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          "text": "<p>The&#xa0;<strong>Business Process Owner &amp; Manager – Food Safety &amp; Quality (FSQ) Management Systems</strong>&#xa0;is accountable for end-to-end FSQ business processes, outcomes, and compliance enabled by digital systems across Jack Link’s manufacturing and support operations.</p><p>In addition to owning FSQ process standards and performance, this role leads and develops a team responsible for FSQ process execution, enablement, and continuous improvement. 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          "text": "<p>At&#xa0;<strong>Link Snacks</strong>, we show up hungry, roll up our sleeves, plaid or otherwise, and dive straight into the hard work. We don’t hide from challenges; we hunt them down. We push harder, move faster, and take the kinds of big swings that built this business in the North Woods of Wisconsin four decades ago.</p><p>We’re everyday people who deliver extraordinary results. Innovation, creativity, and urgency aren’t buzzwords, they’re expectations. And just like the real protein snacks we make across our global house of brands—<a href=\"https://www.jacklinks.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jack Link’s®</a><em>,&#xa0;</em><a href=\"https://www.lorissaskitchen.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Lorissa’s Kitchen®</a><em>,&#xa0;</em><a href=\"https://www.goldenislandjerky.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Golden Island®</a><em>,&#xa0;</em><a href=\"https://www.bifi.com/en\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">BiFi®</a><em>, and&#xa0;</em><a href=\"https://www.peperami.tv/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Peperami®</a><em>&#xa0;and&#xa0;</em><a href=\"https://www.kooeesnacks.com.au/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">KOOEE!®</a>&#xa0;to name a few—there’s nothing artificial about us. What you see is exactly what you get: humble, gritty, passionate people who show up every day ready to not just be a participate in the meat snack industry that the Link Family created, but to move faster, innovate harder and keep raising the bar so high, the rest of the world needs a ladder just to see it.</p><p>Dominating this space across the world takes a team. A team that runs together, succeeds together, and celebrates together. A team that’s full of relentless energy and spirit that can only be fueled by one thing: a fist full of our delicious meat snacks.</p><p>Real Meat Protein. Real People. Real Results. THAT is Link Snacks.</p>",
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