What are the responsibilities and job description for the Assoc Director External QFS position at Post Consumer Brands?
Business Unit Overview:
LOCATION: this position offers hybrid flexibility from our corporate campus in Lakeville, MN
Responsibilities and Accountabilities
Experience
Skills
Travel
Job Accountability
Headquartered in Lakeville, Minn., Post Consumer Brands, a business unit of Post Holdings, Inc., is dedicated to providing people and their pets with delicious food choices for every taste and budget. The company’s portfolio includes beloved brands such as Honey Bunches of Oats®, PEBBLES®, Grape-Nuts® and Malt-O-Meal® cereal, and Peter Pan® peanut butter, as well as Rachael Ray® Nutrish®, Kibbles ‘n Bits® and 9Lives® dog and cat food. As a company committed to high standards of quality and to our values, we are driven by one idea: To make lives better by making delicious food accessible for all. For more information about our brands, visit www.postconsumerbrands.com and follow us on LinkedIn for the latest news.
Brand:
Post Consumer Brands recently acquired several iconic pet food brands, venturing into a new market while remaining true to our purpose to provide delicious and accessible food that our consumers love. We’re always searching the center store for the next exciting product to add to our portfolio, and right now, we’re growing and need passionate, driven individuals with diverse perspectives to help us reach greater heights. That’s where you come in. Join a team where your voice is not only heard but valued. Make a real impact on brands enjoyed by millions of people and their pets.
Location Description:
Post Consumer Brands corporate headquarters in Lakeville, Minn. is about 20 miles south of Minneapolis and St. Paul, Lakeville has all the benefits of smaller town living with access to everything a large metropolitan area has to offer. Join more than 400 team members collaborating on the two-building campus to help put breakfast on the tables of millions of consumers in North America.
Responsibilities:
OVERVIEW
The Associate Director, External Quality & Food Safety provides the QFS focus and leadership for Post Consumer Brands (PCB) external supply chain network, including ingredients and ingredient suppliers, packaging materials and packaging suppliers, co-manufacturers and both internal and third-party distribution. The incumbent develops and executes strategic plans for external supply consistent with the PCB’s strategy and vision. The Associate Director, External QFS is accountable for deployment of best practices and assurance of consistency for supplier audits, supplier selection, supplier approval, monitoring practices, metrics and issue prevention. When issues do occur, the incumbent leads root cause and corrective action with the supplier or distribution center. This position is a key contact point for major R&D initiatives in the area of both new product development and maintenance of existing products. This position supports, implements, and maintains food safety, food safety culture, and quality practices as required through SQF.
LOCATION: this position offers hybrid flexibility from our corporate campus in Lakeville, MN
Responsibilities and Accountabilities
- Responsible for the initial review and ongoing oversite including ingredient risk assessment, supply chain controls and audits for all ingredients and ingredient suppliers. Continually develop and enhance the supplier audit program with an emphasis on sharing industry best practices in food safety with our supply chain.
- Lead Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) program development and compliance related to both Risk Based Preventive Controls for Human Foods rule pertaining to ingredient risk assessment and supply chain controls and the Foreign Supplier Verification Programs (FSVP).
- Responsible for the quality, food safety and regulatory oversite of all co-manufacturers. This includes initial audit and approval, assurance that food safety plans are in place and effectively implemented, ingredient risk assessments and supply chain controls; always providing clear documentation as to expectations and continuous improvement expectations.
- Provide support to the PCB Logistics organization, ensuring both company managed and 3PL distribution centers meet all regulatory and food safety requirements. Conduct at least annual audits to assure compliance and work collaboratively in the implementation and on-going efforts for SQF certification.
- Responsible for ensuring that suppliers continue to develop and implement best practices that emphasize defect prevention, reduction in variation and waste and provide for continuous improvements; continuously meeting quality standards required to minimize quality costs and maximizing customer satisfaction.
- Work with R&D, Regulatory, Legal and Sourcing to define process parameters and criteria to ensure supplier process capability is effective and compliant to all laws/regulations required in meeting PCB product and process requirements.
- Support Sourcing and R&D with the supplier approval process by developing and executing an efficient program and process to assess manufacturing/technology capabilities and compliance risks.
- Manage a system for root cause analysis and corrective actions process of supplier quality or food safety issues.
- Continually monitor emerging food safety issues and regulatory trends as it relates to external supply that may impact PCB.
- Act as a leader in both the PHI and peer industry community for specific scientific or regulatory developments related to the external supply chain. Enhance PCB’s knowledge and stature though benchmarking, sharing of knowledge, identifying opportunities for greater application of findings and supporting industry and regulatory initiatives.
- Lead, guide, coach/mentor and develop a staff of six QFS personnel; ensuring high performance, on-going development and career planning are all in place.
Education
BS in Food Science, Engineering or related science. Master’s Degree preferred. Knowledge of food science, engineering, business administration and manufacturing principles required. Extensive knowledge of quality and food safety systems related to FSMA, food hygiene, HACCP, sanitation and cGMPs. Experience with State and Federal regulatory agencies (FDA, USDA) required.
Experience
Minimum of 10-15 years’ experience in the food industry including quality assurance, food production, food safety, supervision of professional staff and business planning.
Skills
- Ability to influence others.
- Passion for and experience with people/team management and development.
- Strong strategic & analytical thinking.
- Strong relationship building skills.
- Strong thought leadership & influencing skills.
- Strong project management and prioritization skills, attention to detail and process mindset.
- Strong verbal & written communication skills.
Travel
- Must be able to travel both within the United States and internationally up to 50% of the time.
Job Accountability
Work Structure:
Works under the general guidance of the Vice President Quality & Food Safety. Work impacts long range company objectives and sustainability of the company. Organizes own work to achieve department and company objectives; directs and assigns department resources to meet department and company objectives.
Responsibilities:
Responsible for 6 direct report staff positions; responsible for establishing plans, policies and procedures at all levels to ensure that the quality assurance program will meet or exceed the expectations and needs of internal and external customers. Quality and Food Safety performance is essential to the long-term viability and success of Post Consumer Brands.
