Quality Assurance Manager - Livestock Nutrition

Description Why Join the Rangen Group? As a newly formed independent global company with a 100-year legacy, we are poised for significant growth and opportunity. You will play a role in shaping our future, strengthening customer trust, and unlocking unlimited growth potential. We are a safety-first organization, and we make our customers and employees priority.

The formal job description is below but first let me ask you a few questions: Are you looking to build your career with a rapidly growing pet, livestock & aquaculture nutrient manufacturer where your ideas and contributions can make a real impact from day one? We are a proud American Manufacturer. Do you want endless growth opportunities, clear career pathways, and the chance to advance as the company continues to expand?

We offer attractive market wages and top tier benefits! Are you excited by joining a business on a fast track to becoming an employer of choice, where innovation and ambition are encouraged? Would you value working in an environment where passion for quality products, and continuous improvement drive everything we do?

Are you ready to be part of a dynamic team? In this role, you will have full access and exposure to senior and executive leadership! If this sounds like a place that motivates you, we welcome you to apply! With our new leadership team onboard, we are reshaping the landscape and invite you to join an exciting ground floor opportunity.

You will help us shape our future.

Position Summary

The Quality Assurance Manager is responsible for leading all quality, feed safety, regulatory compliance, and continuous improvement activities for the livestock nutrition manufacturing facilities. This role serves as the livestock nutrition’s Preventive Controls Qualified Individual (PCQI) and Safe Feed/Safe Food Program Leader, ensuring compliance with FDA, FSMA, AAFCO, state feed regulations, and customer requirements.

Our Quality Assurance Manager plays a critical role in protecting animal health, ensuring regulatory compliance, maintaining customer trust, and driving operational excellence throughout our livestock nutrition manufacturing operations. This role has 3 direct reports and multi-site responsibility.

What You'll Do

Promote a workplace safety and quality culture that aligns with Rangen Values. Manage the facility Quality Management System (QMS). Develop, implement, and maintain Feed Safety Plans and prerequisite programs. Lead hazard analysis, preventive controls, verification activities, and corrective actions. Oversee product testing, sampling, laboratory activities, and product release decisions.

Investigate customer complaints, non-conformances, and quality incidents using root cause analysis. Maintain compliance with FDA FSMA Preventive Controls for Animal Food requirements. Lead Safe Feed/Safe Food certification activities and regulatory inspections. Ensure compliance with AAFCO ingredient, labeling, and feed regulations.

Coordinate traceability, recall preparedness, and mock recall exercises. Monitor quality standards for manufactured feed products. Verify adherence to GMPs, sanitation programs, and process controls. Partner with Operations to improve product consistency, process capability, and operational performance. Support Management of Change (MOC) activities related to ingredients, formulations, equipment, and processes.

Participate in supplier approval and ingredient qualification programs. Review specifications, Certificates of Analysis, and supplier documentation. Conduct internal audits, develop actions plans and close them out based on findings. Monitor supplier performance, implement corrective actions as needed and escalate poor performance.

Supervise FSQR Specialist and FSQ technicians and laboratory personnel. Train employees on feed safety, quality systems, GMPs, and regulatory requirements. Foster a culture of quality, feed safety, and continuous improvement across the facility. Support quality, feed safety, regulatory compliance, and continuous improvement activities across multiple sites.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Animal Science, Food Science, Feed Science, Biology, Microbiology, Agriculture, or related field preferred. Minimum 5 years of quality, feed safety, or food safety experience in feed manufacturing, grain processing, or animal nutrition. Previous supervisory or management experience preferred. Multi-site experience, preferred.

Willingness to travel frequently between different company sites. Strong knowledge of FDA FSMA, Preventive Controls for Animal Food, AAFCO, GMPs, and feed manufacturing operations. What Makes You a Great Fit: Preventive Controls Qualified Individual (PCQI) – Animal Feed AFIA-KSU 500 Short Course HACCP Certification Regulatory Compliance Leadership & Team Development Audit Management Root Cause Analysis Process Improvement Problem Solving Communication & Collaboration Data Analysis & Decision-Making Rangen, LLC Inc.

offers a rich and competitive benefits program, including medical, dental and vision insurance, a 401(k) with company match up to 6%, competitive PTO, Wellbeing Time, 10 company-paid holidays, and additional benefits designed to support you and your family. Rangen, LLC Inc. is an equal-opportunity employer. Rangen, LLC considers all qualified applicants and employees for hiring, placement, and advancement, without regard to a person's race, color, religion, national origin, age, genetic information, military status, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, or protected veteran status.

We invite you to join our diverse & growing team.