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This position leads the site Quality team and ensures the facility consistently produces safe, compliant, and high‑quality dairy products.</span></p><p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma,sans-serif;\"><strong>KEY RESPONSIBILITIES</strong></span></p><p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma,sans-serif;\"><strong>&nbsp;</strong></span><span style=\"font-family: tahoma,sans-serif;\"><strong>On‑Site Quality &amp; Food Safety Leadership</strong></span></p><ul type=\"disc\"><li style=\"font-family: tahoma, sans-serif;\">Serve as the primary food safety and quality authority for the plant, providing real-time decision-making support to Operations and Plant Leadership</li><li style=\"font-family: tahoma, sans-serif;\">Actively participate in daily plant activities including Gemba walks, production meetings, shift handoffs, changeovers, and troubleshooting</li><li style=\"font-family: tahoma, sans-serif;\">Drive a culture of open communication, accountability, and shared ownership of food safety and quality across all departments and shifts</li></ul><p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma,sans-serif;\"><strong>Cross‑Functional Communication, Agility &amp; 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Crisis Management</strong></span></p><ul type=\"disc\"><li style=\"font-family: tahoma, sans-serif;\">Act as the site technical lead for customer complaints, quality concerns, and food safety issues</li><li style=\"font-family: tahoma, sans-serif;\">Ensure thorough investigations, root cause identification, and timely, effective corrective actions</li><li style=\"font-family: tahoma, sans-serif;\">Support product holds, withdrawals, recalls, and crisis response efforts when required</li></ul><p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma,sans-serif;\"><strong>Data, Metrics &amp; Performance Monitoring</strong></span></p><ul type=\"disc\"><li style=\"font-family: tahoma, sans-serif;\">Track, analyze, and communicate quality and food safety KPIs to plant leadership</li><li style=\"font-family: tahoma, sans-serif;\">Use Quality Management System (QMS), Laboratory Information Systems (LIMS), and quality data to identify trends, risks, and improvement opportunities</li><li style=\"font-family: tahoma, sans-serif;\">Promote transparency and shared understanding of quality performance across departments</li></ul><p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma,sans-serif;\"><strong>Team Leadership &amp; 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