Quality Systems Supervisor

About Kerry

Kerry is the world's leading taste and nutrition company for the food, beverage and pharmaceutical industries. Every day we partner with customers to create healthier, tastier and more sustainable products that are consumed by billions of people across the world. Our vision is to be our customers' most valued partner, creating a world of sustainable nutrition. A career with Kerry offers you an opportunity to shape the future of food while providing you opportunities to explore and grow in a truly global environment.

About the role

The Food Safety & Quality Supervisor is responsible for leading the site’s food safety, quality, and compliance programs. This role serves as the designated SQF Practitioner, ensuring full alignment with Kerry global standards, plant requirements, customer expectations, and regulatory obligations.

This position plays a critical leadership role across food safety systems, audit readiness, continuous improvement, and new product development while maintaining all quality documentation, certifications, and compliance programs.

Key responsibilities

• Lead the site Food Safety and Quality Management System as the designated SQF Practitioner, ensuring compliance with SQF, regulatory, customer, and Kerry global standards
• Drive audit readiness and successfully lead customer, third‑party, and regulatory audits, including corrective and preventive action management
• Lead root cause analysis and continuous improvement initiatives to eliminate repeat issues and strengthen food safety and quality systems
• Manage and support new product development, including trials, scale‑ups, and commercialization, ensuring alignment with regulatory, customer, and plant requirements
• Analyze quality and process data to assess system performance and identify opportunities for improvement
• Oversee key quality programs including environmental monitoring, calibrations, net weight compliance, foreign material controls, and testing programs (including validation and verification)
• Maintain document control, records retention, and system compliance within Intelex
• Investigate customer and vendor complaints and communicate timely, effective resolutions
• Maintain required certifications (e.g., SQF, HACCP, PCQI, Halal, Kosher) and ensure ongoing compliance
  
  

Qualifications and skills

• Bachelor’s degree in food safety, Microbiology, Chemistry, Biology, or a related scientific field (or equivalent experience)
• 3 years of quality, or food safety experience in a food or pharma production/manufacturing environment
• Strong analytical skills with high attention to detail
• Effective communication, organization, and time‑management skills
• Demonstrated ability to troubleshoot issues and develop practical, sustainable corrective solutions
• HACCP and SQF experience in a manufacturing environment
  
  

Preferred Qualifications & Certifications

• HACCP certification
• PCQI certification
• SQF Practitioner certification
• Familiarity with customer audits, regulatory inspections, and GFSI standards
  
  

Compensation Data

The pay range for this position is $70,100 - $122,000 in Annual Salary. Kerry typically does not hire an individual at the top or near the top of the range, as we are a pay-for-performance company, and this range is set to continue to reward performance annually while in role. Compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case. The specific compensation offered to a candidate within the above range may be influenced by a variety of factors including skills, qualifications, experience, and internal equity. Kerry offers a competitive benefits package, including medical, dental, vision, paid time off, a 401(k) plan with employee and company contribution opportunities, Employee Share Plan, Life, disability, and accident insurance, and tuition reimbursement. This job posting is anticipated to expire on May 30th, 2026.

Kerry is an equal opportunity employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law. Kerry will only employ those who are legally authorized to work in the United States for this opening. Any offer of employment is conditional upon the successful completion of a background investigation and drug screen. Additional information can be found at Know Your Rights Workplace Discrimination is Illegal (dol.gov).