Title: FSQA Manager - Sauces and Condiments
Type: Direct Hire
Salary: $118k with bonus potential
Remote Status: 100% Onsite
Hours: Standard is 8am-5pm.
Why is the role open? Expansion of team
Availability to Interview: Interview Process: 3 or 4 rounds
Overview: This role is responsible for ensuring the food served is safe, high quality, and consistent across all restaurant locations. The position partners closely with suppliers to ensure compliance with food safety regulations, quality standards, and company requirements through audits, assessments, and continuous improvement initiatives.
The role also plays a proactive part in strengthening food safety and quality programs by establishing standards, implementing best practices, and identifying opportunities for process improvement. In collaboration with cross-functional teams such as Operations, Product Development, Category Management, and Risk Management, this position helps investigate and resolve food safety or product quality concerns while developing preventative solutions to minimize future risk.
Additionally, the role supports commercialization efforts by ensuring new or modified products meet all food safety and quality expectations before launch. Day-to-day responsibilities include reviewing supplier audits and compliance reports, conducting audits and product evaluations, supporting regulatory and documentation requirements, partnering with suppliers to improve food safety practices, responding to food safety incidents or claims, and assisting with new product introductions from a quality and safety perspective.
Overall, this is a highly collaborative, hands-on role focused on supplier management, food safety, and quality assurance to ensure products consistently meet company and regulatory standards before reaching customers.
Benefits: - Performance for Pay Program - Eligibility to Receive a Pay Increase Once a Year, Based on Performance
- Opportunities for Career Development and Growth
- Healthcare and Life Insurance Benefits
- Paid Time Off - 5 Weeks on Day 1
- Flex Weeks - Remote Work Arrangement
- Paid Corporate Holidays
- 401(k) Savings Plan with a Competitive Company Match
- Paid Parental Leave - Subject to Eligibility Requirements
- Short-Term Disability
- Long-Term Disability
- Scholarship Program - You and Your Dependents are Eligible
- Discounted Meals For You and a Guest
- Wireless Service Discounts
- Computer & Software Discounts
- Fitness / Gym Discounts
- Awards and Recognition For All You Do
- Retirement Celebration Program
Top Skillsets: 3-5 years of experience
Coaching suppliers to improve conditions
No sauce experience necessary
No direct reports
Commercialization experience is important to have
Dealing with protein vendors and this person goes to inspect our vendors and do audits
Commercialization experience is important- It starts with product development. This could be a new menu item, a limited-time offer, a packaging change, or even a supplier switch. Culinary and product teams create the concept, but it's not ready for market yet. Commercialization is everything that happens next to make that idea viable
