Director of FSQA

Who is Cafe Bakery

Since 1987, the team at Cafe Valley has produced muffins, bundt cakes, ring cakes, turnovers, and croissants for our customers throughout the United States and across the world. Our products are made with high-quality ingredients and crafted with care. We strive to maintain a positive work environment and foster a culture of teamwork and innovation.

Who You Are

The Director of FSQA supports Café Valley by providing the necessary leadership, planning, direction, organization, and control to ensure food safety and food quality.

What You Will Get

• Competitive salary
• Paid time off401(k) plan with generous match
• Benefits package that includes medical, dental, vision, life, and other supplemental coverages

What You Will Do

• Responsible for the management of the electronic Quality Assurance inspection system
• Interacts with production to assist in root cause analysis and corrective actions with food manufacturing processes
• Performs routine Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP)/Food Safety audits in production and warehouses areas and initiates corrective actions
• Assists in the development, implementation, and maintenance of all Food Safety Plans
• Be available to work overtime per departmental needs, off shifts and weekends
• Ability to climb up and down ladders and traverse walkways.
• Ability to work in confined spaces
• Manages a group of technicians that cover all production shifts. Responsible for hiring, evaluating, and developing FSQA Technicians
• Responsible for developing, maintaining, and revising food safety and quality assurance programs
• Ensures that the organizations programs and procedures meet or exceeds the GFSI scheme
• Develops and maintains calibration, validation, and verification programs
• Reviews testing results and releases quarantined raw materials and outgoing finished products
• Reviews, revises, and develops SOPs for laboratory methods and manufacturing quality testing procedures
• Coordinates and assists with monthly, annual, and new employee training to include Plant Safety, Food Safety, Food Quality and GMPs
• Coordinates corrective actions from third party audits and inspections and document actions taken
• Coordinates corrective actions and root cause analysis of customer complaint logs
• Directs microbiological laboratory testing and reporting
• Assumes responsibility for being the main contact for annual audits from third-party companies and customers
• Manages customer complaints and composes appropriate responses
• Participates as an active member of Food Safety Committee
• Other duties as assigned by management

What You Need to Be Successful

• Ability to work with or around food allergens of all types
• Bachelor of Science degree in Food Science, Microbiology, or related field
• At least 10 or more years working in the food industry, bakery experience is a plus
• PCQI qualified
• HACCP Certified
• Experience in a GFSI facility
• Successful completed GFSI level audits
• Managed teams of people working across multiple shifts.
• Experience with FSMA/ FDA audits
• Managed Environmental Monitoring Program
• Experience in large scale food manufacturing
• Experienced with Preserved Standard of Identities such as Kosher, GMO etc., preferred
• Experience with Statistical Process Control analysis in food manufacturing environment, preferred
• Red Zone or other Electronic Data Platform, preferred
• Extensive Food and pathogen microbiology experience, preferred
• Supply Chain Preventative Controls, preferred
• Finished Product and ingredient level Trace and Recall knowledge, preferred
• Bi-lingual English and Spanish, preferred

Cafe Valley is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to diversity in the workplace. We encourage applications from qualified individuals regardless of race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.