**ARE YOU A CURRENT US FOODS EMPLOYEE? PLEASE APPLY DIRECTLY THROUGH OUR INTERNAL WORKDAY CAREER SITE.** Join Our Community of Food People! This Manager, Food Safety Quality is responsible for managing the food safety and quality risks of the designated product categories. The FSQ Manager will partner with cross-functional teams to define product specifications and evaluate manufacturers and exclusive branded product within the category. The FSQ Manager will proactively work with exclusive brand suppliers to build process controls to reduce/eliminate food safety and quality risk failures to deliver with excellence to our customers. **This position has been segmented as Hybrid meaning there is a combination of three onsite days and the rest remote.** **Responsibility:** + Ensures compliance of all assigned suppliers to US Foods requirements regarding food safety, quality, and regulatory compliance, approving/suspending/restricting/disqualifying suppliers, facilities and/or products as required. Responsible for monitoring approximately 100+ vendor facilities across product categories. + Collaborates with existing vendors to maintain product specifications for branded products and to ensure consistent adherence to food safety, quality and regulatory requirements. This requires teaming up with the category management team to hold suppliers accountable to US Foods requirements. + Conducts vendor facility risk assessments both through reviewing documentation and by conducting on-site inspections for site approvals. + Technical expert for assigned product categories in the following areas: regulatory performance standards, critical to quality attributes, applicable state laws, processing techniques, environmental monitoring, and general microbiology. + An active member of the merchandising cross-functional category team enabling commercial success through maintenance of food safety standards and food regulatory compliance requirements while balancing innovation and commercialization needs. + Provides and educates cross-functional partners with food safety, quality and regulatory subject matter expertise including policies and regulations (such as FSIS, Low Acid Canned Food Processing, Pasteurized Milk Ordinance, etc.) + Must be technical expert for specific regulatory programs related to assigned product categories. + Partners with Product Development to design new products and define product specifications and plays a key role in the product review process. Provides ongoing diligence by ensuring product conformity to defined specifications and managing the internal and supplier approval process. + Participates in plant trials and/or first productions, as appropriate, for new products. Accountable for ensuring that the product meets US Foods standards for food safety and quality. + Actively manages supplier, customer, and internal relationships and learnings to move US Foods to a proactive/predictive state in managing product quality and driving continuous improvement. + Analyze complaint and product evaluation data to identify trends and opportunities with products and vendors to drive continuous improvement. Compile and issue quarterly FSQ scorecard to assigned vendors. + Other duties as assigned by manager. **Qualifications:** **Education/Training:** + B.Sc. in applicable field of science for the role, (e.g. food science, dairy science, meat science, animal science, plant science, engineering, microbiology, etc.) or commensurate degree + PCQI/HACCP certified + Auditor certification strongly preferred **Related Experience:** + Minimum 5 years Food Safety Quality management experience with responsibility for developing, implementing and managing food safety programs and policy. + Demonstrated knowledge with FDA (FSMA) & USDA regulatory requirements and food safety systems. + 2 years experience in a food manufacturing environment **Knowledge/Skills/Abilities:** + Strong leader and mentor + Excellent organizational skills and ability to prioritize; required + Deep understanding of environmental monitoring programs + Deep knowledge/understanding and application of FSMA/Preventive Controls, Food Safety Plan design, measurement, documentation and training; required. + Strong interpersonal skills required, including the ability to relate and positively influence at all organizational levels **Travel:** + Up to 20--30% travel – Some travel may be out of the country. *****EOE** **Race/Color/Religion/Sex/Sexual** **Orientation/Gender Identity/National Origin/Protected Veteran/Disability Status***** Puede ver este sitio de empleo y aplicación en español utilizando la configuración de su navegador o teléfono móvil. 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