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Manager of Quality Assurance

Food & Ingredient Manufacturing | Multi-Site Oversight

Reports To: Director of Operations

Schedule: M–F | 6:30 AM – 4:00 PM

About the Company

A long-standing food manufacturing organization with more than four decades in the industry, specializing in spices, seasonings, and ingredient processing. The company supports commercial and industrial customers and is known for strong relationships, operational responsiveness, and deep expertise in handling agricultural raw materials. They operate in a dynamic environment where ingredient variability, customer-specific specifications, and efficient production processes must align smoothly.

Position Summary

The Manager of Quality Assurance leads and strengthens quality systems across multiple facilities. This role ensures consistent product quality, regulatory compliance, and effective execution of quality and food safety programs across manufacturing operations and supplier networks. The ideal leader is structured, process-driven, and able to bring clarity and accountability to quality procedures while balancing cost efficiency and operational realities.

Key Responsibilities

Quality Systems & Compliance

• Lead SQF, HACCP, GMP, FSMA, and regulatory compliance across all locations.
• Maintain audit readiness through structured project plans and accurate documentation.
• Strengthen CAPA and root cause analysis systems.
• Monitor production activities and address risks proactively.
• Support internal, customer, and third-party audits.

Supplier Quality & FSVP Oversight

• Oversee supplier qualification, approval, and ongoing performance monitoring.
• Maintain FSVP compliance and review incoming material documentation.
• Investigate supplier deviations and implement corrective/preventive actions.
• Partner with procurement and operations to support quality and supply reliability.

Customer-Facing Quality Leadership

• Serve as the primary point of contact for customer quality communication.
• Lead customer complaint investigations with timely, structured responses.
• Identify trends and implement improvements to reduce repeat issues.
• Reinforce the organization’s commitment to product integrity and long-term partnerships.

Production & Specification Oversight

• Work closely with production teams to ensure products meet customer-specific requirements.
• Understand agricultural raw material variability (color, granulation, moisture, form) and its production impact.
• Support compliant deviations, reblends, or formulation adjustments when needed.
• Improve and document processes related to variability management.
• Ensure quality documentation enables timely release of finished goods.

Leadership & Team Development

• Lead quality teams across multiple sites with clear roles and accountability.
• Develop department KPIs aligned with company objectives.
• Foster collaboration across production, operations, and supply chain.
• Establish consistent communication rhythms and build a cohesive, accountable quality organization.

Process & Continuous Improvement

• Identify workflow inefficiencies and implement data-driven improvements.
• Enhance ERP usage, documentation visibility, and general quality systems effectiveness.
• Promote continuous improvement while balancing quality standards with operational and cost considerations.

Required Qualifications

• 7–15+ years of quality leadership experience in food or ingredient manufacturing.
• Strong working knowledge of GFSI, FSMA, and food safety systems.
• Experience partnering with production teams and managing customer specifications.
• Proven ability to create structured project plans and documentation systems.
• Experience with FSVP and supplier quality programs.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, communication, and documentation skills.
• Team management and cross-functional leadership experience.
• Proficiency in ERP platforms, quality software, and standard computer applications.
• Skilled in Microsoft Office and/or Google Workspace.

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Company Overview

At Benjamin Moore, our success is attributable to the employees who dedicate their time and talents to the brand and exemplify our core values of openness, integrity, community, excellence, and safety. Benjamin Moore employees enjoy a competitive and well-rounded benefits package, career development options, business resource groups, and opportunities to come together and connect with colleagues. We facilitate growth, development, and purpose for all through an inclusive and engaging workplace.

