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Sysco

Supplies food and kitchen goods to restaurants

Director – Food Safety and Quality Assurance

Validation, Compliance & Quality SystemsConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeUnited States

About the Job

Requirements

  • A high school diploma or equivalent is required.
  • A bachelor's degree in Food Science or Biological Science from a four-year college or university is required.
  • Five to ten years of produce and/or food manufacturing experience, including FSQA management experience within a federal FDA and/or CFIA-style processing plant, is required as appropriate with a valid degree.
  • A minimum of three to five years of FSQA management experience is required; additional research and development or production-operations experience in a produce processing environment is ideal, with combined experience preferred.
  • A valid driver's license is required.
  • SQF Practitioner or equivalent GFSI scheme experience and produce and/or food manufacturing HACCP certification are required as appropriate.
  • Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, and governmental regulations.
  • Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals, and effectively present information and respond to questions from managers, clients, customers, and the general public.
  • Ability to perform arithmetic using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals, compute rates, ratios, and percentages, and draw and interpret bar graphs.
  • Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
  • Ability to interpret a wide variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with abstract and concrete variables.
  • Ability to use a personal computer and laboratory equipment.
  • Ability to meet the physical demands of the job, including occasionally lifting and/or moving up to 100 pounds, and to meet the specified vision requirements, including corrected vision for sensory analysis.
  • Ability to work in the described environment, including production and warehouse settings with exposure to fumes, airborne particles, mechanical parts, wet or humid conditions, extreme cold, and moderate or loud noise.

Responsibilities

  • Develop and direct Food Safety and Quality Assurance (FSQA) support and evaluation programs and inspection and audit procedures to ensure products and processes comply with corporate and regulatory requirements across multiple shifts or facilities in a region.
  • Participate with FreshPoint personnel in developing, improving, and supporting new and existing product quality and FSQA processes, including supplier and customer interactions on FSQA matters.
  • Manage FSQA execution of source supplier approval, product sourcing functions, manufactured produce products, plant sanitation, regulatory interactions and inspections, third-party audits, and training and mentoring of FSQA staff and operational colleagues.
  • Develop, lead, direct, update, reassess, verify, and periodically validate FSQA programs, including the HACCP Program, Sanitation Standard Operating Procedures, Pest Control, Good Manufacturing Practices, Approved Supplier Program, Foreign Material Control, Plant Sanitation, Chemical Control, Product Quality Assurance, FSQA Customer Complaints, Food Defense and Security.
  • Direct employee training on FSQA programs, policies, and procedures.
  • Direct recall and traceability programs, including mock recalls.
  • Direct the independent FSQA audit program, including SQF audits.
  • Assist with product evaluations, plant visits, and supplier and customer communications as needed to support other staff members.
  • Assist as needed during emergencies with matters the plant President or General Manager determines are paramount to the business.
  • Conduct plant audits and inspections, including inspecting products on a moving production line and lifting cartons.

Desired Qualifications

  • A master's degree or higher is preferred.
  • Additional research and development or production-operations experience in a produce processing environment is ideal.

About the Company

Sysco

Supplies food and kitchen goods to restaurants

Sysco buys, stores and delivers food, kitchen supplies and equipment to restaurants, hospitals, schools, hotels and other businesses that cook away from home. Alongside national brands, it sells its own Sysco Brand line of foods and supplies, which fills a large share of the cases it ships. Its biggest product groups are fresh and frozen meats, canned and dry goods, and frozen produce and baked goods. Customers order through Sysco sales representatives or online, and Sysco delivers from distribution centers across North America and Europe, earning money on the difference between what it pays suppliers and what customers pay for delivered goods. Sysco was founded in 1969, began public operations in 1970 and is based in Houston, Texas.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
Houston, TX
Founded
1969

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