Manager, Animal Safety Suppliers & Co-Manufacturing

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We are seeking a Manager, Animal Safety Suppliers & Co-Manufacturing to oversee quality, compliance, and animal safety activities across our supplier and co-manufacturing network. In this role, you will help ensure that external partners meet rigorous quality standards, regulatory expectations, and product safety requirements while supporting continuous improvement and operational excellence. This is an opportunity to collaborate across Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Regulatory Affairs, Operations, and external partners to protect product quality and consistency across a complex supply network.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage supplier and co-manufacturer quality and animal safety programs to ensure alignment with company standards and regulatory requirements.
• Conduct supplier and co-manufacturer audits, assessments, performance reviews, and ongoing monitoring activities.
• Support supplier qualification, onboarding, risk assessments, and product safety evaluations related to external manufacturing.
• Lead quality investigations, root cause analysis, and corrective and preventive actions (CAPA) for supplier and co-manufacturing issues.
• Monitor quality metrics, identify trends, and drive continuous improvement initiatives across the supplier and co-manufacturing network.
• Maintain supplier quality documentation, support audit readiness, and build strong relationships with internal stakeholders and external partners.
  

Job Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Animal Science, Quality, Biology, Life Sciences, Engineering, or a related field.
• 5+ years of experience in supplier quality, quality assurance, animal safety, manufacturing, or a related environment.
• Experience managing supplier or co-manufacturing quality activities, including audits, assessments, and performance monitoring.
• Working knowledge of quality systems, regulatory compliance, audit practices, and CAPA processes.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams, including Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Operations, and Regulatory Affairs.
• Ability to work in office, manufacturing, laboratory, or production environments and travel domestically and internationally as needed.
  

What We Offer

• A standard benefits package designed to support employee well-being.
• The opportunity to contribute to animal safety, product quality, and operational excellence across a broad supplier and co-manufacturing network.
• A collaborative role working closely with internal teams and external partners to solve complex quality and compliance challenges.
• A manager-level position with meaningful responsibility for quality systems, supplier performance, and continuous improvement.
  

If you are a quality-focused professional with experience in supplier management, animal safety, and external manufacturing, we'd love to hear from you. Join our team and help ensure the safety, quality, and consistency of products across our supply network.

From inside the farm gate to our dinner plates, Neogen protects the world’s food supply. Through a variety of animal healthcare products, to food safety solutions for dangerous bacteria, allergens, toxins, drug residues and much more, Neogen is there — and you can be too.