Director of Food Safety

Job Type

Full-time

Description

In this role, you will provide support, leadership, and direction to the Company's Distribution Centers in food safety, product quality, and sanitation, including on-site assessments of Distribution Center conditions and coordination of outside audits of facility food safety, product quality, and sanitation conditions.

Essential Functions
Work with Distribution Center leadership on compliance with food safety, product quality, and sanitation requirements.
Act as an active contributor on the Distribution Center Management Team to meet all food safety, product quality, and sanitation objectives.
Provide subject matter expertise to the Distribution Center Management Team on applicable regulatory requirements.
Coordinate and lead all third-party audits of Distribution Centers for food safety, product quality, and sanitation.
Lead quality systems management, development/maintenance of SOP's, GDP practices, consumer concern investigations, validation, verification, and calibration programs.
Provide leadership to Distribution Centers in situations where deviations have occurred with respect to food safety, product quality, and sanitation, or a potential risk has been identified related to same.
Develop data capture and analysis capabilities within the Distribution Center business to support continuous process and product improvement related to food safety, product quality, and sanitation.
Ensure proper management of Distribution Center Food Defense program.
Ensure appropriate facility monitoring activities to ensure that all key SOPs related to food safety, product quality, and sanitation are followed.
Ensure Distribution Center management of product hold and release programs.
Ensure Distribution Center management of facility pest prevention program, including communications with third-party pest providers.
Ensure Distribution Center management of the facility sanitation program, working in coordination with Distribution Center Safety, Sanitation, and Compliance Manager.
Ensure completion of food safety, product quality, and sanitation system documentation to verify compliance with program standards. Report deviations to the Distribution Center Management Team and Supervisor.
Develop and ensure implementation of mandatory food safety, product quality, and sanitation program requirements.
Report to Company Senior Leadership on food safety, product quality, and sanitation metrics in the Distribution Centers.
Perform frequent, comprehensive on-site audits of Distribution Centers for food safety, product quality, and sanitation.

Requirements

Experience in implementation and maintenance of GDP Programs.
Demonstrated leadership in the areas of food safety, product quality, and sanitation in a warehousing environment.
HACCP training required.
Strong corrective and preventive action/resolution skills.
Able to prioritize and handle multiple issues simultaneously, under tight time constraints.
Ability to collaborate and influence cross-functionally, including with third-party food safety, product quality, and sanitation auditors.
Serve as a contact for government and outside entities such as the Food and Drug Administration during on-site inspections of Distribution Centers.
Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in the field.
5-10 years of food safety, product quality, and sanitation experience in a warehousing environment.
Extensive knowledge of FDA and other food safety, product quality, and sanitation standards, and guidelines.
Professional certifications preferred.
Travel approximately 80%

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