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Job Summary

Benjamin Moore & Co. is currently looking for an ambitious and self-motivated National Account Representative to play a critical role in building relationships with our clients and be able to identify new opportunities to increase sales. You will oversee the development, implementation, and execution of the national account (NA) sales strategy in North America primarily focusing on the franchise painter segment, national account brands, and the architect and design (A&D) segment. Geographical coverage will include, but is not limited to, key franchisee painters, National Accounts, and A&D firms. This role covers the Central market, and the ideal candidate will be based within 30 miles of Carol Stream, Illinois.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop, pursue and maintain corporate National Accounts
• Directly engage with Franchisors, Franchisee Painters, and the A&D community on a one-on-one or group level to monitor the overall effectiveness in meeting their business needs and develop respectful business relationships that promote long-term brand loyalty and drive sales
• Strategize short & long-term goals for developing the Franchise Painter customer segment throughout North America. Strategies include evaluating opportunities, ways to increase customer experience, growing our business with existing customers, and working collaboratively with internal stakeholders, field sales, and retailers to identify new account opportunities that will result in sales growth.
• Foster relationships within the A&D community to grow the BM brand with a strong focus on firms that work with National Account opportunities.
• Drive engagement with Benjamin Moore HQ resources, retailers, field sales team, and key customer companies to monitor trends and competitive activity. This will direct the development and innovation of effective new programs and optimize existing ones to drive incremental business from NA customer segments.
• Work closely with the Sales Operations team members to support our customers
• Leverage technology and promote with end users
• Participate in industry events, trade shows, and networking opportunities to enhance brand visibility, grow our network and uncover new opportunities

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree (BA/BS) or equivalent experience
• Minimum 5-7 years of recent B2B sales experience managing National Accounts in architectural coatings or adjacent trades (e.g., flooring, window treatments, building materials), with a proven ability to leverage existing client relationships.
• Demonstrated expertise in the National Account landscape, including client portfolios and market dynamics, with the ability to translate existing relationships into growth opportunities for a premium brand.
• Strong listening, sales, motivation, and leadership skills supporting the development, integration, and execution of National Account opportunities
• Ability to develop valued relationships remotely and in person
• Experience with complex sales cycles
• Effective skillset in the following areas: communication, problem-solving, negotiating skills, time management, training/presentations/public speaking & decision making
• Skilled business plan development, strategy & execution expertise
• Ability to travel overnight as needed,up to 50% of the time during high peak season
• Hands-on experience with CRM and account management systems
• Must reside in the desired geography or be willing to relocate

Compensation Philosophy

At Benjamin Moore, our brand represents excellence, and we strive to provide a comprehensive total rewards package to match. In addition to a competitive base salary, every exempt and non-exempt role in our organization is eligible for a performance-based annual raise and bonus in recognition of their efforts that contribute to the success of our organization. We conduct regular pay audits using external market data and internal comparisons to ensure our employees are compensated fairly and equitably.

The salary range listed herein refers to the amount the Company is willing to pay at the time of posting. The actual salary offer will be carefully considered based on a wide range of factors, including your skills, qualifications, experience, job location, and other relevant factors.

In addition to our monetary compensation package, Benjamin Moore provides a full range of benefits that are personalized to support you physically, financially, and emotionally, through both the big milestones and in your everyday life.

Benefits include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Medical/Dental/Vision

• 401 (k) match

• PTO starting at 3 weeks' vacation + (7) paid holidays and (5) personal days

• Employer-paid life insurance

• Tuition reimbursement

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, Inclusion + Social Impact

At Benjamin Moore, we don't just accept difference — we celebrate it, support it, and thrive because it benefits our employees, customers, and community. We remain steadfast in our commitment to cultivating an environment where all are provided the tools and opportunities to thrive in the workplace. Our efforts allow each of us to authentically live our corporate values of Openness, Integrity, Community, Excellence, and Safety.

Our Social Impact initiatives, including strategic partnerships, in-kind donations, and volunteerism, further amplify our ability to positively impact the lives of our stakeholders. We believe that fostering a culture of inclusion and belonging is the right thing to do and essential for our continued success.

Student Loan Repayment Assistance Program

Benjamin Moore provides Student Loan Repayment Assistance Program to support eligible active employees who graduated from an accredited post-secondary educational institution. The Repayment Program is intended to contribute to reducing employee's student loans. The Company follows all rules and regulations concerning the taxability of student loan repayments provided under applicable law.

