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**Brand:** Post Consumer Brands

**Categories:** Quality

**Locations:** Lawrence, Kansas

**Position Type:** Regular Full-Time

**Remote Eligible:** No

**Req ID:** 29238

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 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

As a Quality Food Safety Supervisor in pet food production, you will oversee and ensure the highest standards of food safety and quality throughout the manufacturing process. Your primary responsibilities include monitoring production activities, conducting regular inspections, and implementing safety protocols to comply with regulatory requirements. You will lead a team of quality control technicians, provide training on food safety practices, and collaborate with other departments to address any quality issues. Your role is crucial in maintaining the integrity and safety of pet food products, ensuring they meet both company standards and customer expectations.

Responsibilities and Accountabilities** **:

+ Ensures the department meets safety, quality and sanitation standards

+ Responsible for team development, including skill building, performance management, staffing strategy and developing a “flow to the work” culture

+ Partner with Quality Manager in developing and delivering Quality Pillar Master Plan

+ Role models our Basic Beliefs, Our Commitment to Each Other, and Emotional Intelligence to build resonance

+ Ensures that essential business information and general expectations are clearly communicated and understood by all members of the team

+ Develop and coach technical and leadership skills of Quality team members to enhance peak performance through Smucker Quality Management Systems (SQMS) and High-Performance Organization (HPO) design principles

+ Assist in developing and executing key technical and organizational projects while increasing Smucker Quality Management System capability within the organization

+ Responsible for driving department issues to root cause and developing a zero-loss and continuous improvement culture

+ Champions department Daily Direction Setting (DDS) to ensure that department is setting a daily plan and following through on open items needed by the team.

+ Participates in the Plant Daily Direction Setting (DDS) meetings

+ Accountable for the core principles results and team performance (Safety, Quality, Reliability, Cost, Org. Capability)

+ Responsible to collaborate across all pillars and leadership

+ Acts as the technical resource for the Quality teams

+ Ensure compliance to all aspects of the JMS Quality Systems including cGMP/BRC/AIB as well as compliance to Food Safety and Sanitation

+ Maintain historical key quality records as required by regulator agencies.

+ Process/System audits (on-line and in reports) must be conducted to ensure that the individual unit operations are in conformance with the site quality procedures.

+ Maintain open communication with the production team to ensure integrity of raw materials and finished product.

+ Investigate and report customer and vendor complaints.

+ Finished product holds must be evaluated on a timely basis.  Samples must be collected and presented for the decision making process.

+ Consult with production management on out of standard ingredients, processes and materials to minimize the impact of finished product quality.

+ Review documentation of process critical control points to ensure that Corporate and legal standards are being met and that substandard product iscontained.

+ Support the technical services group by communication of ingredient substitution, process modification and in-plant test observation and evaluation.

+ Responsible for partnering with his/her manager in the establishment of an annual "development plan". Professional development requires the commitment of employees, managers and the resources available from the Company.  The manager and employee share joint ownership in the successful execution of the plan objectives.

+ Lead the laboratory technicians as they execute their daily task in evaluating ingredient, intermediate and finished product food-safety and quality characteristics.

+ Participate in the development and training of factory programs which affect quality

+ Manage hold inventories and their reconciliation among various inventory systems

+ Conduct applicable internal audits

+ Lead personnel responsible supplier compliance, quality systems software, and lab equipment maintenance and calibrations

+ Develop and train direct reports to improve individual technical and supervisory capabilities and performance

+ Represent the department with interdisciplinary factory groups to assist with recommendations for quality improvement

+ Assist in the Quality training of factory employees

Qualifications

**Education** :

Bachelor’s degree is required (Technical, Science, Engineering or a related degree preferred)

Experience:

+ 3 years of quality experience is required

+ Prior experience in successfully managing people and / or teams in a high-performance work environment is preferred

+ Demonstrated experience in developing people essential

+ Must have a basic understanding of chemistry and microbiology

+ Prior food processing and/or manufacturing experience is preferred

Other** **:

+ The candidate must have a thorough working knowledge of basic cGMPs (current Good Manufacturing Practices) and GDPs (Good Documentation Practices).

+ The candidate must have a strong working knowledge of Excel, Word and PowerPoint and possess basic statistical knowledge.

+ Familiarity with HACCP and food safety a plus

+ Must be willing to receive training in ongoing areas of FSMA and cGMP practices.

Other Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

+ Excellent organizational skills specific to people, projects or data is a must

+ Excellent trouble-shooting and problem-solving skills also a must

+ Demonstrated ability to lead and influence cross functional teams necessary

+ Experience working in an environment that values peer-to-peer collaboration and managing upward through the organization

+ Demonstrate ability to work effectively across organization boundaries and with diverse teams

+ Strong written, verbal and presentation communication skills

+ Strong commitment to Quality and Safety

+ Demonstrate ability to be decisive, proactive and strategic in decision making while role modeling balance for others

+ Willingness to work a flexible schedule across shifts as needed to most effectively support the organization; willing to report to work to address key and/or critical issues whenever necessary

The pay range for this position is $70,386 - $98,541 per year.

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)