Jobs at Balchem Corporation

Leads quality assurance and quality control for a regulated food or dietary supplement manufacturing site. Manages CAPA, complaints, audits, change control, food safety programs, regulatory compliance, product commercialization, root cause analysis, and continuous improvement. Oversees the site quality team, training, budgets, staffing, customer and vendor audits, product specifications, inspections, and cross-functional quality initiatives. Requires FDA-regulated industry experience, food safety certifications, project and change management experience, and 5+ years of functional leadership.

Conduct applied R&D for animal nutrition products from ideation through commercialization. Develop formulations, operate lab and pilot-plant equipment, perform material characterization, and use DOE to optimize products and processes. Lead technical projects, document research, review literature and patents, support scale-up, and collaborate with supply chain and commercial teams. Represent the company through publications, patents, presentations, and industry participation.

Manage and grow sales across a large territory serving food and beverage, VMS, and dietary supplement accounts. Develop territory strategies, nurture existing customers, convert new accounts, achieve sales and budget goals, monitor market trends, and collaborate cross-functionally to advance Minerals and Nutrients products. The role requires strong industry relationships, technical product knowledge, negotiation, presentation, planning, and independent territory management skills.

Manages production activities at the Sleepy Eye plant, ensuring safety, quality, efficiency, regulatory, GMP, SOP, and production schedule compliance. Develops staffing plans, production schedules, performance metrics, and continuous improvement initiatives. Oversees process monitoring, corrective actions, maintenance coordination, equipment upgrades, and product scale-up activities. Leads and coaches operations personnel, supports plant leadership, and serves as backup to the Site Leader. Requires flexibility for long days, weekends, and holidays.

Leads site-wide environmental health and safety programs at Balchem’s Verona, Missouri facility. Responsibilities include implementing EHS policies, ensuring regulatory compliance, conducting inspections and audits, coordinating training, investigating incidents, evaluating workplace exposures, preparing reports, and coaching employees and management on hazard control. The role requires Process Safety Management experience in a regulated facility, people leadership, and collaboration with corporate EHS teams. Domestic travel up to 10% is required.

Provides strategic regulatory guidance for product development, commercialization, market access, global expansion, and compliance. Partners with R&D, Marketing, Quality, Supply Chain, Legal, and senior stakeholders to develop regulatory strategies, oversee submissions and registrations, review claims and labeling, monitor regulatory changes, manage consultants, and translate complex requirements into practical business recommendations.

Leads site food safety and quality programs, ensuring HACCP, GMP, 21 CFR 117, GFSI, and SQF compliance. Manages quality technicians and plant laboratory activities, internal audits, training, CAPA, nonconformance investigations, testing programs, inventory disposition, customer requirements, quality reporting, and continuous improvement projects.

Coordinates intercompany inventory replenishment across Balchem’s global network. Manages intercompany purchase and sales orders, monitors inventory and order status, resolves shipment, pricing, invoicing, and transaction discrepancies, and supports month-end controls. Collaborates with supply chain, procurement, customer service, finance, accounting, logistics, and operations teams. Participates in process improvement initiatives, system enhancements, documentation, testing, and training to improve inventory visibility, transaction accuracy, and operational efficiency.

Supports global transfer pricing compliance, documentation, analysis, and audit readiness. Responsibilities include preparing Master and Local Files, coordinating financial data across jurisdictions, monitoring intercompany transactions, reviewing entity profitability, calculating true-ups, supporting CbCR and Pillar Two initiatives, maintaining transfer pricing policies in ERP systems, collaborating with finance and external advisors, and responding to tax authority inquiries. The role also assists with regulatory monitoring, benchmarking studies, and transfer pricing-related business initiatives.

Provides technical leadership for manufacturing and packaging process design, scale-ups, safety evaluations, experiments, process improvements, and engineering projects. Develops project scopes, P&IDs, drawings, controls narratives, maintenance plans, SOPs, and related documentation. Supports material handling, ingredient preparation, receiving, CIP, and liquid and powder processing. Leads cross-functional resources, mentors team members, applies Lean and Six Sigma methods, and supports quality, safety, and continuous improvement initiatives.

Support supply chain finance for manufacturing sites including monthly close, balance sheet reconciliations, standard costing, variance analysis, budgeting/forecasting, inventory accounting, audit support, and ad hoc financial analyses to inform operations and decision-making.

Support site quality systems to ensure FDA and third-party certification compliance (SQF), execute testing, audits, CAPA and root-cause investigations, support commercialization, train staff, and drive continuous improvement across production and quality labs.

Support intercompany inventory accounting, including D365 standard costing, transfer pricing, and month-end close. Prepare intercompany profit elimination calculations, reconcile inventory transactions, investigate valuation discrepancies, partner with supply chain and accounting, assist audits, and drive process improvements and automation for global intercompany operations.

Develop and execute direct spend procurement strategies across U.S. and Europe. Lead sourcing events, negotiations, supplier selection, and contract management. Drive cost reduction, supply continuity, supplier development, cross-functional alignment, KPI reporting, and continuous improvement while supporting tactical procurement and project execution.

Direct daily plant operations to meet production, safety, food-safety, quality, and customer commitments. Lead continuous improvement, workforce development, capacity and operating plans, KPI tracking, and sustainability initiatives. Ensure regulatory compliance, manage schedules and logistics, and cultivate a high-performing, procedures-based team.

Provide enterprise leadership for analytical sciences and lab governance, design and implement an ISO/IEC 17025-aligned lab management system, set analytical standards, lead a cross-functional team, prioritize analytical projects, ensure method validation and data integrity, oversee lab safety and equipment strategy, and drive adoption of analytical technologies to support R&D, quality, and commercialization.

Lead site quality assurance and control functions, manage CAPA, audits, change control, food safety programs (HACCP/HARPC), regulatory compliance, team development, and support product commercialization and operational excellence.

Global owner of LabVantage LIMS and internal proficiency testing programs. Lead LIMS implementation, automation, reporting, integrations, and training; design and manage proficiency testing, track performance, support CAPAs, and ensure ISO/IEC 17025 compliance across QC labs.

Provide high-level administrative and strategic support to multiple senior leaders: manage complex calendars and high-volume inboxes, coordinate domestic and international travel, prepare presentations and reports, support board matters and compliance training administration, plan meetings and events, process expenses and invoices, and serve as backup to CEO/CFO executive assistants and corporate paralegal.

Develop and scale food and beverage products from benchtop prototypes to commercialization, optimize functional and sensory properties, conduct analytical and sensory testing, support cross-functional teams, manage ingredient sourcing and scale-up, and provide technical support to customers and sales.