EOE

Benjamin Moore is an equal-opportunity employer that is committed to a culture of inclusion and belonging. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, disability, national origin, veteran status, or any other basis covered by appropriate law. Our commitment to these principles means all employment decisions are made based on qualifications, merit, and business needs.

• Develop, implement, and optimize manufacturing processes for a variety of products.
• Collaborate with design and engineering teams to ensure design-for-manufacturing (DFM) principles are applied.
• Identify, troubleshoot, and resolve production issues to maintain quality and schedules.
• Support process validation, equipment qualification, and new product introduction (NPI) activities.
• Analyze production data to identify trends, inefficiencies, and opportunities for continuous improvement.
• Develop and maintain work instructions, standard operating procedures, and process documentation.
• Participate in Lean Manufacturing initiatives and continuous improvement projects.
• Ensure compliance with safety and quality standards (ISO, OSHA, or industry-specific standards).

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or a related technical field.
• 3+ years of experience in manufacturing engineering or process improvement in a production environment.
• Experience with process design, workflow optimization, and troubleshooting production issues.
• Knowledge of Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, or continuous improvement methodologies.

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We are partnering with an industrial solutions company seeking an outside sales manager in the Itasca IL area. The Outside Sales Manager leads and oversees the Illinois outside sales team, driving sales strategy, territory execution, and team performance.

Outside Sales Manager

Location: Itasca, IL

FLSA Status: Exempt

Salary Range: 75-110K

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop and execute sales strategies to grow revenue and profitability across assigned territories.
• Lead, coach, and manage the outside sales team to achieve performance goals.
• Oversee territory coverage, customer engagement, and new business development.
• Analyze sales performance, identify gaps, and implement corrective actions.
• Maintain key customer and supplier relationships through in-person and virtual meetings.
• Oversee sales activities and set sales targets across assigned territories
• Review budgets, revenue and profit before approving expenses
• Support pricing, contract, and negotiation activities as needed.
• Approve sales-related transactions, expenses, timecards, and commercial exceptions.
• Provide regular, data-driven sales reports and insights to senior leadership.
• Collaborate closely with Inside Sales and ensure compliance with company policies.

Travel:

• Minimum 25% overnight travel
• Domestic travel (Illinois, Midwest, Western regions)
• International travel primarily to Mexico, with possible travel to Canada

Qualifications:

• Proven success in product-based sales with measurable results.
• Experience developing and executing territory sales strategies.
• Prior sales management experience preferred.
• Strong leadership, coaching, and communication skills.
• Automotive or factory automation sales experience preferred.
• Fluent in English; Japanese or Spanish language skills are a plus.
• Proficiency with CRM and reporting tools.
• Valid driver’s license required.

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LHH Recruitment Solutions has partnered with a growing organization, and they are seeking a motivated Manufacturing Data & Sales Analyst to join their team. Seeking a data-driven analytics professional who thrives at the intersection of manufacturing operations, business intelligence, and executive decision support. This is a high-impact role for someone who enjoys building insight from the ground up—designing dashboards, automating reporting, owning data integrity, and translating complex information into clear, actionable business outcomes.

Why This Role Stands Out:

• High visibility and direct partnership with senior leadership.
• Opportunity to own and evolve enterprise-level analytics and reporting.
• Manufacturing environment where data truly drives strategy.
• Long-term growth potential in a stable, well-capitalized organization.

Key Responsibilities:

Data, Analytics & Reporting:

• Design, build, and continuously enhance dashboards, scorecards, and KPI reporting to support operational and commercial performance.
• Translate raw data into meaningful insights that influence decision-making at the executive level.
• Automate recurring reports and analytics processes to improve efficiency, accuracy, and scalability.
• Analyze trends related to revenue, production performance, forecasting, and product initiatives.

