Operations Program Manager - Safety & Sustainability

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.

The Safety & Sustainability Manager oversees the development and sustainment of all Safety, Health, and Environmental (EH&S) policies for all Home Chef facilities.

Detailed Responsibilities

Develops and Implements Health and Safety Policies, Programs, and Systems:

• Promotes the strategy for the development and sustainability of the safety culture at Home Chef Facilitates network alignment to policies and regulatory compliance. Collaborates with site leadership to be proactive and identify the most impactful programs to prioritize
• Responsible for integrating the strategies of the Home Chef Operating Systems into our everyday EH&S work, projects, and execution of our plant teams.

Training:

• Ensures all required safety training content is created and implemented across all Home Chef facilities
• Develops a hopper of training opportunities and builds content with the associate learning experience in mind.
• Partners with department heads of sanitation, maintenance, and warehouse to ensure role specific safety training is developed and maintained.
• Creates an assessment and prioritization system to identify the most impactful training opportunities and where the current gaps are.

Safety Metrics:

• Maintains safety KPIs for Home Chef and generates reports to share with the broader Ops teams. Harnessing the data provided to create a culture that is proactive around safety.
• Translates the behavioral operation and incident management programs into actionable intel, and then enables our site leads to act with efficiency and accuracy.
• Builds and owns the framework for cross-network best practice sharing ensuring that actions taken in one location are effectively deployed at all locations to keep our teams safe.

Incident Support:

• Creates standard documentation and response templates for regulatory inquiries, and supports the file development that the site Safety Manager needs to complete their response.
• Enables site Safety Managers to focus entirely on actions and engaging with local regulatory teams, like OSHA, through research into compliance and effective management of incident documentation.
• Partners with HR and the plant Safety Managers on mitigating Workers Compensation claims, leveraging program strategy to affect existing claims and future proof against new claims.

Sustainability:

• Identifies and drives strategic initiatives to further Home Chef’s sustainability goals and remain ahead of local compliance, as well as, generate savings in food waste alternatives.
• Supports Home Chef goals for reducing utility usage and generating efficient facility operation.
• Partners with local and national providers to streamline Home Chef’s food and material waste processes.

General Responsibilities:

• Serves as the company’s subject matter expert…