Director of Food Safety & Quality

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Base pay range

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Additional compensation types

Annual Bonus

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The Director of Food Safety and Quality provides manufacturing site-level leadership and direction for food safety and quality activities. They ensure that the Food Safety Plan meets all GFSI, customer and regulatory requirements for the manufacture of our products. They ensure we ‘do the right things’ and set the system and its management up so that we ‘do things right’ .

They work with, and manage the team ensure food safety programs, quality standards, and legality of products manufactured throughout the organization are maintained. The role reports functionally to the EVP FSQ and R&D and works on a day-to-day basis with the Site General/Plant Manager as part of the site’s senior management team.

Role and Responsibilities

• Develops and maintains the site Food Safety Plan (including HACCP, HARPC and GMP) for the site

• Ensures the plan is effective in controlling identified risks

• Ensures the site is audit ready, every day

• Manages and develops the QA team on site, supported by a QA Manager direct report

• Provides technical expertise and serves as a subject matter expert for programs and activities related to food safety, regulation compliance (with support from corporate team), audits, and quality systems.

• Works with the Customer complaint team to complete CAPA and quality improvement activities based on trends

• Ensures that the site maintains an effective balance of QA, AC and auditing to deliver safe, consistent products

• Ensures that sanitation procedures, schedule and execution are validated and verified through environmental monitoring programs and audits.

• Assists plants in achieving compliance with the food safety and quality program through training and auditing

• Ensures food safety and quality training programs are effective and compliant

• Main site contact with regulatory agencies (USDA/FDA/State)

• Assists or participates in vendor audits.

• Oversees and audit finished product specifications to ensure they are accurate, and the specification is being met.

• Manage all regulatory and third-party audit programs including root cause and corrective actions

• Ensure plant audit corrective action plans are implemented in a timely manner

• Runs statistical process controls and trending. Ability to drive continuous improvement with Quality Programs and KPI management.

• Supports Continuous Improvement with standardized work, science-based problem solving and utilizing real time tools to predict quality attributes. Implement SPC, control charts, visual management, and other lean manufacturing tools such as root cause and KPI trending.

• Collaborates with Product Development and Culinary on cross-functional projects.

• Champion quality and food safety initiatives to create a Food Safety culture and mindset.

• Establishes and controls costs of QA function and works within agreed budget

• Perform other job-related duties as assigned

Qualifications (education/Experience/Skills)

• 15+ years of experience in quality assurance management and food manufacturing, to include at least 8 years managing department.

• Previous experience in quality assurance/food safety within a food processing environment

• Knowledge of thermal processing / microbiological hazards associated with conventional and/or sous vide processing

• HACCP and PCQI Certified with a comprehensive knowledge of Microbiology and Shelf Life programs

• Certified auditor

• Up to 10% travel required as needed to support business needs. Role is in-person, site-based

• Complete knowledge and experience developing and managing HACCP, FSMA, GMP, SSOP, SQF and/or other BRC and customer-driven quality and food safety requirements and programs.

• Knowledge of Statistical Process Controls (SPC).

• Excellent team building, oral, written, and interpersonal…