Manufacturing & Cross-Functional Partnership:

• Collaborate closely with Operations, Finance, IT, and Commercial teams to align data, metrics, and performance goals.
• Support forecasting, planning cycles, and performance reviews with reliable, actionable analytics.
• Identify risks, opportunities, and performance gaps within data sets and recommend solutions.

Systems & Data Ownership:

• Act as the primary owner of manufacturing and sales-related data systems, ensuring usability, accuracy, and value.
• Lead continuous improvement of reporting tools and system integrations.
• Partner with internal and external stakeholders to enhance system reporting capabilities.
• Champion data governance, consistency, and best practices across the organization.

Qualifications and Skills:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Data Science, Analytics, Business Intelligence, or a related field
• Proven experience building and maintaining dashboards, scorecards, and analytics tools.
• Background supporting a manufacturing environment.
• Strong ability to own data end-to-end—from extraction to interpretation to executive presentation.
• Experience automating reporting and analytics processes.
• Advanced analytical, problem-solving, and critical-thinking skills.
• Ability to clearly communicate insights to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Advanced proficiency with Excel, reporting platforms, and Microsoft Office Suite.
• Advanced proficiency in SQL, PowerBI, and/or Tableau.
• Experience with IQMS is preferred.
• Strategic mindset with exceptional attention to detail.

Compensation Range: $90,000 - $120,000 + 15% Bonus

Benefits Offered: 2 weeks of vacation, paid sick leave where applicable by state law, Medical Insurance, Dental Insurance Vision Insurance, 401K, and Life Insurance.

If you are a passionate Manufacturing Data & Sales Analystlooking for anew and rewarding career, please apply today! You don’t want to miss out on this opportunity!

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This company you are applying for has done just that with several people we have referred to them. Financially this company has people we placed that are earning well past 100K a year and continuing to rise. (The grind is real- but, absolutely worth it)

Opening salary is 50,000 but the residual, uncapped commission is where you make a great living

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*This is a salaried position with a very aggressive commission structure- because of this insurance is not included

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Overview:

Establishes, manages, reviews and maintains production schedules for assigned work center to ensure that the master production schedule is being executed. Analyze work center loads for effective capacity planning, and also ensure accurate inventories by effectively addressing any labor reporting issues. Manage the production meetings and handle inquiries from the sales team. Maintains and reviews shop dispatch list, ensuring completion of manufacturing to meet customer shipping requirements. Answer related inquiries for all levels of the organization. Manage local 3rd party manufacturing suppliers including coordinating and arranging for outsourced work required to complete work requirements. Update and maintain the bills of materials and work requirements within our ERP system. This position has a close working relationship with Sales and Engineering. Guidance may be provided on possible sources of information and methods to complete tasks. Able to meet deadlines and exercise judgment regarding related items.

Core Responsibilities:

• Daily analysis, planning, and review of work center capacity based on requirements loaded by Sales and Master Scheduler.
• Maintain and review dispatch lists targeting customer promise delivery dates.
• Effective sequencing of jobs, processes and assignments to the production floor and interface with shop floor supervisor.
• Communicate with customer service on status of sales orders and estimated completion. Ensure information needed for labeling of finished goods is accurate and correct
• Participate in production meetings and monitor any potential production issues or needs.
• Implement material substitutions as needed, coordinating these with purchasing to ensure inventory accuracy.
• Audit of inventory data as compared to packing slips from material receipts. Corrective action implementation based on issues found.
• Maintain effective communications with internal customers regarding inventory accuracy, engineering changes and shop order closeouts.
• Maintain current knowledge for this position and within the work area through continuing education, subscriptions, certifications, and memberships.
• Participate in related staff, team and/or task group meetings to ensure the continuous improvement of processes, methods, productivity and quality, while reducing costs. Participate in in-house training programs.
• Ensure that all operations are within established guidelines and conform to health and safety standards.
• Conduct a continuous study of internal processed and methods, research new technology and develop proposals for application of such technology for the purposes of cost reduction and process improvement.
• Other duties as assigned or required.

