Reporting to the FSQRA Director for our Macon, MO facility, local producer of Banquet, Healthy Choice and Marie Callendar products, you will help us ensure food safety and quality of all products. You will help us define best practices and provide guidance and adherence to quality policies.

How Will You Affect our Business?Ensure all plant personnel follow good manufacturing practices including proper waste disposal, personal hygiene and personal practices.Work with Operations and Maintenance to lead Food Safety and Quality ownership to the floor.Manage plant timelines and important milestones for the Food safety and Quality Improvement Plan and other food safety/quality metrics.Analyze and communicate quality and food safety issues, both internal and external (consumer complaints), and initiates applicable corrective measures.Ensure compliance to all applicable regulatory agency requirements (USDA, FDA, CFIA), company safety policies and OSHA regulations.Liaison with local USDA and FDA inspectors and any other food regulatory officers that visit the plant.Provide leadership and compliance on food safety and quality programs, such as HACCP, SQF certification, recall program, environmental monitoring program, and comprehensive pest control program.Be a liaison for all technical and QA issues between operations, RQI, and sales/marketing departments.Provide corporate with QA assistance involving vendor issues.Oversee product quality with regards to new product implementation. Ensure use of applicable MOPD and CQV tools.FS&Q pillar owner for Conagra Performance System. Use continuous improvement tools to identify opportunity and development improvement plans.Lead Regulatory, Customer (including SQF) and Internal Audit process including responses/corrective actions.Do You Have What it Takes?BS in biology, Food Science, or other related program4 years of related QA leadership experienceSkills in monitoring and measurement of process control, auditing, manufacturing of food products, sanitation process, knowledge of HACCP, SSOP regulations, skills in team leadership, and root cause analysisSkills in applying mathematical operations to such tasks as frequency distribution, determination of test reliability and validity, analysis of variance, correlation techniques, sampling theory, and factor analysis, formalizing process capability, institutionalizing process control and predictive quality process.Food manufacturing or related field experience

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this role.

Relocation assistance is available for this position. Preference will be given to local candidates.

At this time, we require applicants for this role to be legally authorized to work in the United States without requiring employer sponsorship either now or in the future.

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Our Benefits:

We care about your total well-being and will support you with the following, subject to your location and role:

Health: Comprehensive healthcare plans, wellness incentive program, mental wellbeing support and fitness reimbursementWealth: Great pay, bonus incentive opportunity, matching 401(k) and stock purchase planGrowth: Career development opportunities, employee resource groups, on-demand learning and tuition reimbursementBalance: Paid-time off, parental leave, flexible work-schedules (subject to your location and role) and volunteer opportunities

Our Company:

Conagra Brands is one of North America's leading branded food companies. We have a rich heritage of making great food, and a team that’s passionate about innovation and growth. Conagra offers choices for every occasion through iconic brands, such as Birds Eye®, Marie Callender's®, Banquet®, Healthy Choice®, Slim Jim®, Reddi-wip®, and Vlasic®, and emerging brands, including Angie's® BOOMCHICKAPOP®, Duke's®, Earth Balance®, Gardein®, and Frontera®.

We pride ourselves on having the most impactful, energized and inclusive culture in the food industry. For more information, visit www.conagrabrands.com.

Conagra Brands is an equal opportunity employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to sex, race, color, religion, ethnic or national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, pregnancy, leave status, disability, veteran status, genetic information and/or any other characteristic or status protected by national, federal, state or local law. ​