Stores Food Safety and Quality Assurance Manager

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We are hiring a Food Safety and Quality Assurance Manager for our Gordon Food Service Stores!

Some of our Benefits include:

• Healthcare Benefits available on the first day! You take care of our customers, so we take care of you!
• Immediate Retirement Savings - 401(k) retirement plan with company match! No waiting period required!
• Company Profit-Sharing (which means the money comes back to you) after you have been employed for 90 days!
• 2 weeks vacation first year plus 7 days flex time as well!

Position Summary:

The Food Safety and Quality Manager for Store Operations is responsible for taking part in, and overseeing, the development and implementation of food safety, quality and sanitation policies, procedures and training necessary to assure product safety, quality, and regulatory standards are met across all 190+ Gordon Food Service Store Facilities, which include retail/wholesale entities, commissaries/central kitchens and distribution facilities.  Provides strategic leadership, vision, direction, and guidance on all related Store programs and systems, collaborating closely with Store Senior Leadership, Product Management, Field Merchandising, and Regional Management.  Drives  continuous, innovative and transformational improvement strategies to strengthen food safety and compliance, efficiency, integration and value for the business. Leads the Store business through any food safety and regulatory emergency situations, using critical thinking, collaboration and ensuring customer safety and regulatory compliance are of highest priority.  Responsible for food safety risk mitigation across the Store enterprise, working closely with Senior Leadership and legal counsel teams. Oversees the development of tools, training and opportunities to ensure all levels of the Store business understand and champion a strong Food Safety Culture.  

Essential Functions:

• Oversees the development, maintenance, implementation and execution of policies, procedures and work instructions for Store Operation food safety, sanitation, regulatory and supplier compliance related activity.  Ensures updates are adequately communicated to stakeholders, trained against,  and  accessible via appropriate avenues (e.g., Intranet).

• Owns the execution of risk assessments and development of necessary Preventive Controls/Food Safety Plans for all activity executed within Stores, including, but not limited to, standard operations, processing activity, and new concept delivery.  Drives compliance to applicable regulations (e.g., Food Safety Modernization Act, FDA Food Code) through these activities. 

• Leads the investigation of Store quality, product safety and regulatory issues arising from stores, regulators and/or customers.  Support store operations with implementation of corrective actions  and procedure improvements to resolve issues, assessing business-wide practices for opportunities to implement broad improvements to reduce repeat occurrences.

• Owns the strategy, development, and execution of food safety assessments, certifications, and or audits with appropriate stakeholders to maintain regulatory and customer expectation compliance.  

• Leads food safety risk mitigation across the Stores, identifying and reducing risk by implementation of food safety and food defense strategies in collaboration with risk management, internal audit, and operations leadership.

• Responsible for overseeing (and contributing to) food safety, quality and sanitation training materials and programs.  Partners with Human Resources and Store Leadership to establish appropriate delivery methods and compliance monitoring.  Provides consultative support and direction to Store Leadership when assessing new product concepts, new store concepts, and remodels to ensure food safety, quality and sanitation objectives are considered and achieved.

• Collaborates with the broader FSQA Team to develop vendor approval strategies and internal programs to protect private brand product quality and ensure food safety quality compliance. 

• Conducts Store