Qualifications:

• Associate Degree with 4-7 years of progressively responsible, directly related experience; or a combination of education and experience equivalent to these. Accuracy is essential to this position.
• To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability (including physical) required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• Must possess the ability to read, analyze and interpret business and technical documents, flow charts, budget information, procedure manuals and so on; the ability to prepare required routine reports and correspondence; ability to communicate effectively with others, using skill and diplomacy and have the ability to work with all levels of the organization.
• Requires the ability to work within established health, safety and quality guidelines and the ability to organize the workload and meet deadlines.
• Must possess knowledge and experience in automated systems and terminology and the ability to develop and interpret related reports using spreadsheet, word processing and graphics software. Requires the ability to operate a variety of standard business machines, such as a computer and keyboard, a calculator, telephone, FAX, photocopier and so on.
• Must possess the ability to add, subtract, multiply and divide, using whole numbers/decimals and the ability to apply concepts of business math to practical situations and dimensions to production.
• Must possess the ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed instructions furnished in written, oral or diagram format. Must possess strong knowledge, understanding and experience in various problem-solving and participatory management techniques.
• Requires the ability to operate a variety of standard business machines, such as a computer and keyboard, a calculator, telephone, FAX, photocopier and so on.
• Must possess the ability to add, subtract, multiply and divide, using whole numbers/decimals and the ability to apply concepts of business math to practical situations and dimensions to production.
• Must possess the ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed instructions furnished in written, oral or diagram format. Must possess strong knowledge, understanding and experience in various problem-solving and participatory management techniques.

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Title: QA (Quality Assurance) Specialist

Location: Hybrid in Itasca, Illinois

Compensation: $70,000

Our client is seeking a Quality Assurance Specialist to join their team! The QA Specialist will be responsible for monitoring Quality Assurance standards and ensuring all industry specific protocols and procedures are compliant and properly carried out.

Responsibilities:

· Evaluate/approve new products as warranted

· Participate in the development of new products and reformulations of existing products

· Establish product monitoring programs for assigned categories

· Monitor products for assigned categories for compliance

· Prepare and participate in competitive product reviews

· Write/maintain/update product specifications

· Capture Brand Standard Intelligence via Product Monitoring protocol and competitive shopping evaluations

· Gather/track/update/store information per established guidelines

· Manage withdrawal/recall situations to gather information needed by the Regulatory team

· Apply superior knowledge during product investigations and problem-solving circumstances, following up to closure

· Provide technical expertise and product knowledge to internal and external customers

· Provide back-up to Senior QA Specialists

· Evaluate/approve new supplier facilities

· Manage vendors related to assigned categories

· All other duties as assigned

This position is eligible for Medical, Dental, Vision, 401(k).

Quality Specialist

Elmhurst, IL

Direct Hire

$80-95K yrly

100% Onsite

Join our team as a Quality Specialist. We are looking for a person who has strong communication and organizational skills, as well, as working knowledge of ISO 9001:2015. This role will support the Quality Manager, ensuring processes meet established quality standards.

Responsibilities Include:

• Assist with managing the controlled document library
• Ensure documents are up to date
• Write new documents as needed
• Maintain records
• Act as a gatekeeper for document accuracy
• Help with the Vendor Management Program
• Work with the Materials team to send the new Vendor Questionnaire, when needed
• Monitor vendor performance to enhance service delivery
• Handle escalations as needed pertaining to quality issues
• Complete Internal Audits to improve operational efficiency
• Support the Quality Incident Program (Nonconformity and Corrective Actions)
• Support the quality incident program
• Review data from various inputs to determine trends and where quality incidents should be drafted.
• Perform root cause analysis for quality incidents
• Monitor due dates and corrective actions
• Close quality incidents when corrective action plans have been achieved

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Quality Management, Engineering, Business, or a related field
• 2-5 years of experience in quality assurance, quality control, or process improvement
• Experience with quality management systems and audits
• Knowledge of ISO 9001:2015
• Attention to detail
• Problem solving and analytical thinking
• Good communication and teamwork