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Kansas Protein Foods Quality Manager - Hutchinson, KS
This is an Exempt position.

Job Summary:
This position is a leadership role within the KPF team. The position provides proactive leadership in the development, implementation, execution, and performance of the Quality Systems to ensure products meet the quality and food safety standards. In addition to leading efforts for the plant, the position manages compliance within the quality team as the direct manager.

Essential Job Functions:
Provides support and guidance for day to day decision making regarding quality/food safety impacts on products
Supports training activities regarding Quality and Food Safety
Establishes goals and monitors metrics that support Quality and Food Safety
Manages, plans, implements, and continuously improves programs and procedures
Leads the Cost of Poor Quality (COPQ) initiative and drives improvement within the plants, reducing quality and food safety related costs
Develops, implements and monitors quality verification programs within the plants
Facilitates all Quality Management Review Meetings within the plants
Holds the role of SQF Practitioner
Works with operations to ensure products meet quality and food safety standards and provides guidance as needed
Provides product disposition for ready to eat products.
Reports key performance indicators to Quality COE and East Plant leadership teams.
Leads customer audits and other forms of customer communication requested from the plant.
Leads compliance and regulatory audits.
Leads a team of Quality Technicians that are responsible for the quality and food safety programs to ensure compliance with ADM, regulatory, and customer requirements.
Ability to set expectations and hold colleagues accountable for completion of standard work duties
Provides quality training to new hires, contractors, and refresher training as needed and maintains training records.
Maintains the food safety plans, ensures control points are being handles per the program requirements, risk assessments are accurate and up to date as the lead PCQI coordinator at the facility.
Leads product recalls from the plant level with guidance from divisional resources when necessary.
Develops and maintains Quality Programs.

Additional Qualifications/Responsibilities

Job Qualifications:
Preferred 4 year degree or equivalent 6 year Food Safety experience and PCQI trained
Prior laboratory experience / knowledge of laboratory procedures.
Minimum of 5 years managing a team of colleagues with a proven track record of developing a business strategy, coaching for success, resolving conflict, setting expectations and holding the team accountable
Working knowledge of Document Management, spreadsheets, Excel and data bases.
Knowledge of applicable food regulations and requirements is mandatory.
Ability to make decisions based on information and data available.
Ability to work as a team member and provide training.
Working Conditions:
Employees in this position may be exposed to various potential chemical and food allergens due to the nature of our business and the requirements of the job. If there is any reason such exposure would interfere with your ability to perform this role or work at the location, please notify the hiring manager.
Relocation Assistance is available with this position.

ADM requires the successful completion of a background check.

Base pay offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, including market location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Hourly and salaried non-exempt employees will also be paid overtime pay when working qualifying overtime hours.

If hired, employees will be in an "at-will position" and the Company reserves the right to modify base pay (as well as any other discretionary payment or compensation program) at any time, including for reasons related to individual performance, Company or individual department/team performance, and market factors.

The pay range for this position is expected to be between:

$70,400.00 - $131,300.00
Salaried Incentive Plan

The total compensation package for this position will also include annual bonus