Senior Food Safety Manager

Position Summary:

Blue Rock Search has partnered with Subway, to identify their next Food Safety & Quality Manager. This person will support Subway's Global Transformation team and will be based in Miami, FL. As part of the FSQA Americas team, this role provides leadership and guidance to the Subway teams, suppliers, IPC and others on product and supply chain food safety to ensure the strictest standards are upheld in the NA markets. The Sr. Food Safety Manager works in partnership with the FSQA Category Managers on supplier / facility approval and onboarding, product development, risk analysis, food safety inspections, and supplier and ingredient approval.

If you feel that this is the role for you, and you are successful with your application, be ready to be Bold, Empowered, Accountable, and ready to have Fun in a fast paced and agile working environment.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

Partner with the FSQA North America Category Managers, Nutritionist, Culinary, Operations, Non-Trad, suppliers, IPC and distribution teams to approve and manage suppliers and products for the region.

Address supply chain constraints, manage quality/food safety incident response and assess risks, applying the FSQA guidelines while remaining flexible to individual team and business needs.

Ensure compliance with regulatory and brand food safety standards for domestic products across all categories: expectation manual, GFSI requirements, audit program, micro standards, etc.

Participate on food safety supplier approval processes with IPC and the FSQA Category Managers verifying compliance of supplier plants with Subway requirements, completing food safety verification of product specifications and support the FSQA Category Managers with technical food safety visits during commercialization.

Skills & Abilities Required:

Bachelor's Degree in Food Science, Food Engineering, Microbiology, or other related field preferred

7+ years' experience/strong knowledge of food safety, preferably with large food service or supply chain companies required.

Strong knowledge of microbiology, Food Code, manufacturing and other food regulations required.

Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite.

Experience with manufacturing process and formulation within the core product categories required (ie. bread, protein, cheese, sauces), preferably with QSR companies.

Previous leadership/management experience.

Organizational agility and ability of developing working relationships with the different internal/external agents.

Excellent communication/presentation skills to make information accessible to different audiences and to influence decisions within the organization using consistent data/analysis.

If this opportunity looks interesting to you or if not for you and you know someone whom may benefit from the information, please let us know. Blue Rock is a specialty firm providing Franchising talent in the Franchise Sales, Development (Includes Real Estate and Construction) and Operations Leadership. This includes Mid-Manager level up to and including C-level talent.

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