Senior Director, Food Safety & Quality – Baked Goods, Snacks, & Griddle

Employee Type:

Full time

Location:

IL Oak Brook

Job Type:

Quality

Job Posting Title:

Senior Director, Food Safety & Quality – Baked Goods, Snacks, & Griddle

About Us: 

TreeHouse Foods (NYSE: THS) is a leading manufacturer of private label packaged foods and beverages, operating a network of over 20 production facilities and several corporate offices across the United States and Canada. At TreeHouse Foods, our commitment to excellence extends beyond our products and revolves around our people. We are investing in talent and creating a performance-based culture where employees can do their best work and develop their careers, directly impacting our mission to make high quality, affordable food for our customers, communities, and families. We hope you will consider joining the team and being part of our future.

Named one of America’s Best Large Employers by Forbes Magazine, we are proud to live by a strong set of values and strive to "Engage and Delight – One Customer at a Time." Guided by our values—Own It, Commit to Excellence, Be Agile, Speak Up, and Better Together. We are a diverse team driven by integrity, accountability, and a commitment to exceptional results. We embrace change, prioritize continuous learning, and foster collaboration, transparency, and healthy debate. Together, we set each other up for success to achieve enterprise-wide goals.

What You Gain: 

• Competitive compensation and benefits program with no waiting period – you’re eligible from your first day!

• 401(k) program with 5% employer match and 100% vesting as soon as you enroll.

• Comprehensive paid time off opportunities, including immediate access to four weeks of vacation, five sick days, parental leave and 11 company holidays (including two floating holidays).

• Leaders who are invested in supporting your accelerated career growth, plus paid training, tuition reimbursement and a robust educational platform – DevelopU – with more than 10,000 free courses to support you along the way.

• An inclusive working environment where you can build meaningful work relationships with a diverse group of professionals. Take advantage of opportunities to build on our team-oriented culture, such as joining one of our Employee Resource Groups.

• Access to our wellness and employee assistance programs.

Job Description:

About the Role:

We are seeking a Senior Director, Food Safety & Quality (FSQ) – Baked Goods, Snacks, & Griddle, to join our team based in Oak Brook, IL. This role will play a critical leadership role in developing and executing the company’s FSQ strategy across the entire enterprise supply chain. This individual will oversee the implementation of operational food safety and quality systems, ensuring alignment with company-wide policies and regulatory standards. Collaborating closely with Quality Systems, Supply Chain, Business, and Commercial partners, the Senior Director will drive continuous improvement to meet—and exceed—customer, consumer, and regulatory expectations. They will also champion a strong culture of food safety and quality, leading field-based Quality Pillar teams to deliver operational excellence across all manufacturing locations.

You’ll add value to this role by performing various functions including, but not limited to:

• Provides leadership and oversight to compliance, quality and food safety programs across operations. Promotes continuous improvement strategies, especially in the world of changing regulations.
• Proactively leads team in the development of systems, knowledge, capabilities, and practices in order to comply with all applicable food safety regulations, company procedures and FSQ Regulatory audits (such as customer, GSFI, Regulatory and identity preserved). 
• Promotes the development and implementation of programs for conducting risk assessments, verification, validation and monitoring of effectiveness of food safety plans, company food safety procedures and regulations for current processes and new line and equipment commissioning.
• Monitors emerging issues related to food safety and quality and leads development and implementation of strategies, policies and procedures to mitigate. Delivers expertise and technical advice on complex and critical food safety concerns. Reports on developments, strategies and implementation to Food Safety & Compliance Steering Committee.
• Lead and develop the Corporate Sanitation Manager as they support the manufacturing locations under their responsibility.
• Communicate