Vice President, Quality Assurance & Food Safety

As a premier global food provider, the OSI Group partners with the world’s leading foodservice and retail food brands to provide concept-to-table solutions that delight consumers around the globe. Join us and discover a work experience where diverse ideas are met with enthusiasm, and where you can learn and grow to your full potential. We’re looking for individuals who thrive in an entrepreneurial environment and who enjoy working as a team to deliver unparalleled service and solutions to our customers.

The salary range posted represents the low and high end of OSI’s salary range for this position. Salaries will vary based on various factors, including but not limited to, location, education, skills, experience and performance. Base salary is one component of OSI’s overall total rewards package. Other components may include bonuses, special pay programs, comprehensive time off, 401k with match and a full suite of benefit offerings for you and your family.

Position Summary:

This role is a key to our North America Food Safety Quality Assurance function. This role has direct leadership responsibilities, is responsible for guiding external and internal communications of FSQA issues and is considered a subject matter expert to our Food Safety Quality Assurance department. This role oversees all North America FSQA programs to ensure that the company system products meet or exceed food safety standards, customer specifications, government regulations, and the company product standards.

Principal Duties & Responsibilities:

• This role manages a team, has authority to hire and performance-manage the team.

• Leads/supervises/manages 6-15 employees at the corporate FSQA level and provides oversight for all North America in-plant FSQA leaders.

• Leads the development, implementation and sustainment of our FSQA programs and strategic plan and ensures that Global FSQA policies are properly incorporated.

• Effectively implements Global strategies and initiatives in North America.

• Provides direction in all matters related to compliance with local, state and federal, and appropriate export market food safety regulations.

• Provides leadership and guidance to their direct reports as well as mentoring as applicable to North America manufacturing FSQA leaders.

• Serves as one of the company's FSQA representatives on customer, industry and government food safety teams.

• Delivers thorough, timely, and insightful analysis of trends and metrics on quality and food safety, performance outcomes to senior leaders.

• Identifies and effectively communicates to senior management time-sensitive findings and information that could impact the company or its customers.

• Maintains effective relationships with food safety and quality leaders of our customers.

• This role has the responsibility to understand and place in practice appropriate safety procedures through education, training, use of protective equipment, and by following safety policies, regulations, standards, and laws.

• Collaborates with other functional areas within OSI to ensure sound FSQA principles are incorporated into all processes.

• Fosters food safety culture at all levels of the North American organization.

• Performs other duties as assigned.

Experience & Skills:

• 10+ years of experience in a related field is preferred.

• 5+ years' experience at the Director level, leading leaders, preferably in food manufacturing.

• Proficiency in all Microsoft Office Suite Products.

• Ability to manage multiple concurrent projects to successful completion that is on time and within budget.

• Ability to communicate clearly and effectively, both verbally and in writing, with individuals at all levels within the organization and externally.

• Demonstrated ability to directly influence the work environment by creating a dynamic workplace that affects positive employee relationships as well as effective relationships within the team.

• Excellent communication skills both written and oral with the ability to communicate effectively across vertical and horizontal lines.

• Demonstrated analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills with the ability to drive results.

• Ability to operate on tight deadlines with multiple priorities that are subject to frequent changes.

Preferred Education:

• MA/MS/MBA or equivalent is preferred.

• PhD is a plus.

• Recognized expertise in the industry as a result of prior positions, professional publications and speaking engagements, membership on industry committees.

Work Environment:

• Work can be performed within a manufacturing plant environment with noise, extreme temperatures, and significant movement of powered equipment, people, and conveyor (may depend on the role).

• Work conditions are typical of an office and plant environment.

• This role requires 30% domestic travel.

• Position may require the physical agility of lifting up to 15 pounds.

• Position may require frequent and/or infrequent bending, squatting, pushing, pulling, stretching/reaching, using hands or fingers, talking, hearing, feeling objects, tools, controls, and standing/walking on concrete flooring.

• Position may require the physical ability to stand/walk for less than 4 hours.