Associate Director, Meal Kit Food Safety
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At HelloFresh, we want to change the way people eat forever by offering our customers high-quality food and recipes for different meal occasions. Over the past 10 years, weve seen this mission spread around the world and beyond our wildest dreams. Now, we are a global food solutions group and the worlds leading meal kit company, active in 18 countries across 3 continents. So, how did we do it? Our weekly boxes full of exciting recipes and fresh ingredients have blossomed into a community of customers looking for delicious, healthy, and sustainable options. The HelloFresh Group now includes our core brand, HelloFresh, as well as: Green Chef, EveryPlate, Chefs Plate, Factor_, and Youfoodz.
Associate Director, Meal Kit Food Safety
Location: Newark NJ, Dallas TX, Phoenix AZ, Chicago IL
Travel: Up to 30%
Come see what’s cooking at HelloFresh!
At HelloFresh, we want to revolutionize the way we eat by making it more convenient and exciting to cook meals from scratch. We have offices all over the world and we deliver delicious meals to millions of people.
We are the industry leader in meal-kit subscription services and we’re growing all the time. We have distinct meal-kit services that cater to everyone with the most menu variety in the market, which allows us to reach an incredibly wide population of people.
The HelloFresh team is diverse, high-performing, and international, and our work environment is an inspiring space where you can thrive as a result.
Responsibilities
- Take on ownership of strategic food safety projects and drive improvements at a national level
- Responsible for managing SQF certification process and ensuring compliance to Meal Kit Food Safety Programs
- Monitor changes to Federal and State laws that are applicable to the company’s business
- Ensure compliance with all regulatory and company food safety requirements
- Lead and motivate a team of food safety managers and supervisors across all distribution centers
- Ensure all Meal Kit facilities maintain hygienic standards as outlined in our food safety program
- Serve as the point person for handling all regulatory communications with applicable local, state and federal agencies
- Develop and implement programs to continuously enhance food safety practices
- Responsible for managing internal auditing process at all Meal Kit facilities
- Monitor, document, and report all product finalizations to ensure compliance with HelloFresh mission statement
- Ensure all critical control points are maintained, documented and reviewed to enable the production of safe and high quality products
- Maintain a food safety first culture at all HelloFresh sites
- Hands-on management style with warehouse workers, operations managers, and QC personnel
- Understand and enforce requirements of SQF Quality Code and ensure that all staff is aware of their responsibilities / accountability as it relates to the SQF Quality Code
Requirements
- Bachelors Degree in Engineering, Food Science, Biology or other relevant subjects
- Minimum of 8 years of experience within the food industry
- Minimum of 5 years of experience in a leadership role within a fulfillment center
- Organizational oversight with large site or multi-site business
- Strong attention to detail and data driven mindset
- Extensive knowledge of principles and applications of FSQA programs including HACCP, Sanitation
- Up-to-date knowledge on FDA & USDA guidelines
You’ll get
- Competitive Salary & 401k company match that vests immediately upon participation
- Generous parental leave of 16 weeks & PTO policy, as well as paid holidays off
- $0 monthly premium and other flexible health plans
- Amazing discounts, including up to 75% off HelloFresh subscription
- Flexible shift scheduling & advancement opportunities
- Emergency child and adult care services
- Snacks & monthly catered lunches
- Collaborative, dynamic work environment within a fast-paced, mission-driven company
It is the policy of HelloFresh not to discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, marital status, genetic information, disability or because he or she is a protected veteran.
Illinois Pay Range $115,500—$165,000 USD About HelloFreshWe believe that sharing a meal brings people of all identities, backgrounds, and cultures together. We are committed to celebrating all dimensions of diversity in the workplace equally and ensuring that everyone feels a sense of inclusion and belonging. We also aim to extend this commitment to the partners we work with and the communities we serve. We are constantly listening, learning, and evolving to deliver on these principles. We are proud of our collaborative culture. Our diverse employee population enables us to connect with our customers and turn their feedback into meaningful action – from developing new recipes to constantly improving our process of getting dinner to our customers’ homes. Our culture attracts top talent with shared values and forms the foundation for a great place to work!
At HelloFresh, we embrace diversity and inclusion. We are an equal-opportunity employer and do not discriminate on the basis of an individuals race, national origin, color, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, religion, age, disability, marital status, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law, whether actual or perceived. As part of the Company’s commitment to equal employment opportunity, we provide reasonable accommodations, up to the point of undue hardship, to candidates at any stage, including to individuals with disabilities.
We want to adapt our processes and create a safe space that welcomes everyone so please let us know how we can accommodate our process. In case you have any accessibility requirements you can share that with us in the application form.
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HelloFresh is committed to the principles of equal employment opportunity and providing reasonable accommodations to candidates with disabilities. If you need an accommodation during the application process, please reach out to us at:
- Europe: EUaccommodations@hellofresh.com .
- APAC: APACaccommodations@hellofresh.com
- United States: USCandidateAccommodations@ hellofresh.com
- Canada: CAaccommodations@hellofresh.com
