home of the Ready Pac Foods brand. Bonduelle has been family-owned for over 100 years, and our leaders believe that plant-based foods offer the most powerful leverage to respond to major challenges for the future. With four processing facilities throughout the U.S., we focus on fresh vegetables, salads and fresh meal solutions for the Americas. We manufacture a complete range of products featuring fresh produce and protein under the company’s Ready Pac Foods®, Bistro®, Ready Snax®, Cool Cuts®, and Bonduelle Fresh Picked™ brands.

Pictured: For nearly 50 years, Ready Pac Foods has offered American consumers healthier and fresh options. We also provide an extensive portfolio of private label products to retailers and the foodservice industry.

To meet the basic qualification for this role, you will have legal authorization to work permanently in the United States for any employer without requiring a visa transfer or visa sponsorship. In addition, to be a good fit for the Senior Quality Manager opportunity, you will have:

• A bachelor's degree in Food Science, Biology or another relevant field.
• 3+ years of experience in Plant Quality management in food processing environments; experience with fresh-cut produce is strongly preferred.
• 5+ years of experience, at a senior management level, with food quality assurance and safety (USDA/FSIS, FDA). Quick question for you - click here
• Advanced knowledge of food best practices, including GMP, SOP and HACCP/FSMA.
• A demonstrated ability to train QA operators and technicians.
• Experience with food safety compliance, audits and reports, including GFSI, BRC, SQF, ISO 2200 A proven track record of successful regulatory compliance, audits and reports (USDA, FDA, Allergen Control, Food Defense, Food Quality and customer).
• Experience with inspection and testing to ensure QA of materials, facilities and products (FDA, USDA and customer).
• Experience working with regulatory agencies and on-site USDA inspectors.
• A proven ability to create benchmarking tools, KPIs, SOPs and improvement initiatives.
• Familiarity with lab instrumentation and basic chemistry, micro, and sciences.
• Computer literacy, including proficiency with Microsoft Excel, Access, Word, PowerPoint and Outlook.

Preferred but not required:

• FSMA training and/or PCQI certification.
• Bilingual skills in English and Spanish.
• Knowledge of Lean and continuous improvement concepts.
• Quality and/or safety certifications such as SQF and/or SQF Practitioner.
• Experience maintaining and updating web-based profiles (such as iCiX, FDA Bioterrorism, customer-based profile sites).
• Experience deploying a plant quality management system (QMS).

As an essential business, we are taking appropriate precautions to protect the health and safety of all employees. For the duration of the COVID pandemic, you may be able to work from home part of the time, but you also will need to spend time in the facility on the plant floor. Once the pandemic is over, we can discuss flexible work arrangements. You also will need to be flexible as necessary, including working in the evenings and on weekends from time to time. The facility is refrigerated and temperatures can be as low as 34 degrees F. Quick question for you - click here

Reporting to the Plant Director and indirectly to Vice President, Quality & Food Safety, you will oversee a team of 6 to 7 quality, hygiene and clerical resources and an overall team of about 80. You will be responsible for managing all activities in the Quality Assurance Department to comply with company standards and a USDA FSIS-based food safety program. Key responsibilities will include:

• Maintaining high quality standards of products through the implementation and verification of quality systems and management of resources in the quality assurance department.
• Providing technical support and training to different operation groups in the company.
• Spending at least 25% of your time in production areas to monitor performance, coach team members and identify opportunities to improve.
• And more.

Note: this description is intended to give you a general overview of the position and is not an exhaustive listing of duties and responsibilities.

Move the needle
You'll take over established and effective quality programs. At the same time, we believe a strong leader can drive continuous improvement to make a good thing even better.

Professional development
This is a high-profile position in our flagship facility, which is co-located with Bonduelle Fresh Americas' corporate headquarters. Success here could set you up to pursue opportunities here in Irwindale, in other Bonduelle facilities or in our corporate organization.

Be The Difference
The Bonduelle Fresh Americas Difference is our identity. It defines the value we create that fuels our growth in order to be the most innovative fresh food company. It also defines the culture we create that enables our success and gives us the freedom to invest in our people, our business, and ultimately our consumers. The values defined in The Difference support our ability to give our Associates the freedom to drive results, learn and have fun.

Corporate responsibility
We are passionate about promoting sustainable agriculture, reducing our environmental impact, encouraging all employees to drive a culture of corporate social responsibility (CSR), feeding people well and feeding them sustainably, and promoting the well-being of our employees and communities. See the video for more information.

Rewarding environment
Our culture values teamwork and collaboration, and we are proactive about maintaining an atmosphere that is positive and motivating. We encourage and reward engagement, such as identifying potential safety or quality issues.

Excellent compensation
In addition to a competitive salary and bonus potential, we offer healthcare benefits to all associates after 30 days of employment, a 401(k) plan after 60 days, a tuition reimbursement program, and more.