Sr. Food Safety Quality Assurance Manager

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. Post also provides private label solutions to customers in pet food, cereal, nut butters and granola. 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 LinkedInor Facebook for the latest news.

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.

Post Consumer Brands in Battle Creek, Mich., the cereal capital of the U.S., is the company's largest manufacturing plant and home to about 600 team members. When you join the team here, you'll be helping to produce some of the most iconic cereal brands, including Honey Bunches of Oats cereal, PEBBLES cereal, Grape-Nuts and Honeycomb cereal. The Battle Creek plant is also unique as it is home to the original barn where C.W. Post started the Postum cereal company in 1895. The Battle Creek team has deep community roots, supporting the city's Cereal Festival, The Post Foundation, and participating in several volunteer events throughout the year.

Overview

Join our Battle Creek plant leadership team as our Senior Food Safety Quality Assurance Manager, where you’ll own plant-wide Quality and Food Safety and play a key role in driving performance, compliance, and continuous improvement in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.

What You’ll Do

• Lead all Quality Assurance & Food Safety programs, ensuring compliance with company, customer, and regulatory standards
• Own HACCP and food safety systems, driving continuous improvement
• Partner with Operations & Engineering to strengthen processes and food-safe design
• Lead internal, customer, and regulatory audits, including corrective actions
• Develop and coach a high-performing QFS team
• Monitor performance metrics and turn insights into actionable improvements

What You Bring

• Strong leadership experience in food manufacturing (quality or food safety)
• Deep knowledge of HACCP, GMPs, and regulatory requirements
• Proven ability to influence cross-functional teams
• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to translate data into action

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in Food Science, Microbiology, or related field

Experience

• 10+ years in food manufacturing
• 3+ years of people leadership

Preferred

• HACCP certification, PCQI or SQF Practitioner eligibility
• Experience with audits and continuous improvement (Lean, Six Sigma)