Manager Food Safety Supplier

About the role

The Manager, Food Safety – Suppliers and External Manufacturing is responsible for the development, implementation, and continuous improvement of global food safety systems across the company’s external manufacturing network, including ingredient suppliers, co-manufacturers (co-mans), and Distribution.

Responsibilities

• Supplier Quality Strategy & Governance: Define global food safety standards for external manufacturing, including suppliers and co-manufacturers. Ensure GFSI compliance, regulatory requirements, and internal policies.
• Create framework to ensure the global integrity of ingredients and packaging are within FSQ defined specifications.
• Performance Monitoring & Metrics: Track key suppliers’ KPIs to drive improvement in quality, cost, and delivery. Drive reduction in supplier related Foreign Material incidents globally.
• Manage CAPA processes and cross-functional alignment.
• Risk Management: Develop risk mitigation plans for the supply chain to ensure resilience. Execute global, complex mock traceability exercises across suppliers to validate traceability, lot tracking, and documentation integrity.
• Align with Regulatory, R&D and procurement on supplier requirements, documentation, TraceGains workflows, and CAPA processes.
• Serve as SME for external manufacturing food safety risks. Analyze trends and drive systemic improvements.
• Standardize supplier approval and monitoring processes.
• Conduct on-site evaluations, on-boarding, training and coaching of internal teams and suppliers to promote a strong food safety culture.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Food Science, Microbiology, Chemistry, or related field.
• 8+ years of experience in food quality assurance or product development.
• Frozen foods manufacturing experience is critical (Potato experience preferred).
• Deep knowledge of food safety systems (HACCP, GMP, FSMA, GFSI), continuous improvement, and problem-solving.
• Experience in supporting or leading product commercialization.
• Strong project management, analytical, and communication skills.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a cross-functional team on multiple projects.
• Ability to identify aromas and basic tastes.
• Familiarity with sensory science, packaging, and shelf-life testing.

Qualifications

Estimated up to 30-40% travel.

Skills

• Project management
• Communication
• Problem-solving
• Food safety systems (HACCP, GMP, FSMA, GFSI)
• Supplier quality strategy
• Supplier performance monitoring
• Risk management
• Traceability
• Supplier evaluation
• Training and coaching

Benefits

• Health coverage (medical, dental, vision, prescription drug)
• Retirement savings benefits
• Leave support including medical, family and bereavement
• Vacation and holidays
• Company-supported volunteering time
• Mental health resources

Pay

$97,500.00 - $130,000.00 USD annually + Bonus eligibility

Schedule

Regular - Full-Time