Quality and Food Safety Manager - Headland, AL

Job Description

Quality and Food Safety Manager - Headland, AL
This is a full-time, exempt position.

The Quality and Food Safety Manager is responsible for managing the site quality and food safety program for our Headland, AL peanut processing facility and reports to the Plant Manager.
This plant operates twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week.

Essential Job Functions:

• Provides leadership, support, and guidance to ensure that Food Safety/Quality requirements are met.
• Manages, plans, implements, and continuously improves the Food Safety/Quality divisional programs.
• Enforce Quality goals and KPIs, Food Safety/Quality, maintain Food Safety plan, and supports Operations for continuous improvement.
• Ensure the processes and systems are adequate to implement, achieve, and maintain 3rd party certifications (, GMP+, SQF, etc.) and FDA compliance (21 CFR 507 and/or 21 CFR 117).
• Oversee usage of and provide support for information technology systems (, Policy Tech, APeCS, GEMINI, etc.)
• Manages the Food Safety/Quality Team
• Maintenance and maintaining of laboratory equipment
• Work and communicate with the Plant Manager (dotted line reporting) and Superintendent on any quality problems, or issues that arise.
• Excellent communication, problem solving, and good decision-making skills are required.
• The ability to provide motivation to direct reports, and demonstrate leadership qualities to all plant personnel is needed.
• Active participation in and contribution to performance excellence implementation

Job Qualifications:

• Preferred 4 year degree or equivalent 7 years of Food Safety experience in a Food manufacturing and laboratory environment
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills are required. Must be able to communicate and interact with all levels of the organization, including senior management, customers, and regulatory officials.
• Positive leadership attributes to help drive employee development, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Demonstrated experience actively participating in and contributing to performance excellence implementations.

Working Conditions:

• Employees in this position working at this location are [or may be] exposed to various potential chemical and food allergens due to the nature of our business and the requirements of the job. If there is any reason such exposure would interfere with your ability to perform this role or work at the location, please notify the hiring manager.
• Employees in this position may be required to perform work at heights, climb ladders, stairs, indoors and outdoors in various weather conditions, walking, standing or sitting for extended periods of time as well as wear a respirator as needed.

Excited about this role but don’t think you meet every requirement listed? We encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this role or another one of our openings.
ADM requires the successful completion of a background check.

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Base pay offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, including market location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Hourly and salaried non-exempt employees will also be paid overtime pay when working qualifying overtime hours.

If hired, employees will be in an “at-will position” and the Company reserves the right to modify base pay (as well as any other discretionary payment or compensation program) at any time, including for reasons related to individual performance, Company or individual department/team performance, and market factors.

The pay range for this position is expected to be between:

$70,400.00 - $131,600.00

Salaried Incentive Plan

The total compensation package for this position will also include annual bonus

Benefits and Perks

Enriching the quality of life for the world begins by taking care of our colleagues. In addition to competitive pay, we support your diverse needs with a comprehensive total rewards package to enhance your well-being, including:

• Physical wellness – medical/Rx, dental, vision and on-site wellness center access or gym reimbursement (as applicable).
• Financial wellness – flexible spending accounts, health savings account, 401(k) with matching contributions and cash balance plan, discounted employee stock purchasing program, life insurance, disability, workers’ compensation, legal assistance, identity theft protection.
• Mental and social wellness – Employee Assistance Program (EAP), Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) and Colleague Giving Programs (ADM Cares).

Additional benefits include:

• Paid time off including paid holidays.
• Adoption assistance and paid maternity and parental leave.
• Tuition assistance.
• Company-sponsored training and development resources, such as LinkedIn Learning, language training and mentoring programs.

*Benefits may vary for bargained locations, confirm benefit eligibility with your recruiter.

#IncludingYou

Diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging are cornerstones of ADM’s efforts to continue innovating, driving growth, and delivering outstanding performance. We are committed to attracting and retaining a diverse workforce and create welcoming, truly inclusive work environments — environments that enable every ADM colleague to feel comfortable on the job, make meaningful contributions to our success, and grow their career. We respect and value the unique backgrounds and experiences that each person can bring to ADM because we know that diversity of perspectives makes us better, together.

We welcome everyone to apply. We are committed to ensuring all qualified applicants receive consideration for employment regardless of race, color, ethnicity, disability, religion, national origin, language, gender, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, sexual orientation, age, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law

About ADM

At ADM, we unlock the power of nature to provide access to nutrition worldwide. With industry-advancing innovations, a complete portfolio of ingredients and solutions to meet any taste, and a commitment to sustainability, we give customers an edge in solving the nutritional challenges of today and tomorrow. We’re a global leader in human and animal nutrition and the world’s premier agricultural origination and processing company. Our breadth, depth, insights, facilities and logistical expertise give us unparalleled capabilities to meet needs for food, beverages, health and wellness, and more. From the seed of the idea to the outcome of the solution, we enrich the quality of life the world over. Learn more at

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