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**Brand:** Post Consumer Brands

**Categories:** Operations Production

**Locations:** Lawrence, Kansas

**Position Type:** Regular Full-Time

**Remote Eligible:** No

**Req ID:** 29028

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

Purpose:

This role requires an individual who places the utmost importance on people safety and food safety, embodying the principles of quality management and operational efficiency. The QFS Lead's oversight is crucial across the facility on ensuring compliance with current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMPs). Support, implement, and maintain food safety, food safety culture, and quality practices as required through QFS.

In addition to technical knowledge, the QFS Lead must exhibit exceptional leadership skills by acting as a mentor and role model for the team.

Primary Responsibilities:

**NOTE:** These requirements describe the main duties of the job but are not considered a detailed description of every duty that may be assigned or required to be performed.

+ Lead, coach, and direct the QFS team in the assigned area, ensuring efficient and effective operations.

+ Ensure compliance with plant QFS policies and with the cGMP’s (current Good Manufacturing Practices) section 21-CFR-110 pertaining to the manufacturing and distribution of food.

+ Conduct regular safety audits to identify food safety hazards and drive corrective actions.

+ Collaborate with department counterparts, such as maintenance, receiving, and operations to promptly escalate any issues that could jeopardize safe and efficient operations.

+ Accurately collect data and maintain records.

+ Ensure compliance with all internal and external audits.

+ Ensure all inspections post cleaning for right to run are completed.

+ Support environmental monitoring, including data review and root cause investigation where results are out of specification (OOS).

+ Accurately complete record review, issue holds, and product release

+ Fill in for QFS Supervisor as needed.

+ All other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Qualifications & Competencies:

+ High School Diploma or equivalent; 4 Year College Degree preferred

+ Minimum 2 years relevant experience

+ Possess basic math and computer skills (Proficient in Microsoft Office – Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook)

+ Well organized and detail oriented

+ Able to work independently and prioritize time

+ Good problem-solving skills

+ Effectively read, write, and communicate in the English language

+ Wear company-issued uniforms (snap-front shirt & pants) and required PPE (bump-cap, hair net, beard net, safety glasses, ear plugs, gloves, safety shoes, etc.)

Post Holdings and Post Consumer Brands provide 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.

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)