Director of Quality
Apply NowCompany: 3P Partners
Location: Sacramento, CA 95823
Description:
Are you a strategic, hands-on quality leader ready to make a lasting impact?
Join a fast-growing, family-owned food manufacturer that's expanding its portfolio with new retail products. This is your chance to lead a quality function that's entering an exciting new phase.
We're looking for a Director of Quality who can think big and execute a bold expansion plan. You will elevate quality systems across multiple sites while building and mentoring a high-performing team.
This is a rare opportunity to design and implement a quality roadmap from the ground up while partnering with forward-thinking leaders who are deeply committed to excellence, innovation, and continuous improvement.
Why This Role?
What You'll Do
What You'll Bring
Join a fast-growing, family-owned food manufacturer that's expanding its portfolio with new retail products. This is your chance to lead a quality function that's entering an exciting new phase.
We're looking for a Director of Quality who can think big and execute a bold expansion plan. You will elevate quality systems across multiple sites while building and mentoring a high-performing team.
This is a rare opportunity to design and implement a quality roadmap from the ground up while partnering with forward-thinking leaders who are deeply committed to excellence, innovation, and continuous improvement.
Why This Role?
- Design and scale a multi-site quality function during a high-growth period
- Lead strategic quality initiatives across retail and B2B manufacturing
- Coach and develop a high-impact team of quality professionals
- Collaborate with Food Safety, Ops, Sourcing, and future R&D partners
- Join a values-led, family-owned business with long-term vision
What You'll Do
- Lead the company-wide quality strategy across multiple food manufacturing sites
- Drive continuous improvement initiatives across both mature and emerging systems
- Build a scalable, customer-facing quality program for early nutrition and retail lines
- Conduct quality systems gap analysis and create a multi-year strategic roadmap
- Oversee, mentor, and grow a high-performing, cross-site quality team
- Partner with Operations, Food Safety, and Sourcing to ensure compliance and alignment
- Support new product development and retail launches
- Stay ahead of regulatory changes and industry trends, with an eye toward sustainability and innovation
What You'll Bring
- Proven leadership in food manufacturing quality systems, ideally across both mature and early-stage environments
- Experience in early nutrition or retail food production strongly preferred
- Deep knowledge of HACCP, SQF, PCQI, and supplier compliance programs (certifications helpful but not required)
- A track record of mentoring diverse teams-from lab techs to site quality leads
- Strong project management skills; PMP a plus
- A strategic mindset paired with a roll-up-your-sleeves attitude
- Willingness to travel between HQ and manufacturing sites regularly