Home Chef is a rapidly growing meal kit delivery service, fueled by our customer-first mentality and incredible team. Our plant-based crew is the lifeblood of our organization, operating in a supportive environment that allows the workplace to feel like a home away from home. Our work product is a testament to what collaboration, heart, and hustle can accomplish when combined. If you’re ready to be part of the action, we’re ready to connect with you. There are no limits to where we can go together.

Home Chef is seeking a progressive Food Safety and Quality Assurance Director that will lead the entire Food Safety organization across the business. This candidate will drive a cohesive strategy to match the changing regulations in the industry and ensure Home Chef maintains industry leading food safety systems, programs and compliance with all applicable regulations.

• Provides leadership in the development of a food safety strategy that aligns resources and drives collaboration.
• Responsible for providing food safety related guidance across the organization.
• Serves as a subject matter expert for all food safety related trends, key regulations and legislation.
• Develops food safety and manages internal and external relationships to achieve key functional objectives.
• Develops personnel to drive higher performance level.
• Serves as top food safety expert providing critical analysis and insight on organizational initiatives.
• Trends the effectiveness for compliance and driving continual improvements.
• Serves as key representative on customer, industry and government food safety committees.
• Maintains a high level of expertise on all food safety related subjects, both domestic and international.
• Interacts with key customers to ensure food safety regulations are in place to fully meet their needs.
• Provide direction and guidance on quality and food safety issues for locations.
• Provide leadership and direction to regions as it relates to future Home Chef standards and external supplier standards and expectations.
• Influencing internal and external partners around adherence to policies and procedures.
• Understand the need to continuous improvement in a world of changing regulations.
• Demonstrate depth and breadth of food industry knowledge to influence organizational strategy and execution.
• Combine business/technical expertise with knowledge of industry, competitors, communities and economies to make a significant impact on the achievement of strategic objectives.
• Serve as the “face” of Food Safety for entire Home Chef business

Skills & Experience

• Excellent leadership, customer and internal communication, negotiation and team building skills.
• Minimum Bachelor’s degree in food science, food technology, microbiology or related field. Master’s degree a plus.
• Minimum of 10 years’ comprehensive food safety and quality experience with an extensive background in manufacturing food industry, HACCP, USDA or FDA preferred.
• Previous experience with GFSI, SQF and USDA audits.
• Exceptional written and verbal communications.

Perks and benefits:- Candidates can experience Home Chef as a customer - enter promo code PEOPLE30 for $30 off your first order!- Medical, dental, vision, life and disability insurance available- Paid holidays, sick time and vacation time- 401k program - Flexible spending accounts for qualified medical, dependent care, parking, or transit expenses Home Chef is an equal employment opportunity employer