Location: Lubbock, TX
Salary: $75,000–$102,000 annually
Are you a quality professional who enjoys being on the manufacturing floor, solving problems, coaching teams, and improving processes? Join Purina Animal Nutrition as a Quality Supervisor and help ensure we produce safe, high-quality animal feed every day.
What You’ll Do
- Support and maintain site quality programs and the Quality Management System (QMS).
- Coach and train production employees on quality standards, HACCP, regulatory requirements, and procedures.
- Partner with Production and Operations to identify and resolve quality issues.
- Lead root cause analysis, corrective actions, and continuous improvement projects.
- Help implement updated policies and procedures as regulations change.
- Monitor quality performance and identify opportunities to improve processes.
- Support investigations and resolution of customer complaints.
- Build a culture of quality, accountability, and continuous improvement.
What You’ll Bring
- Bachelor’s degree in a related field OR 1+ year of progressive QA experience in food, feed, agriculture, manufacturing, or a related science field; or qualifying Land O’Lakes rotational program experience.
- Strong communication, coaching, and interpersonal skills.
- Experience with problem-solving and root cause analysis.
- Ability to work strategically while remaining hands-on in a manufacturing environment.
- Strong attention to detail, organization, and integrity.
- Preferred: 2+ years of QA experience in food/feed manufacturing, supervisory or regulatory experience, and knowledge of FDA requirements, HACCP, and quality management systems.
Why Join Us?
You’ll have the opportunity to lead quality, develop people, solve meaningful problems, and drive improvements in a Purina Animal Nutrition manufacturing operation. Land O’Lakes offers opportunities for growth while contributing to a farmer-owned cooperative serving the agriculture industry.
Ready to make your mark? Apply today!
About Land O'Lakes, Inc.
Join us and be part of a Fortune 250, farmer- and member-owned cooperative that is reimagining the business of food. We have been named a Top Workplace by Indeed and LinkedIn, and to the TIME 100 Most Influential Companies list.
We provide a broad portfolio of benefits to keep you and your family at your best. Land O'Lakes is Where Your Future Takes Root.
Land O’Lakes and our global entities support diversity in employment practices.
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Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in a related field, or at least 1 year of progressive QA experience in food, feed, agriculture, manufacturing, or a related science field; qualifying Land O'Lakes rotational program experience may also qualify.
- Strong communication, coaching, and interpersonal skills.
- Experience with problem-solving and root cause analysis.
- Ability to work strategically while remaining hands-on in a manufacturing environment.
- Strong attention to detail, organization, and integrity.
- At least 2 years of QA experience in food or feed manufacturing.
- Supervisory or regulatory experience.
- Knowledge of FDA requirements, HACCP, and quality management systems.
Land O'Lakes, Inc. Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Retirement Support — Retirement programs include automatic company contributions to retirement savings and additional support via 401(k) and HSA contributions. Legacy eligibility for a pension plan adds further long‑term security for some employees.
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Healthcare Strength — Health coverage includes medical, dental, vision, and mental health support with confidential counseling and free therapy or coaching sessions for employees and dependents. Benefits begin on the start date, removing prior waiting periods.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Paid time off, holidays, and paid leaves cover disability, parental, maternity, and caregiving needs. Caregiver and parental leave policies have been expanded to cover broader family situations, including foster placements prior to adoption.
Land O'Lakes, Inc. Insights
What We Do
Land O’Lakes, Inc. is a 100-year-old farmer- and retailer-owned cooperative originally formed with the purpose of working together to create new market opportunities. Fast forward to today and we’ve built on that uniting spirit, developing a comprehensive and leading view of agriculture while maintaining an unwavering commitment to delivering strong annual performance and long-term, shared success with our member-owners. Land O’Lakes believes farmers are the entrepreneurs who truly change the world for the better. By working together with our member-owners, we can continue to strengthen our system, champion farming’s true potential and place our farmer- and retail-owners at the heart of creating a better world for all.
