Senior Manager, Commissary Regulations & Supplier Onboarding

Purpose: The Senior Manager, Food Safety & Quality Assurance (FS & QA), Commissary Regulations & Supplier Onboarding is responsible for managing commissary food safety plans and FDA registrations and for ensuring the safety of food and beverage suppliers contracted by Avolta North America.

Essential Functions:

• Creates and maintains a database of commissary operations to include commissary contacts, site specific scope of production, Food Safety Plans, and FDA Registration numbers
• Ensures each supplier is vetted and annually recertified for appropriate food safety audits, practices, and registrations as required by Avolta and regulatory authorities
• Create job aids and SOPs to ensure compliance with regulations; provides FSMA training and annual refresher training to management and commissary staff
• Champions a positive food safety culture, helping Operations achieve active managerial control by demonstrating knowledge, with a focus on brand protection through education and collaboration
• Reviews supplier audits to ensure compliance for sanitation, GMP's, food security and defense and coaches’ suppliers regarding next steps to make improvements
• Supports with follow up on product recalls or withdrawals
• Develops and maintains effective collaborative working relationship with Supply Chain and Operations management teams to assure food safety compliance and reduce potential company liability and risk

• Actively participates in industry events and technical associations such as the National Restaurant Association (NRA) FS-QA group and the National Environmental Health Association (NEHA), Conference for Food Protection (CFP)

Reporting Relationship: This position reports to the Director of Food Safety & Quality Assurance, Regulatory & Supplier Onboarding

Minimum Qualifications, Knowledge, Skills, and Work Environment:

• Education and Experience: The combination of education and professional experience must exceed 6 years:
  • In a leadership role: Requires 2 years of experience leading a senior level team of Operations professionals engaged in executing Food Safety & Quality Assurance programs
  • In a technical role: Requires 6 years of experience engaged in delivering Food Safety & Quality Assurance programs
    • A bachelor’s degree in a program related to the functional area can count for 2 of the six-year requirement
    • An MBA or a master’s level degree in a program related to the functional area can count for an additional 2 years of the six-year requirement
  • In the industry: 3-5 years of Hospitality/ F&B experience
  • ServSafe Food Safety Certification, CP-FS (Certified Professional-Food Safety)
• Specialized Training:
  • Training that leads to technical expertise in FDA Model Food Code, FSMA, Code of Federal Regulations, General Microbiology, Public Health
  • Training that leads to an in-depth knowledge of legal and regulatory ramifications of the food safety area
• Specialized Skillset/Competencies/Traits
  • Highly advanced business acumen and has the strategic mindset required to understand the long-term implications of Food Safety & Quality Assurance management decisions and to advance the organizations goals
  • Demonstrated history of anticipating and balancing the needs of the business with the needs of complex stakeholders, the employee population and individual circumstances
  • Demonstrated history of creating and maintaining positive work environments through coaching, developing, and leading teams to achieve common goals
  • Demonstrated experience exhibiting a continuous improvement mindset with the ability to optimize work processes and achieve positive results
• Location/Travel:
  • This position is based at the F&B Center of Excellence in Bethesda, MD
  • Requires up to 25% travel to airport locations

Disclaimer:

All job requirements are subject to change to reflect the evolving position requirements or to reasonably accommodate individuals with disabilities. Some requirements may exclude individuals who pose a threat or risk to the health and safety of themselves or other employees. This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to which will be required in this position. Employees will be required to follow other job-related duties as requested by their supervisor/manager (within guidelines and compliance with Federal and State Laws). Continued employment remains on an "at-will" basis.

Dufry, Hudson, and HMSHost are equal opportunity employers and do not discriminate in employment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity), national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, genetic information, age, membership in an employee organization, retaliation, parental status, military service, or other non-merit factors.