Director, Food Safety & Quality

Welcome to CTI Foods, where quality, service, and people are at the heart of everything we do. We are a leading food manufacturing company, dedicated to providing our customers with the best possible products and our employees with a rewarding career. 

At CTI, we passionately believe that people are our #1 ingredient. We provide a positive and supportive work environment, opportunities for growth and advancement, and a competitive compensation package. We value our employees' contributions and strive to create a culture of respect, teamwork, and excellence.

Whether you're interested in a career in production, quality control, or management, we have a variety of opportunities available. We believe that our success is a result of our focus on quality, service, and people, and we look forward to continuing to serve our customers and employees with excellence.

If you're looking for a rewarding career in the food manufacturing industry, look no further than CTI Foods! Join our team and become a part of a company that values quality, service, and people. 

Provide technical direction, training, guidance and support to the FSQ Managers in the assigned facilities to ensure we have controls and procedures in place to ensure the manufacture of safe, quality products that meet customer, food regulatory and, CTI requirements. Provide support to the Director Food Regulatory Compliance and Systems and VP FSQ as needed. 

1. Champion and model the CTI culture and the necessary mindsets to deliver optimal results.
2. Lead team by effectively utilizing CTI’s Operating Principles and Cultural Beliefs.
3. Actively participate and engage with other facilities for best practice sharing and replication for areas such to drive 1 CTI Foods way, Continuous Improvement and Standardization
4. Attract, hire and lead the FSQ management in assigned locations, ensuring that all team members are knowledgeable with operating processes and procedures.
5. Food Safety and Quality system information management: Ensures team compiles, interprets, and communicates the conformance to standards for product components and finished products to all customers utilizing measurement metrics
6. Ensures Intelex, Redzone and other methods of technology for tracking/trending are used accurately and appropriately.
7. Provides strategic perspective for product and process quality through Food Safety systems, GFSI compliance, Sanitation/SSOP programs including Environmental monitoring.
8. Supports the Company in managing emerging food safety, food fraud or quality risks.
9. Assists and supports assigned plants’ LT through effective communication and active participation in projects, substituting for the FSQ Manager as needed.
10. Maintain continuity among work teams by documenting and communicating actions, irregularities, and continuing needs.
11. Develop, implement, maintain or improve proactive quality and food safety systems, assessing risk to prevent failures and mitigate risk to the consumer and brand.
12. Establish and maintain collaborative relationships with customers to ensure food safety and quality standards are met for finished products and be able to influence as needed.
13. Work with Regulatory Inspection personnel on an ongoing basis to ensure compliance to all regulatory requirements and actively engage in any CAPA required.
14. Actively engage in the Supplier Approval/Review process to alleviate the document surges during high document turnover periods (e.g. last month/first month of the year).
15. Provide internal audit service to ensure execution of HACCP/PC Plans and all other GFSI requirements.
16. Other duties as needed.

What we need from you:

• Minimum of 10 years of Food Safety/Quality management experience in a food manufacturing environment.
• Bachelor’s degree in in Food Science/Safety, Meat/Animal Science, or other related hard science.
• HACCP and PCQI certified
• Effective communicator, written and verbal, including the ability of being able to explain the technically complex to a non-technical audience.
• Demonstrated track record of effective change management.
• Demonstrated ability to exercise appropriate judgment in decision making and problem solving.
• Possesses a predictive/proactive mindset
• Track record of strong performance as a senior manager with ability to hire, develop and lead a team to execute requirements.
• Demonstrated commitment and execution of continuous improvement project, ideally using Lean, Kaizen, and Six Sigma concepts.
• Long term and short-term planning skills.
• Budget development and presentation skills.
• Deep knowledge of applicable (USDA/FDA) regulatory requirements to guide facilities in HACCP/PC plan development and execution, to head off non-compliance. Conversely, able to direct the plant in developing/executing the CAPA should there be a non-compliance
• Demonstrated ability to communicate confidently and effectively with customers regarding requirements, non-compliances.
• Must be an advocate of the company mission and vision statements.
• Team member who earns and maintain the personal and professional respect of people inside and outside the Company.
• Articulate and effective communicator with the ability to influence others through the employment of sound judgment.
• Maintains professional demeanor, high standards of integrity, honesty, loyalty, and ethical values.

What you'll receive from us:

• Unlimited PTO*
• Medical, Dental, & Vision Insurance
• Company Paid Life Insurance
• Telehealth Services
• 401K Matching
• FSA & HSA available
• EAP and wellbeing support
• Tuition reimbursement program available

*The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range of candidates hired. Factors that may be used to determine your actual salary may include your specific skills, how many years of experience you have and comparison to other employees already in this role. Most candidates will start in the bottom half of the range. Unlimited PTO requests are subject to approval and is subject to the current business needs of CTI Foods.