Quality Assurance Manager
SweetLife By Sucro
University Park, IL · $70k–$99k a year · Posted November 2, 2026
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This listing pays about $84,500 a year. Across 199 open quality assurance manager listings that state pay, the middle half runs $98,500 to $145,000 and the median is $130,000. That is 35% below the median, below the middle half of those listings.
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About the job
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Sweet Life Services, a fast-growing sugar refining and ingredient processing company, is seeking a hands‑on Quality Assurance Manager to lead all plant‑level food safety, quality, and compliance programs. This is a newly created role reporting to the Director...