Founded in 2013, Home Chef is the leading meal solutions company with both a retail and online presence. Available online at homechef.com and in retail at more than 2,100 Kroger grocery stores, Home Chef is committed to inspiring and enabling more people to cook simple, delicious meals, no matter how busy they are.
Similar to our recipes, we recognize that variety is the spice of life, and therefore, our employees also bring their uniqueness and color to our fantastic team. We’re eager to work with humble team players and pragmatic next-level thinkers to innovate on Home Chef’s offerings.
As the COVID-19 situation evolves in the US and worldwide, we are taking all the necessary precautions, per the CDC guidelines, to keep our employees and customers safe.
The Food Safety Quality Assurance Manager is responsible for providing proactive leadership and instruction in the area of food safety, quality, sanitation, and employee safety in the production facility. This position is responsible for mitigating food safety risk by verifying the implementation of corporate FSQA policies and procedures and actively living out our value of customer first in daily operations.Detailed Responsibilities:
- Manage in-plant compliance to all corporate food safety, quality, sanitation, and employee safety-related policies, procedures, and strategies
- Manage in-plant compliance of the HACCP (Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point) plan and prerequisite programs
- Represent Home Chef and serve as on-site point person for all regulatory and third party inspections and partners with the plant management team to develop necessary corrective and preventative action plans
- Lead quality program to achieve and maintain an error rate lt;1.5%
- Partner with production, procurement, and warehouse to assure the quality of the final meal kit product from the time of ingredient receipt until the customer receives the product.
- Investigates quality complaints/issues and develops written corrective actions
- Develops plant FSQA personnel to drive a higher performance level
- Actively promotes continuous improvement in all areas of the FSQA department
- Conducts routine environmental swabbing for indicator organisms and pathogens and takes corrective actions and necessary
- Maintain all necessary FSQA documentation pertaining to food safety, quality, sanitation, and employee safety.
- Conduct ongoing training for all FSQA staff
- Complete daily observations for GMP, sanitation effectiveness, temperature control, and sanitary operating conditions and improve overall metrics associated with the requirements
Requirements:
- 5+ years experience in quality assurance, food safety, food distribution, food manufacturing, supply chain or related field.
- Associate or Bachelor’s degree in food science, food technology, microbiology, or related field preferred
- Strong written and oral communication skills
- Strong leadership skills
- Minimum 1 year managerial experience required
- Previous experience with GFSI, SQF, FDA, and USDA inspections.
- Strong organizational skills and ability to prioritize multiple tasks/priorities
- Flexible availability to work some weekends
- HACCP certified preferred
The requirements listed above are representative of the knowledge, skill, ability and/or other characteristics needed for this role. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities.#LI-SE1Perks and benefits:- Candidates can experience Home Chef as a customer - enter promo code PEOPLE30 for $30 off your first order!- 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
How We Work TogetherWe are humble team players.We are warm and gracious with team members and customers. We seek feedback to improve ourselves - and respectfully listen to and accept input.
We are pragmatic next-level thinkers.We come up with novel and unique ideas. We explore new strategies to avoid being constrained by conventional thinking.
We take ownership.We approach ambiguous problems, prepared to dive in, get curious, and learn more. We are results-driven, always challenging ourselves to exceed goals.
Be at Home at Home ChefWe all show up authentically at Home Chef. Our team includes individuals with a variety of identities, backgrounds, and perspectives. You can trust that you’ll be able to bring your whole self to an inclusive and enjoyable workplace.
We welcome people of all races, colors, religions, national origin or ancestry, sex (including sexual identity), age, physical or mental d