Director, Food Safety & Quality

Employee Type:

Full time

Location:

IL Oak Brook

Job Type:

Quality

Job Posting Title:

Director, Food Safety & Quality

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 Director, Food Safety & Quality (FSQ), to join our team based in Oak Brook, IL. The Director, Food Safety & Quality strategizes, plans, and directs all aspects of food safety and quality across assigned manufacturing facilities. This role is accountable for ensuring operational compliance with internal standards and regulatory requirements, while driving continuous improvement in FSQ performance. The Director provides leadership and oversight to plant QA Managers within the assigned product categories, ensuring consistent execution of food safety and quality programs. Through effective collaboration with cross-functional partners, this position plays a key role in maintaining product integrity, consumer trust, and operational excellence.

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

• Provide food safety and quality leadership for the assigned business unit by assuring that all Regulatory and TreeHouse Corporate FS&Q policies and procedures are implemented and followed.
• Act as the primary backup to the Sr. Director of FS&Q.
• Ensure manufacturing facilities maintain GFSI certification and internal FS&Q System compliance.
• Strategically identify CI opportunities for the business and utilize Continuous Improvement tools such as SPC, Six Sigma, Lean, Root Cause Analysis, and others to drive FS&Q improvement.
• Assign, coordinate and review the technical work of the department or project teams; while remaining a subject matter expert in the areas in which they manage and support.
• Lead facilities in the adoption and disciplined use of the commercialization process for new product/process launches and redesigns by establishing relationships with Research and Development, Packaging Engineering, Regulatory, and Operations.
• Support Engineering, Procurement, and other supply chain initiatives, ensuring projects meet all required food processing paraments while maintaining required FS&Q standards and financial objectives.
• Management of programs designed to address evaluate and improve FS&Q-based trends from customers/consumers comments, internal deviations, and industry trends.  Develop i