Quality Manager

Quality Manager

MGP Ingredients is a leading supplier of premium distilled spirits and food ingredient solutions. Its Distilling Solutions segment provides bourbons, whiskeys, ryes, gins, and vodkas to craft and multinational brands. MGP's own Branded Spirits business is growing following the 2021 acquisition of Luxco, a top spirits producer, bottler, supplier, and importer as well as the 2023 acquisition of Penelope Bourbon, known for its wide range of uniquely blended expressions. Ingredient Solutions delivers nutritional, functional wheat- and pea-based ingredients aligned with consumer trends. The company operates in locations across the Midwestern U.S., and overseas in Northern Ireland and Mexico.

The Opportunity : Under the guidance of the Branded Spirits Quality Manager, provides quality control leadership for the plant to ensure product safety and quality of all products produced. The Quality Control Manager ensures that the quality management programs and product safety systems such as HAACP, GMPs, SOPs, or any food safety certifications are in support of the manufacturing plant's quality initiatives and in compliance with applicable laws and regulations. The Quality Control Manager also conducts audits of processes, systems, and production to ensure excellent quality production.

What You Will Be Doing :

• Responsible for all quality control programs (Quest), systems and instrumentation.
• Supervise all Saint Louis quality control associates.
• Works with R&D to ensure all product specifications are developed for new products and maintained throughout batching process and production for all products.
• Plans and conducts periodic internal audits to ensure compliance with appropriate procedures. Shall include raw material suppliers and co-packer audits.
• Works with Luxco Supply Chain and raw material suppliers on issues or defects for proper crediting, root cause analysis and corrective actions. Enters proper documentation into Raw Material Complaints program.
• Conducts and / or supervises studies to determine cause, effect, and corrective measures required to remedy deviations from desirable standards of quality.
• Ensures quality procedures, work instructions and associated documentation are properly developed, reviewed, implemented, and updated.
• Ensure compliance with regulatory requirements.
• Conduct all quality training or ensure training has been conducted for all plant employees.
• Demonstrate the ability to conduct independent research and ability to use problem solving / root cause analysis tools.
• All other duties assigned by the Branded Spirits Quality Manager.

Who We Are Looking For :

If the above speaks to you, we're excited to learn more about you! At MGP, we know that our people are our greatest strength. With different perspectives and unique ways of thinking, our employees are as varied as our products. We believe that inclusivity strengthens the organization and champions a company culture that is evolving to reflect all of us. Culture results from our behaviors, our personal commitment, our curiosity, how we collaborate, and the ways we courageously share our perspectives and expect others to do the same. Each of us can make a difference by fostering thinking and actions that empower us to connect, belong and grow together. Compensation is competitive and is commensurate with experience. MGP offers exceptional medical, dental, vision, short and long-term disability, life insurance, 401(k) Match and PTO. All successful candidates for this position will be required to submit to a criminal background check and drug test.