Sr. Director, Food Safety & Quality Assurance

BUILT ON FLAVOR. FUELED BY PEOPLE.

What’s it like to work at Kinder’s? Well, there’s a lot of snacking and geeking out over what we all cooked over the weekend. Beyond that, there’s also plenty of hard work. Because we don’t just like flavor, we’re obsessed with it.

With over 100 products sold nationwide, we’re now a top-five brand in multiple flavor categories at Costco, Walmart, Whole Foods, and more. We’re not your typical CPG company. Privately held and founder‑led, we like to think of ourselves as a pirate ship in a sea of cruise ships. Our crew is adventurous and fearless. We chart our own course and chase big ideas to make food unforgettable.

As we expand globally and approach $1 billion in revenue, we need more smart‑and‑scrappy, flavor‑obsessed people to come aboard. If you’re looking for a place where you can see the real impact of your work...
this is it! Every day, you’ll be part of a journey to add flavor to millions of meals and lives.

The Senior Director of Food Safety and Quality Assurance is accountable for setting the enterprise‑wide vision, strategy, and execution of food safety and quality for a high‑growth, consumer‑focused brand. This role plays a critical leadership position in defining and scaling Kinder’s quality systems, ensuring that every product delivered to market is safe, compliant, and consistently exceptional in taste and performance.

Partnering closely with executive leadership and cross‑functional teams, this leader will build the organizational capabilities, processes, and partnerships required to support rapid growth while maintaining best‑in‑class food safety, quality assurance, and regulatory compliance standards.

This role is central to protecting Kinder’s brand, consumers, and long‑term growth. The Senior Director of Food Safety & Quality Assurance will not only ensure compliance but will shape how quality is embedded into every decision, product, and partnership as Kinder’s continues to scale.

• Build, lead, and inspire a high‑performing Corporate Quality Assurance organization with the structure, talent, and systems to support Kinder’s growth trajectory.
• Establish a culture of continuous improvement, accountability, proactive risk management, and strong collaboration across internal teams and external manufacturing partners.
• Set the long‑term quality strategy aligned with business growth, innovation pipelines, and brand standards.

• Design, evaluate, and continuously optimize scalable food safety and quality programs aligned with industry best practices and regulatory requirements.
• Implement data‑driven frameworks to monitor performance, identify risk, and drive corrective and preventive actions.
• Partner closely with Manufacturing Quality leadership and cross‑functional stakeholders to ensure consistent understanding, adoption, and execution of quality standards across contract manufacturing partners.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives that elevate product quality and enhance consumer satisfaction.

• Develop and optimize balanced, risk‑based testing programs to ensure compliance with internal standards and external regulations.
• Maintain comprehensive testing databases, including trend analysis, deviations, and corrective actions.
• Use insights from testing data to proactively mitigate risk and improve product quality.

• Establish and maintain systems to capture, track, and analyze consumer feedback and quality‑related inquiries.
• Identify trends and systemic issues; lead corrective actions with vendors or internal partners, including reformulation strategies when necessary.
• Partner with Customer Service to support responses to quality‑related consumer inquiries and issue resolution.

• Own and lead Kinder’s food safety and quality crisis response strategy, ensuring swift, decisive action to protect consumers and the brand.
• Develop scenario‑based training, tabletop exercises, and proactive risk assessments to strengthen organizational preparedness.
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