General Mills · 3 days ago
Sr Quality Engineer - External Quality Management - Golden Valley, MN
Golden Valley, MN
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
$94K/yr - $141K/yr
5+ years expGeneral Mills is a company that exists to make food the world loves, and they are seeking a Senior Quality Engineer for Pet External Quality Management. This role involves championing ingredient supplier food safety, managing ingredient categories, and providing technical expertise while ensuring compliance with food safety regulations.
Food and BeverageFood ProcessingManufacturingSnack FoodWholesale
No H1B
U.S. Citizen Only
Responsibilities
Provide Food Safety Quality leadership and direction through technical mastery in the areas of food safety risk mitigation, regulatory compliance, SPC, system capability, and sanitation, and champion material supplier food safety and regulatory compliance
Manage specific material categories by identifying and reducing supplier food safety and regulatory risk, providing technical category expertise, ensuring specification compliance, and assessing supplier performance; provide food safety, quality, and regulatory training with our suppliers and external GMI partners
Conduct ingredient vendor audits (virtual and ~30% travel) to ensure vendor compliance with the General Mills Supplier Ingredient Manual and be responsible for follow-up to drive risk reduction for GMI
Lead risk assessment and root cause analysis activities for issue resolution, building alignment and strategy with cross-functional partners
Approve and ensure accurate ingredient specifications and resolve specification conflicts
Partner with GMI plants and suppliers to achieve > 99.7% defect free shipments for ingredients by utilizing Continuous Improvement tools
Provide leadership for global External Quality Management and regional External Quality Management initiatives, including but not limited to process improvements, process standardization, and team development
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Food Science, Packaging, Material Science, or related field
5+ years of related Food Safety & Quality experiences
Ability to audit virtually and travel up to 30% of the time as needed within North America and globally, and be flexible with travel and work schedule
Ability to influence, manage projects, and be comfortable with ambiguity
Come with strong risk assessment skills
Ability to prioritize workload while meeting commitments
Ability to work independently
Willingness to help out teammates as needed and provide technical expertise/direction to cross-functional teams
Preferred
Manufacturing and auditing/consulting experience
Experience in Pet Food
Benefits
Health benefits
Retirement and financial wellbeing
Time off programs
Wellbeing support and perks
Annual incentive program
Company
General Mills
General Mills is a food company that manufactures and markets branded consumer foods.
10001+ employees
Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$2.7B2024-10-15Post Ipo Debt· $2.7B
1928-11-30IPO
Leadership Team
Asheesh Saksena
Chief Growth Officer
Jacqueline R. Williams Roll
Chief Human Resources Officer
Recent News
2026-01-07
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