Quality Manager - Ready to Eat

As a family company, we serve people and communities. When you work at Meijer, you’re provided with career and community opportunities centered around leadership, personal growth and development. Consider joining our family – take care of your career and your community! **Meijer Rewards** * Weekly pay * Scheduling flexibility * Paid parental leave  * Paid education assistance * Team member discount * Development programs for advancement and career growth Please review the job profile below and apply today! ​Reporting to the Director of Food Safety for Manufacturing, this role leads site food safety and quality programs for high-risk manufacturing operations. The position is responsible for maintaining regulatory, customer, and certification compliance; leading food safety plans and prerequisite programs; and partnering across operations, sanitation, maintenance, supply chain, and product development to ensure safe, legal, and high-quality products. This role serves as the primary site contact for inspections and audits and drives continuous improvement through effective quality systems, technical leadership, and risk-based decision making. Onsite position with Monday-Friday 8am-5pm schedule. On call as needed. Occasional travel.   What You'll Be Doing: * Lead and continuously improve the site food safety and quality management system, including food safety plans, prerequisite programs, sanitation controls, environmental monitoring, document control, and records management. * Ensure compliance with applicable regulatory, customer, and third-party requirements; serve as the primary site contact for inspections, audits, corrective actions, and follow-up activities. * Primary point of contact for regulatory inspections and provide guidance to site leadership regarding implementation of regulatory compliance. * Oversee product and material compliance activities, including specifications, labeling, packaging verification, process controls, testing, calibration, and disposition of nonconforming product. * Provide technical leadership for manufacturing operations, including verification of critical controls, sanitation and hygienic design programs, traceability, recall readiness, complaint investigations, and continuous improvement initiatives. * Support product launches, process changes, shelf-life and validation activities, and risk-based quality decisions across multiple product categories and manufacturing systems. * Lead internal audits, root cause analysis, CAPA, KPI reporting, site training, and cross-functional collaboration to strengthen food safety culture and operational performance. * Provide oversight for laboratory or external testing support, microbiological risk management, and specialized process controls relevant to the site's operations. * This job profile is not meant to be all inclusive of the responsibilities of this position; may perform other duties as assigned or required What You Bring with You (Qualifications): * Bachelor's degree in Food Science, Dairy Science, Microbiology, Biology, Chemistry, or a related field, or equivalent experience. * **5+ years of quality leadership experience in food manufacturing required.** * **Progressive experience in food safety and quality within a manufacturing environment; experience in ready-to-eat, deli, bakery, or similar operations preferred.** * **Strong knowledge of food safety plans, GMPs, sanitation systems, environmental monitoring, allergen controls, audit readiness, and quality management practices.** * **Experience leading investigations, internal audits, CAPA, complaint management, traceability, recall readiness, and risk-based product disposition decisions.** * Demonstrated leadership of cross-functional teams, technical communication, data analysis, and the ability to influence operational performance. * Experience with regulated manufacturing environments, certification programs, laboratory oversight, and specialized process controls relevant to the facility preferred. * HACCP, PCQI, SQF, certifications required.