Sr. Food Safety and Quality Assurance Manager- Southeast
Detalles del trabajo
- Recomendación de trabajo:
- 163167
- Ubicación:
- Atlanta, GA 30301
- Flexibilidad de ubicación:
- Híbrido
- Categoría:
- EHS & FSQA
- Tipo de Empleo:
- Tiempo completo
- Estado Laboral:
- Non-exempt
- Base salarial
- Yearly
- Pay Range
- $90,300 - 169,100 Annually ($43.41 - 81.30 Hourly)
Purpose:
The most important value at UNFI is “Do the Right Thing – Put Safety and Integrity at the Forefront of Everything We Do.” The Area Sr. Manager Food Safety and Quality Assurance (FSQA) position is a part of the leadership team that helps the organization deliver on this critical value – day in and day out. The role is fast-paced and complex and has responsibility across a geographic area for creating a world class food safety culture in which UNFI associates are proactive and interdependent when it comes to food safety. This role is responsible for developing a high performing team of FSQA leaders to ensure the execution of the company’s Food safety strategy and goals. The Area Sr. Manager will serve as a key advisor on FSQA matters to area DC stakeholders including but not limited to operations, human resources, merchandising and security/loss prevention leaders.
Responsibilities include integrating food safety and sanitation programs across our enterprise to promote end-to-end confidence in food safety for our customers. Interacts with operations to ensure policies, procedures, audits, and training programs are understood and followed. This includes comprehensive support of any and all regulatory certifications. As a Area Sr. Manager, these roles will supervise, support, and develop FSQA site mangers/partners
This role will support the southeast region, and can be located in any of the following distribution center locations:
-Atlanta, GA,
-Richburg, SC
-Anniston, AL
-Indianola, MS
-Quincy, FL
-Sarasota, FL
-Pompano, Beach
Job Requirements:
- Be a champion of promoting, communicating, and enforcing our food safety programs to ensure that all associates, visitors, and vendors understand the Company’s commitment to providing safe food
- Analyze, develop and communicate annual safety targets. Coordinate with analytics team to ensure monthly FSQA metrics are accurate.
- Build a high performing area team of FSQA Managers and Leaders to ensure the execution of UNFI’s FSQA vision and strategy at the regional level. Assist with hiring of site FSQA professionals. Participate in annual talent calibrations.
- Be a key advisor to the DC Leadership team so they understand weaknesses, deficiencies, and challenges within our food safety culture and collaborate with leadership to address these issues
- Be and stay current with all State, Federal, and local regulatory agencies to ensure compliance regarding local DC operations.
- Lead Area Distribution Centers food safety and sanitation efforts working with regional and DC Leadership to maintain compliance with Federal, State and local regulation as well as adhere to SQF standards
- Provides leadership support to multiple FSQA Specialists/Managers and their assigned DCs
- Coaches and develops DC Food Safety & QA staff
- Provides direction to local Food Safety teams to ensure food safety and quality by providing accurate and up to date food safety policies and procedures
- Serve as an escalation point of contact of critical Food Safety issues for the DCs the role has oversight of
- Directs activities in maintaining and executing effective food safety, food defense, and recall plans, policies, and processes in Distribution Center operations
- Conducts food safety assessments at internal DC locations, 3rd party locations, and if needed supplier sites
- Ensures FSQA team collaboration with operations partners to ensure compliance during facility changes and/or new site developments
- Ensure all corrective actions are completed timely and effectively
- Ensure investigations of product quality and compliance issues (i.e. tampering, adulteration, mislabeling, etc.) are effectively completed
- Assist with media relations in developing relevant, clear communications
- Assist with customer call center operations related to customer food safety and quality assurance complaints
- Maintain active working relationships with all appropriate industry and regulatory bodies
- Consistently drive and execute innovation for food safety messaging, development of food safety culture, and nurture the belief that food safety is and should always be everyone’s top priority.
- Communicate consistently, concisely, and clearly with Regional, Merchandise, and Brands Plus leadership as to important issues, updates, changes, and initiatives.
