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**Brand:** Post Consumer Brands

**Categories:** Quality

**Locations:** Lawrence, Kansas

**Position Type:** Regular Full-Time

**Remote Eligible:** No

**Req ID:** 27611

Job Description

Business Unit Overview

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 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 and Facebook for the latest news. Brand At Post Consumer Brands, we’ve spent generations showing up for families, starting with breakfast, the most important meal of the day. Our cereals have become a trusted part of daily routines, helping spark conversations, fuel busy mornings, and create everyday moments that bring families closer together, including their furry four-legged family members, who have recently become a part of our story. As families have evolved, so have we. What began at the breakfast table has expanded into snacks, peanut butter, and, more recently, pet food, because caring for a family means feeding every part of it. With the addition of several iconic pet brands, we’ve extended our purpose: to make high-quality, accessible food for everyone under the same roof. This phase is still new, and that’s what makes it exciting. As we continue to grow across grocery and pet, we’re looking for people who care about good food, thoughtful work, and the kind of impact that stretches from store shelves to kitchen tables, and food bowls, across the country. Location Description The Lawrence, Kansas facility is 236,000 square feet and home to about 155 hard working team members who are proud to produce iconic pet food brands like Kibbles 'n Bits®. Lawrence is a college town and the home to both the University of Kansas and Haskell Indian Nations University with Kansas State University about 85 miles away. The city is known for a thriving music and art scene and is also the home of the University of Kansas athletic teams. Responsibilities OVERVIEW: Responsible for managing the plant Quality and Food Safety program at a pet food plant. Assists Operations in the identification and implementation of quality improvements. Assists Engineering in the identification and implementation of structural and mechanical designs to support food safety and GMP practices. Assures compliance with applicable quality, food safety and regulatory standards. Support, implement, and maintain food safety, food safety culture, and quality practices as required through GFSI. Will be responsible for completing job duties in a manner that supports all plant safety, food safety, quality, and environmental practices. This position has shared responsibility as a BRC practitioner and/or back-up practitioner. Responsibilities and Accountabilities: Ensure that all raw materials, process parameters, sanitation procedures, and finished products comply with Customer, Company, State and Federal standards. Must have HACCP certification and meet the requirements for PCQI and BRC Practitioner responsibilities. Manage and audit quality programs and maintain proper documentation. Administer hold product dispositions. Follow-up and coordinate the release and/or removal of hold product through the proper channels. Assure that HACCP/Food Safety plans are fully implemented and monitored for all processing lines. Responsible for validating changes to food safety fundamentals (prerequisite programs). Assure the training of employees in the areas of noncompliance, metal detection, GMP’s, preventive controls, color code, sanitation procedures, net weight, and quality requirements Along with Engineering and Maintenance, coordinate the activities of engineers and contractors in complying with GMP’s during construction activities. Work with vendors to correct noncompliance issues concerning ingredients and supplies. Provide managerial and technical leadership to Quality Assurance technicians and other appropriate plant QFS staff. Provide technical assistance to team members regarding the use of chemicals and sanitation protocol. Duties to include verification of cleaning methods for control of microbial, allergenic, and organic product cross contamination risks. Support the necessary retrieval of suspect product involved in a product recall. Direct the implementation, process and follow-up to corrective action items for audits, and inspections by customers, state regulators, FDA, etc. Collect quality data and develop reports for business units. Research and approve temporary approvals and R&D trials. Investigate consumer and customer complaints and provide written communication regarding the findings. Location: This position is onsite in our Lawrence, Kansas facility Qualifications Education: Minimum of 4 year B.S. degree in Food Science, Microbiology or related field. Experience: Minimum of 10 years’ experience in food manufacturing business, preferably in the Quality Assurance or Production environment. Minimum of 3 years supervisory experience. Must have working knowledge of HACCP, FSMA requirements, GMPs, quality systems, and experience working with and leading team in a manufacturing environment. Must possess understanding of FDA and local regulatory requirements. Other Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities Effective management and supervisory skills. Must have excellent facilitating skills in a team environment, and effective communication skills, both written and oral. Training skills with ability to develop own curriculum. Must be a demonstrated problem solver with the ability to implement effective solutions. Working knowledge of statistical and other advanced analytical problem-solving tools. Must be able to read, write and communicate in the English language. Experience with canning/thermal processes is preferred.

Post Holdings provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, status as a covered veteran and any other category protected under applicable federal, state, provincial and local laws.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)