What are the responsibilities and job description for the Food Safety, Sanitation position at Tasty Brands?
Tasty Brands is a well-established, fast-growing national company focused on providing great tasting, nutritious food for K12 school foodservice customers and private brands of selected retailers.
With a focus on collaboration, best practices, and continuous improvement, we are looking for people who want to be part of a long career and a great success story. We are seeking a QA Manager for our corporate office.
The primary objective is to support Tasty's QA/QC structure with product development and optimize ease of execution.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead the supplier approval program at Tasty Brands co-manufacturing and co-packaging facilities for compliance to QA/QC policies and standards.
- Work alongside multiple departments on all aspects of product roll-out and compliance checks, including sourcing, production runs, facility safety, training, and materials.
- Plan, execute, and evaluate projects while maintaining food safety and regulatory requirements specific to menu development.
- Define safety compliance markers for new and/or existing products through laboratory resources (shelf life, micro analysis markers, storage guidelines, etc.).
- Resolve technical safety issues and complaint/comment feedback that arise during development, production, handling, or product performance.
- Partner with QA/QC to define programs and strategies to reduce risks with products.
- Provide timely, accurate, and relevant data and analysis to plant and corporate management.
- Ensure all products produced meet or exceed customer, regulatory, and company requirements as they relate to food safety.
This position requires some cross-functional skills with QA manager and will assist QA supervisors in decision-making when needed in the absence of the QA manager.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree or higher.
- ~5-7 years in a HACCP, QA, or food safety supervisory role within poultry and/or food processing experience.
- ~ Experience working within further processing facilities highly preferred.
- Must have previously worked as a Food Safety Manager and have an HACCP certification.
- Proficiency in using Microsoft Office and industry-specific software.