- Supervise Food Safety & Quality Assurance Specialists and provide direction, feedback, and professional
- Provides support to Regional Directors to roll-out updated standards/trainings
- Perform other job duties as required
Education/ Certifications:
- Bachelor’s Degree in Food Science, Public Health or related field required
- HACCP, Preventive Controls Qualified Individual, and/or SQF Practitioner certification required
Experience:
- 7+ years of leadership experience in food manufacturing, food wholesale, and/or food distribution program
- 3+ years of prior experience leading a team of FSQA professionals
- Experience with interpreting state and federal regulations, and maintaining working relationships with industry and regulatory officials
- Experience actively working with stakeholders at all levels of the organization to strategically solve problems, manage projects, drive performance while maintaining long-term strategies.
- Excellent ability to develop and present business plans and strategies to influence company decision makers.
- Ability to coordinate planning and collaboration with other business functions in a way that is mutually beneficial and drives continuous improvement.
- Ability to analyze and independently resolve a variety of difficult situations and problems using timely decision
making
Knowledge/ Skills/ Abilities:
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills; ability to interact and influence effectively with all levels of management, employees, and customers and experience collaborating with unions.
- Ability to balance multiple priorities and ensure significant issues are communicated clearly to relevant stakeholders in timely manner
- Exceptional presentation and training skills
- Proven ability to influence without authority
- Exceptional ability to deal with conflict in all levels and areas of the organization
- Ability to work well with others to accomplish results
- Proficient with Microsoft Word, Power point and Excel
- Adapts well to and initiates change in the organization
Physical Environment/Demands:
- Travel will be required up to 60% of the time
- Most work is performed in a temperature-controlled office environment
- Incumbent may sit for long periods of time at desk or computer terminal
- While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear
- Incumbent may use calculators, keyboards, telephone and other office equipment in the course of normal workday
- Stooping, bending, twisting and reaching may be required in completion of job duties
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status. UNFI is an Equal Opportunity employer committed to creating an inclusive and respectful environment for all. - M/F/Veteran/Disability. VEVRAA Federal Contractor.
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- Empresa:
- United Natural Foods Inc.
Indemnización laboral:
UNFI prevé pagar el salario mencionado (o dentro del rango salarial mencionado) para este puesto. El salario real, según corresponda, dependerá de ciertos factores; incluidos, entre otros, educación, experiencia laboral, formación y cualesquier requisitos previstos en los convenios laborales colectivos aplicables. UNFI está comprometida con la transparencia salarial, en virtud de la legislación estatal y local aplicable.
Beneficios:
En el caso de los puestos en Washington (o los puestos en los que se trabaje remotamente desde Washington), haga clic AQUÍ para conocer los detalles sobre el pago de licencias laborales específicas para Washington.
Los candidatos contratados para este puesto también serán elegibles para participar en los siguientes programas de beneficios: licencias pagadas; licencias por enfermedad; pago de vacaciones y licencia por maternidad/paternidad; Programa 401K; póliza con cobertura médica, odontológica, oftalmológica y seguro de vida, accidentes, muerte y pérdida de miembros; programa de seguro a corto y largo plazo por discapacidad; cuenta con gastos flexibles, cuenta de ahorro sanitario o ambas; sujeto al cumplimiento de los requisitos de elegibilidad y los términos y condiciones de dichos programas, y sujeto a cualquier requisito previsto en los convenios laborales colectivos aplicables.
Solamente puestos de Ventas: en el caso de los puestos de ventas con base en comisiones, el rango mencionado representa un estimado de la compensación potencial por comisiones durante el primer año de un asociado; pero UNFI ofrece un mínimo de $680 a la semana para el periodo inicial. Después del periodo inicial, por tratarse de un puesto basado totalmente en comisiones, no hay un salario fijo. Los planes de comisiones de UNFI no tienen tope y las ganancias promedio dependen del territorio y de las ventas logradas, entre otros factores.
Las políticas de UNFI referentes a la compensación, los beneficios y las licencias pagadas están sujetas a cambios por decisión exclusiva de la compañía y acorde a la legislación aplicable. El aviso de empleo disponible no debe interpretarse como una oferta de empleo con ciertos términos, así como tampoco debe interpretarse como un mínimo garantizado.
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