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 partnering with senior level operations team members 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 required
• CP-FS (Certified Professional Food Safety) preferred

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

• 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