Director - Quality & Food Safety

Quality Food Safety And Environmental Director

For over 75 years, Bob Evans Farms has delivered delicious, quick-to-table, farm-inspired food that makes mealtime a little bit easier and a lot more delicious. We're proud to be the No. 1-selling refrigerated dinner sides, including many varieties of wholesome, feel-good favorites such as mashed potatoes and macaroni & cheese, sold in grocery stores across the country. We're also a leading producer and distributor of sausage and egg products including liquid eggs. In addition to our flagship Bob Evans brand, our product portfolio includes Simply Potatoes, Egg Beaters and Owens Sausage. Bob Evans Farms is based in Columbus, Ohio, and is owned by Post Holdings, Inc., a consumer-packaged goods holding company.

This role is accountable for implementation and continuous improvement of validated programs for management of quality, food safety and food processing compliance within the Manufacturing plants and Distribution network. As a QFSE Director you will partner with Operations leaders to ensure manufacturing quality standards are set to the highest bar. You will lead a remote team and drive organizational development through technical education and leadership competencies. You will set expectations for food safety standards and will set manufacturing food safety excellence expectations for the organization. You have experience working with a field based manufacturing population and have demonstrated your ability to be a strong remote change agent.

Responsibilities include :

• Build and lead plant QFSE teams, gives performance management feedback and direction to ensure site QFSE goals and activities are aligned with the overall business
• Partner with operations and supply chain leadership to provide support and solutions for situations involving Quality, Food safety and regulatory Compliance
• Develop Strategic roadmap of projects and activities in line with QFSE function and purpose and business priorities
• Drive continuous improvement in Quality management system, including but not limited to the systems, processes and capabilities involved in management of quality, Food Safety and Regulatory compliance at BEF factories, warehouses and Distribution centers.
• Build and expand technical and functional capability of the QFSE manufacturing organization to support decision making in the management of Quality, Food safety and regulatory Compliance
• Define, communicate, and maintain standards (policies, and procedures) to be implemented in all locations that manufacture or handle BEF products. Define the metrics for performance and methods for verifying compliance to those standards.
• Accountable for the food safety, quality assurance plans, and food processing compliance programs in all BEF-owned locations that manufacture or handle BEF products.

Qualifications include :

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