Senior Manager, Quality
The Kraft Heinz Company
full-time
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Location Type: Office
Location: Glenview • Illinois, Pennsylvania • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $118,400 - $148,000 per year
Job Level
Senior
About the role
- The Sr. Manager - Quality Innovation will be responsible for ensuring that Kraft Heinz products and processes meet the highest quality and food safety standards throughout the product lifecycle
- Support the development and implementation of quality by design strategies for new products and processes
- Ensure compliance with regulatory requirements and company policies and procedures
- Lead quality aspects of specific category portfolio initiatives (growth, maintenance, productivity) activities and ensure pre and post launch success
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including R&D, Manufacturing, and Supply Chain
- Conduct quality risk assessments and provide technical guidance to project teams
- Develop and maintain quality metrics and key performance indicators to drive continuous improvement initiatives
- Support the development of quality training programs for employees
- Participate in quality audits and assessments to ensure compliance with regulatory requirements and company policies
Requirements
- Master of Science degree in Food Science, Microbiology, or related field
- 5+ years of experience in quality or R&D preferred
- 2+ years of commercialization experience at Kraft Heinz or CPG food industry
- Experience with quality systems/processes (ISO, Six Sigma etc.)
- Excellent communication skills (presentation, report writing, teaching/training)
- Strong collaborator, who can lead complex cross-functional workstreams
- Resilient in ambiguous and rapidly evolving environments
- Self-starter, who operates independently
- Strategic, big picture thinker who can also execute with excellence
- Comfortable challenging the status quo and driving decisions via strong, data-led stories
- Outstanding verbal, written and interpersonal communications skills
- Excellent organization and project management skills
- Travel requirements up to 50% a year
Benefits
- Coverage for employees (and their eligible dependents) through affordable access to healthcare
- Protection, and saving for the future, we offer plans tailored to meet you and your family’s needs
- Wellbeing events, resources, and learning opportunities that inspire a physical, social, emotional, and financial well-being lifestyle for our employees and their families
- Paid Time Off
- Company Holidays
- Leave of Absence
- Flexible Work Arrangements
- Recognition
- Training
- Employee Assistance Program
- Wellbeing Programs
- Family Support Programs
- 401k
- Life
- Accidental Death & Dismemberment
- Disability
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
quality by designquality risk assessmentsquality metricskey performance indicatorsISOSix Sigmafood safety standardsquality systemscommercializationcontinuous improvement
Soft skills
communicationcollaborationleadershipresilienceindependencestrategic thinkingdata-driven decision makingorganizationproject managementpresentation skills