Senior Manager - Quality, Safety & Environment (QSE) - fairlife

Senior Manager - Quality, Safety & Environment (QSE) - Fairlife

Location(s) : United States of America

City / Cities : Chicago

Travel Required : 26% - 50%

Relocation Provided : Yes

Primary Job Location : Candidates must be currently located in or willing to the Chicago, Illinois area. Expectation to be in the office 4 days a week.

Education : Bachelors degree in Food Science, Engineering, or other Science Field

Preferred Experience : 6-8 years of experience in Fast-Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG), large-scale projects, transformational programs, change management. Proven successful track record in leading diverse teams to deliver Quality, Safety and Environmental excellence.

What You'll Do for Us :

Scope of Role - Focus Areas :

• Drive fairlife Quality, Safety, and Environment (QSE) leadership across all key performance indicators, covering the entire product portfolio from packaging and manufacturing to distribution and marketplace operations.
• This role directly influences the networked organization to deliver QSE excellence.
• Serve as a key connector & subject matter expert in quality, safety, environmental requirements.
• Leverage cross-functional expertise in Quality & Food Safety, Occupational Health, Sustainability to support the implementation of new technologies, product, packaging innovations, capability development programs for people and teams.
• Accelerate the adoption of new technologies and innovative practices by building flexible, competitive solutions. Ensure quality-by-design (QbD) integration for product & process development, uphold safety standards, & meet environmental performance targets in partnership with the supply chain.
• Collaborate with Corporate functions, other Operating Units (OUs), and franchise teams to influence the OU and regional QSE agenda, maintain KORE compliance, and guide capital investments toward QSE excellence.
• Deploy a lean, analytics-based management system aligned with end-to-end QSE strategies and OU commitments. Monitor results through robust performance analysis, information management, and risk assessment.
• Oversee technical governance that is fit-for-purpose and risk-focused, ensuring compliance and clear results tracking across the OU.
• Work closely with OU functional leaders to champion the QSE agenda with fairlife partners.
• Participate in functional leader routines and annual joint business planning to align QSE KPIs and capital requirements with strategic objectives.
• Ensure QSE knowledge sharing management routines in place strongly connecting across Manufacturing Equipment, New Technologies, Processes and QSE Solutions. Active member, contributor in the global QSE forums.

What You'll Need : Responsibilities :

Communications :

Experience & Qualifications :

What We Can Do For You :

The Coca-Cola Company will not offer sponsorship for employment status (including, but not limited to, H1-B visa status and other employment-based nonimmigrant visas) for this position. Accordingly, all applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis and must not require The Coca-Cola Company's sponsorship to continue to work legally in the United States.

Skills : Communication, Continual Improvement Process, Environmental Regulatory Compliance, Environmental Science, Food Safety and Sanitation, Green Solutions, ISO 9001, Lean Manufacturing, Measurement Verification (Inactive), Packaging Engineering, Program Measurement (Inactive), Root Cause Analysis (RCA), Six Sigma, Sustainability, Waterfall Model

Pay Range : $131,000 - $153,00