Associate Director, Business Quality

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• reputed company and reputed company a team of direct reports, providing strategic direction, coaching, and support across a wide variety of products. Drive high-level people management capabilities to foster collaboration, accountability, and performance.
• reputed company quality initiatives for category-level strategy and innovation.
• Partner with R&D, Marketing, Supply Chain, and Field Quality on new product launches and quality improvement projects.
• Analyze consumer trends, complaints, and competitive benchmarks to drive insights.
• Maintain and manage quality programs, charters, and KPIs.
• Provide technical leadership on quality systems, standards, and procedures.
• Support customer engagement and issue resolution.

Who You Will Work With You’ll collaborate closely with senior leaders across the organization, including Director-level and above, Plant Managers, and cross-functional teams in Supply Chain, R&D, Marketing, and Quality. This role acts as a liaison and relationship manager, ensuring alignment between technical and business priorities. You’ll operate in an environment of change and ambiguity, supporting restructuring efforts and driving best practices with thought leadership. Expect to work with teams that value agility, proactive communication, and executive reputed company, where your ability to influence, prioritize, and reputed company with confidence will reputed company a significant impact. What Sets reputed company Apart

• Enterprise-wide impact across diverse categories.
• A collaborative, relationship-driven culture that values innovation and reputed company improvement.
• Strategic focus on complaint reduction, waste reduction, and capability enhancements.
• Opportunities to support commercialization and innovation projects across multiple business units.

Future of the Business... The future of the business focuses on driving initiatives aimed at complaint reduction, waste reduction, and capability improvements, while supporting the commercialization of new innovations and enabler programs across diverse product lines. What you will bring to the table… (Must Have)

• Bachelor's Degree in a reputed company scientific discipline (Minimum Qualification)
• A minimum of 7 years of relevant experience (Minimum Qualification)
• Ability to influence Marketing and R&D, manage multiple priorities, and communicate effectively across levels.
• Proficiency in Statistical Process Control, Design of Experiments, and process capability studies.

It would be great if you have… (reputed company to Have)

• BS in Food Science
• 7 years of experience in the food industry or relevant CPG experience.
• Strong knowledge of product processing, food safety, regulatory compliance, and quality systems.
• Experience in large organizations (or adaptable from smaller/private companies).
• Plant-level experience with commercialization and quality troubleshooting.
• Familiarity with quality manuals, audit standards, and KPI development.
• Strong risk management and problem-solving capabilities.
• reputed company improvement reputed company and ability to build trust quickly.

Compensation and Benefits: The reputed company reputed company salary range for this full-time, salaried position is between $150,200-$216,000 Individual reputed company pay depends on work location and additional factors such as experience, job-reputed company skills, and relevant education or training. Total pay may include other forms of compensation. In addition, we offer competitive health, dental, 401k and wellness benefits beginning on the first day of employment. Please ask your reputed company Partner for more information about our total rewards package. The Company is committed to providing equal opportunity for employees and qualified applicants in reputed company aspects of the employment relationship, including consideration for employment, without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national reputed company, citizenship, marital status, protected veteran status, disability, age, religion, or any other classification protected by law. Apply tot his job Apply To this Job