FSQA Director

This range is provided by Aspire Bakeries. Your actual pay will be based on your skills and experience — talk with your recruiter to learn more.

Base pay range
$/yr - $/yr

Aspire Bakeries is a North American baking company with a leadership position in specialty frozen baked goods. Formed from leading bakery companies, its innovative food portfolio includes breads, artisan breads, buns, cookies, donuts, muffins and pastries from beloved brands like La Brea Bakery®, Otis Spunkmeyer®, and Oakrun Farm Bakery®. With 14 bakeries in North America, we are committed to driving innovation, predicting upcoming consumer trends and flavors, and exceeding our customers’ expectations.

Aspire Bakeries champions the values of Integrity, Ownership, Customer Focus, Creativity and Care to help us deliver on People Safety, Food Safety, Quality and Collaboration.

This role is onsite at our Ontario or Santa Ana location.

Accountabilities

Drive continuous improvement in the area of Food Safety and Quality Assurance by supporting bakery teams in goal and key performance indicator achievement.

Set challenging, reasonable performance expectations for microbiological performance, foreign material control, regulatory compliance, and HACCP programs.

Responsible for the selection, motivation, and development of Quality Assurance personnel, along with DVP, to ensure all positions are effectively staffed and managed. Reviews progress with Human Resources on an ongoing basis. Conducts timely formal performance evaluations for all direct reports, in addition to recommending developmental training.

Responsible for implementing and improving corporate food safety and quality assurance policies including Good Manufacturing Practices (GMPs), Hazard Analysis and Risk-Based Preventative Controls (HARPC), Aspire Integrated Management System (AIMS), and creating improvement strategies for the business.

Responsible for undertaking the responsibilities of a Preventive Controls Qualified Individual as outlined under the Preventive Controls for Human Food regulation, including overseeing the preparation of a Food Safety Plan, the validation of Preventive Controls, the Review of Records, and the Reanalysis of the Food Safety Plan in bakeries.

Support the updating and continuous review of existing Food Safety plans to incorporate current GMP, Process Preventive Controls, Allergen Preventive Controls, Sanitation Preventive Controls, and Supply Chain Applied Controls.

Support the bakery Food Safety (HARPC) team in the evaluation and implementation of controls on all biological, chemical, physical, and economically motivated hazards to our foods, including consideration for the development of defect action limits, hygienic zoning, and adequate by-product controls.

Ensure effective implementation and adherence to the Aspire Bakeries Recall and Traceability Program.

Understand all applicable food regulations (international, national, state, and local), lead bakeries to assure they meet all regulations and effectively interact with regulatory personnel.

Understand and lead the Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI) standards (i.e. BRC, SQF) implementation and recertification in bakeries and facilitate and oversee bakery preparations for all customer and third‑party audits.

Routinely interface with major customers to preserve and enhance the image of the company as a competent supplier of quality foods exceeding their expectations, relationships determined with DVP input.

Assure bakery QA Managers effectively investigate customer/consumer complaints using root cause analysis, corrective actions, and preventive measures, respond to complaints in the required timeframe, and analyze complaint trends.

Support new food development and ensure appropriate controls and inspections are in place for the successful launch of new foods.

Maintain awareness of industry advances and technologies to assure that customers have the benefit of the latest the industry has to offer with regard to food safety, sanitary design of equipment, and product quality.

Assure effective implementation and adherence to Aspire Bakeries’s Net Weight Verification Procedure is completed within the…