Assistant Manager - FSQA; Tempo

Founded in 2013, Home Chef is the leading meal solutions company with both a retail and online presence. Available online at  and in retail at more than 2,100 Kroger grocery stores, Home Chef is committed to inspiring and enabling more people to cook simple, delicious meals, no matter how busy they are.

In 2023, Home Chef introduced a new brand, Tempo! Tempo features a rotating selection of ready-to-heat meals delivered directly to your door. These meals are better-for-you versions of familiar favorites, designed to save you time and reduce stress while maintaining a healthy lifestyle. Our Tempo menu includes options that are protein-packed, fiber-rich, calorie and carb conscious, keto-friendly, and dietitian-approved.

Similar to our recipes, we recognize that variety is the spice of life, and therefore, our employees also bring their uniqueness and color to our fantastic team. We’re eager to work with humble team players and pragmatic next-level thinkers to innovate on Home Chef’s offerings.

Note: The internal title for the position is FSQA Superintendent
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The FSQA Superintendent plays a key leadership role within Tempo, Home Chef’s Ready-to-Heat (RTH) operation, helping ensure our Food Safety & Quality programs remain effective, compliant, and continuously improving.

In this role, you’ll work closely with plant leadership, FSQA teams, and cross-functional partners while directly leading and developing the RTH supervisory team, including quality and sanitation leadership. You’ll be hands-on in the operation, help solve real-time challenges, and serve as a key driver of food safety culture across the business.

This is a great opportunity for someone who enjoys leading people, improving systems, and making a direct impact in a fast-paced food manufacturing environment.

• Ensure the enforcement of key aspects of Home Chef RTH Food Safety and Quality Systems, designed to meet regulatory, Food Safety and Quality requirements and assure compliance with SQF requirements.
• Assist in gathering, trending, and reporting metrics that effectively measure and communicate performance.
• Work closely with plant teams and cross-functional partners to understand processes, identify gaps, and propose changes to RTH processes that impact quality systems compliance.
• Review production and CCP records for weekly positive release of all RTH meals.

You’ll partner closely with RTH Quality and Sanitation Supervisors and hourly FSQA team members to help keep operations running smoothly in a 24/7 production environment.

• Respond to escalations and provide solutions within a 24/7 production environment.
• Provide coverage support as needed within a 24/7 production environment.
• Partner with recruiting teams to adequately staff each shift.
• Assist supervisors with personnel coaching as needed.

This role is not just about maintaining programs — you’ll help identify gaps, strengthen processes, and drive improvements across the RTH Food Safety & Quality Management System.

• Identify gaps in programs through internal audits or CAPA.
• Develop thorough corrective actions for deviations and gaps in partnership with the FSQA team and cross-functional team members.
• Deliver training to plant FSQA teams related to program rollouts.
• Communicate new or updated programs to plant and corporate stakeholders.

You’ll directly lead the RTH supervisory team, providing coaching, development, and ongoing performance management across both quality and sanitation.

• Lead weekly supervisory meetings.
• Serve as a subject matter expert during new program rollouts.
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