Quality Manager
Company: Land O'Lakes
Location: Kent
Posted on: February 15, 2026
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Job Description:
Quality Manager The Quality Manager is responsible for managing
the Food Safety and Quality Department, Quality Lab, Audit Process
and Food safety/Security at each facility to ensure that quality
standards are maintained as required by quality system, management,
and external regulations. Supervises and coordinates the activities
of the QC staff engaged in performing tests required for quality
control of processes and products. Constantly focus on reduction of
consumer complaints and process improvement. Essential Functions: •
Direct, train, and advise personnel in test procedures and ensure
compliance with quality system requirements to deliver safe and
quality food products • Investigate and respond to all quality
assurance related consumer complaints. • Design, oversee, update,
and review HACCP (Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point) plan to
SQF level • Provide leadership coordinating Safe Quality Food (SQF)
standards (Acts as the SQF Practitioner) certification &
maintenance process • Develop/maintain SOPs to operate lab
equipment and maintain records. Maintain calibration programs to
ensure lab equipment, and other equipment operate properly •
Oversee external lab testing and reports as required by SQF BRC and
EQMS quality system. • Ensure that all associates adhere to
established FDA (Food and Drug Administration) and GMP (Good
Manufacturing Practices) and food safety policies and procedures •
Establish and monitor laboratory safety programs; review all
accident investigations and recommend safety improvement • Follow
HACCP principles and Good Manufacturing Practices • Meet all Food,
Personal safety, and Regulatory requirements • Other duties, as
assigned to support quality mission statement Required Experience
and Education: • Bachelor’s in Food Science, Biology or Dairy
Technology or related field • Minimum of 5 years hands-on plant
experience in the dairy plant or food industry operations, with a 3
plus years of people leadership supervisory experience • GFSI
certification (SQF Practitioner, BRCGFS certification
preferred)/HACCP certified, HARPC certification preferred • Strong
analytical and problem-solving skills • Excellent communication
skills both verbal and written • Excellent interpersonal skills and
a collaborative management style to create an engaged, motivated
and high performing team Required Knowledge, Skills, Abilities and
Traits: • Experience in the food industry highly preferred •
Extensive knowledge of food systems, food safety and security •
Training and experience in Food Science or Food Technology •
Certification in HACCP maintain certification • SQF GFSI
certification (BRCGS preferred) codes Supervisory Responsibilities:
Direct Responsibility for QA Supervisor, sanitation supervisor, and
QA Staff. Salary Range: $107,680 - $161,520. In most cases,
candidates offered employment expect to be hired at a pay rate near
the middle of our salary ranges. About Land O'Lakes, Inc. Join us
and be part of a Fortune 250, farmer- and member-owned cooperative
that is reimagining the business of food. We have been named a Top
Workplace by Indeed and LinkedIn, and to the TIME 100 Most
Influential Companies list. We provide a broad portfolio of
benefits to keep you and your family at your best. Land O'Lakes is
Where Your Future Takes Root. Land O’Lakes and our global entities
support diversity in employment practices. Neither Land O’Lakes,
nor its affiliates or search firms, will ever contact you and ask
for confidential information over the phone or in email. If you
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process, please call the HR Solution Center at 844-LOL-HR4U
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