Food Safety & Compliance Manager

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$90,000.00/yr - $/yr

Annual Bonus

The Food Safety & Compliance Manager is responsible for leading, developing, planning and directing food safety and quality activities in support of Kettle Cuisine’s quality assurance operations and goals, ensuring that company standards are exceeded with a targeted emphasis on continuous improvement, providing support, structure and documented formal training for employees within the organization in all areas. This position is a key member of the leadership team and has direct budget responsibility for all areas which fall under his/her supervision.

The position requires a hands-on, self-starter with the ability to motivate and lead subordinates and others. The Food Safety and Compliance Manager must be a skilled communicator who can convey information, ideas and policy to all levels within the organization. In the absence of the Food Safety and Compliance Manager the duties will be performed by either the Director of FS&QA, QA Manager, or as prescribed by the company’s organizational chart.

• Develop and maintain food safety programs such as HACCP (Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points), GMP (Good Manufacturing Practices), Preventive Controls and FSMA compliance.
• Ensure compliance with federal, state, and local food safety regulations (FDA, USDA, SQF, OG).
• Main POC for USDA IIC information sharing and connection to plant LEMP and LTD monitoring test results and documentation.
• Oversee third-party and regulatory audits — help prepare documentation, connect with Department Managers on their RACI.
• Lead internal audits and inspections and implement appropriate corrective actions.
• Create, update, and enforce quality policies, SOPs, and specifications for raw materials, packaging, and finished goods.
• Help establish and monitor quality metrics (e.g., defect rates, customer complaints, product rejections).
• Maintain traceability and recall systems to ensure products can be tracked and recalled if needed.
• Oversee the internal lab’s microbiological, chemical, and sensory testing of soups and raw material ingredients data.
• Validate cleaning and sanitation effectiveness and environmental monitoring programs.
• Investigate non-conformance of soups and vendor quality issues, deviations, and customer complaints to identify root causes and prevent recurrence.
• Oversee and mentor QA lab technicians and QA Inspectors.
• Conduct training sessions for employees on food safety, hygiene, allergen control, GMP and internal SPL’s.
• Foster a culture of quality throughout the production facility.
• Collaborate with production, maintenance, R&D, and supply chain teams to improve processes and product consistency.
• Lead corrective and preventive action (CAPA) programs.
• Audit and ensure QA Admin is maintaining detailed records for audits and traceability.
• Prepare FS&Q reports for management showing trends, KPIs, and areas for improvement.
• Manage supplier quality controllable findings — help to approve new vendors, review COAs, and conduct supplier audits when needed.
• Other duties as required.

• Works with little supervision and work is reviewed. Exercises discretion within area of responsibility.
• Builds consensus across functional areas.
• Responds to customer questions within prescribed areas of knowledge.
• Actions could impact time, resources and/or the organization’s public image.

• Responsible for the work and results of employees within area of responsibility, influences others within the organization.

• Bachelor’s degree required in a field of science; preferably Food Science or Microbiology.
• HACCP Certified, PCQI Certified, SQF Practitioner, with USDA and FDA experience.
• Requires 5+ years of experience.
• On-the-job training of 3-6 months.
• Creates advanced templates linking databases, spreadsheets and other documents.
• Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, ERP system, LIMS and Quality system experience desired.

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