Home Chef · 16 hours ago
FSQA Manager
Home Chef is the leading meal solutions company committed to inspiring and enabling more people to cook simple, delicious meals. The FSQA Manager is responsible for leading the FSQA team to ensure the production of high quality, safe, and compliant products while implementing Home Chef standards at the production facility.
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Responsibilities
Coach, train and develop FSQA personnel to drive a higher performance level
Maintain responsibility for ensuring that all FSQA personnel are properly trained to perform job function, as well as possess and in-depth knowledge of food safety and quality principles
Manage FSQA department staffing in alignment with budget
Support the development of a talent pipeline for FSQA at the site level
Partner effectively with other departments to improve food safety and quality
Lead the FSQA agenda at the site, challenging facility management team where necessary to ensure wholesome products that meet the regulatory requirements
Lead and support Home Chef and SQF standards implementation at the site and drive the appropriate FSQA mindset and behavior
Sustain efficient food safety and quality management system, in compliance to SQF, FDA, and Home Chef standards, including CAPA and training programs
Manage Food Safety and Quality incident, supporting decision making for out of specification materials and products, ensuring that relevant corrective and preventive actions are defined and implemented
Accountable for site FSQA review and approval of new products, FSQA risk assessments and change management
Serve as on-site point person for all regulatory and third party inspections; partners with the plant management team to develop necessary corrective and preventive action plans
Lead FSQA Strategy Deployment at the site, delivering against key metrics reflected in the company business objectives
Utilize internal and external (customer reported) quality data to identify and execute improvement opportunities for FSQA Department and entire plant team
Collaborate with Production, Warehouse, Continuous Improvement, and other departments to identify and implement initiatives to improve the customer experience (reduce errors)
Perform key metric, incidents and Continuous Improvement reviews to ensure transparency at management level and coordinate site CAPA activities
Represent FSQA function on the Site Management Team
Follow the facility GMPs and help enforce policies throughout the facility
Support the efforts of the company to maintain our food safety system (SQF) and quality programs
Qualification
Required
7-10 years experience in quality assurance, food safety, food distribution, food manufacturing, supply chain or related field
Strong written and oral communication skills
Ability to problem solve and work in a fast environment without a lot of structure and/or supervision
Strong leadership skills
Strong organizational skills and ability to prioritize multiple tasks/priorities
Minimum 5 years supervisory experience required with at least 3 years successfully managing multiple shifts and/or departments
Experience with Ready to Eat operations
Previous experience with GFSI, FDA, and USDA inspections, programs, and expectations
Certifications: SQF, PCQI, HACCP, and ServeSafe Manager at time of hire or within 6 months of position
Preferred
Bachelor's degree in food science, food technology, microbiology, or related field preferred or 10+ years in food safety and quality assurance with a proven track record of success
Benefits
Medical, dental, vision, life and disability insurance available
Paid holidays, sick time and vacation time
401k program
Flexible spending accounts for qualified medical, dependent care, parking, or transit expenses
Company
Home Chef
Home Chef is a provider of subscription-based meal kit delivery services to help people to save time while enjoying home cooking.
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$57MKey Investors
L CattertonShining Capital
2018-05-23Acquired
2016-09-29Series B· $40M
2016-06-28Debt Financing
Recent News
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