The Role & Your Impact
This role is a mixed operational and strategic leadership position with direct impact on product quality, regulatory compliance, and site performance. You will own the site quality systems, lead a capable QA team, and ensure alignment with corporate goals and standards while driving continuous improvement across manufacturing operations.
Key responsibilities include:
- Collaborating with operations, quality, engineering/maintenance, and R&D to ensure compliance and sustainability of manufacturing processes and quality systems.
- Leading the quality assurance team to ensure products meet company policies, regulatory requirements, and customer expectations.
- Identifying GMP, food safety, and quality training needs; overseeing training and serving as SME instructor.
- Conducting or overseeing batch record reviews and releasing manufacturing work orders via the ERP system.
- Writing, reviewing, and approving documentation such as SOPs, work instructions, and reports.
- Overseeing validation of manufacturing processes, equipment, cleaning, and facilities for regulatory compliance.
- Supporting investigations of deviations and unexpected observations in QC and manufacturing.
- Conducting quality investigations and implementing corrective and preventive actions (CAPAs).
- Participating in and supporting regulatory inspections, third-party audits, and customer audits.
- Maintaining compliance with third-party certifications (Organic, Kosher, Halal, NSF, etc.).
What You’ll Need to Be Successful
Must-haves for day-one performance include:
- Bachelor’s degree or higher in Microbiology (or closely related field).
- 5+ years of QA/QC experience with increasing responsibility, including 3+ years in a quality management or people leadership role.
- Strong working knowledge of GMPs, food safety systems, validations and qualifications, internal auditing, change control, deviations, and CAPA.
- Experience supporting or leading regulatory inspections and customer audits.
- Ability to read, interpret, and apply regulations, standards, guidance documents, and product specifications.
- Proven capability to manage competing priorities, lead through change, and collaborate effectively across functions.
- Strong leadership skills, including delegation, coaching, and accountability.
- Excellent communication, organization, problem-solving, and follow-up skills.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
Additional Skills & Interests We Value
Nice-to-haves that will help you thrive:
- Experience in food and/or dietary supplement manufacturing environments.
- Preventive Controls Qualified Individual (PCQI) certification.
- Hands-on experience with supplier quality management and quality supply chain oversight.
- Demonstrated passion for continuous improvement and quality culture development.
What We Offer
At Novonesis, you will join a purpose-driven organization where quality, safety, and sustainability matter. We offer:
- Opportunities to lead and shape site-level quality strategy with strong corporate alignment.
- A collaborative, cross-functional working environment.
- Professional development and growth through meaningful leadership challenges.
- A culture built on trust, inclusion, and continuous improvement.
Ways of Working / Working Conditions
This is an on-site leadership role based at our Wausau manufacturing facility. Occasional travel is required to support audits, supplier interactions, or corporate initiatives. Work is primarily in a manufacturing environment, requiring regular interaction with production areas and cross-functional teams.
Compensation & Benefits
- 401(k) with up to a 9% company contribution
- Minimum of 3 weeksofvacation plus 12 holidays and 2 weeks of Wellness Time
- Health, Dental, Vision & Life insurance
- Healthcare savings accountoption
- Employeeassistanceprogram
- Parental leave
- Tuition reimbursement
- All benefits begin on your first day
Relevant information
Application deadline:6/20/26
