Director of Food Safety, QA and Compliance - Produce Careers

Strong produce company seeking experience food safety, quality and compliance candidate to hire for their Director role.

Responsibilities

• Oversee and coordinate all technical services activities, ensuring compliance with food safety regulations, managing product support, and maintaining quality assurance standards
• Coordinate activities as cross functional team member; Procurement, Sales & Marketing to ensure alignment with quality objectives and specifications
• Communicate all information to management levels during the development of improvement programs
• Align technical activities with the company’s long-term goals and market trends
• Lead cross-functional teams to drive technical initiatives and improvements
• Foster a collaborative and high-performance team environment
• Conduct regular performance reviews and support professional development
• Develop and implement training programs for employees to ensure they are up-to date with the latest industry standards and technologies
• Serve as a key leader during crisis management, which depends on severity of situation, this position directs cross-functional response team to evaluate and determine corrective action, as required to ensure food safety and quality of products
• Oversee the QA department and ensure daily QA support at sheds and review rejections with shed teams
• Identify and implement process improvements to enhance technical services efficiency and effectiveness
• Stay updated on industry best practices and integrate them into KRP processes
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives across the technical services functions

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in agriculture business, or a related field
• Minimum of 5 – 7 years of experience in QA, Food Safety and compliance related jobs within produce industry .

• Must have demonstrated capacity to work well with others, strong organizational and communication skills, and service-focused attitude
• Current knowledge of regulatory requirements (FDA, USDA, CDFA, FSMA, etc.)
• Strong leadership and team management skills
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving abilities
• Proficient in Microsoft applications (Excel, Outlook, Word, PowerPoint)

Please contact Katie, katie@producecareers.com