Build a Bigger, Better, Bolder Future Imagine working for a company that measures its success based off the growth of its colleagues, a company that invests in its future by investing in you. Little Caesars is a company where our colleagues make an impact. Your Mission: Lead and manage the quality assurance programs, policies and initiatives for company products. Responsible for developing inspection, testing and quality control procedures, design of quality training programs, investigation of customer complaint issues and facilitation of quality audits. Lead the quality assurance staff, including training food technologists in the lab procedures and auditing techniques. How You’ll Make an Impact: Create and implement updated policies, procedures and programs that ensure product safety and quality, including updating product specifications and issue changes. Identifies and resolves supplier food safety and quality issues. Provides technical support and acts in a liaison role with the quality control function to develop and ensure controls are developed, executed and maintained. Manages critical food lines and implements new laboratory procedures and instrumentation and assist the International department with manufacturing and problem resolution. Communicates with staff, other departments and suppliers with product specifications and program changes as appropriate. Responsible for direct involvement in corporate product recalls and retrievals if required and maintains appropriate documentation. Administers mock recalls to distribution centers. Coordinates samples from distribution centers, sanitation audits and lab testing. Lead quality assurance staff, including coaching, development and required training. Assists leadership in policy creation for vendors, vendor evaluation and audits Maintains approved manufacturer list for regional vendors. Performs other duties as requested by Supervisor. May be responsible for management of others, including hiring and performance management. Who You Are: Bachelor’s degree in food science, Biology, Chemistry or related discipline. Minimum of five (5) years quality assurance experience in the food industry and a total of seven (7) years total quality assurance experience. Signfiicant understanding and knowledge of various cheese products, suppliers, and manufacturers. Knowledge of the food industry manufacturing practices and familiar governmental regulations. (Exclusively for Domestic: including OSHA lab standards and Good Manufacturing Practices as defined by the FDA.) Ability to communicate effectively with franchisees, vendors and other departments, often communicating complex technical data to a variety of audiences. Evidence of the ability to establish, document, update and track quality metrics, preferable through standardized and accepted process control procedures. Experience in a previous position requiring accuracy, attention to detail and documentation of issues, resolutions and policy changes. Excellent problem-solving and decision-making skills. Good interpersonal skills and ability to resolve conflicting points of view. Demonstrated ability to manage multiple, complex projects and initiatives simultaneously with a results-oriented approach. Computer proficiency (Microsoft Office, database, Internet and documentation software required. Sensory abilities for product evaluation. Ability to travel up to 50% of the time and to adhere to the company corporate travel policy. HACCP certification and foodservice sanitation certification. Experience with lab analysis and testing on products used in the pizza business. Where You’ll Work: Office environment. This position requires 50% domestic and international travel. All items listed above are illustrative and not comprehensive. They are not contractual in nature and are subject to change at the discretion of Little Caesars Enterprises Inc. Little Caesar Enterprises, Inc. is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regards to that individual’s race, color, religion or creed, national origin or ancestry, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity, age, physical or mental disability, veteran status, genetic information, ethnicity, citizenship, or any other characteristic protected by law. The Company will strive to provide reasonable accommodations to permit qualified applicants who have a need for an accommodation to participate in the hiring process (e.g., accommodations for a job interview) if so requested. This company participates in E-Verify. Click on any of the links below to view or print the full poster. E-Verify and Right to Work. PRIVACY POLICY At Little Caesars® Pizza and Blue Line Foodservice Distribution ®, you’re part of a dynamic team in the pizza business. Known for innovation and home of the exclusive Pizza Portal® pickup, Little Caesars is an international brand with a household name – a global company with family-owned restaurants in your neighborhood. Blue Line® sources and delivers ingredients to neighborhoods throughout the U.S. so we can make our famous Hot-N-Ready® pizzas, Crazy Bread®, Caesar Wings®, and more, fulfilling our customer promise. Little Caesars Fundraising proudly helps raise millions of dollars for thousands of schools, churches, sports teams, and other nonprofit organizations. Backed by the global pizza brand, customers of Little Caesars Fundraising enjoy products they can make at home or pick up in stores. Our colleagues are the heart and soul of the business – whether you work in the stores, one of our warehouses, the corporate office, or your home office, Little Caesars, Blue Line and Little Caesars Fundraising colleagues work together to make a big impact in communities around the world. Let’s connect! Share your contact info and upload your resume so we can match you with the perfect role at Little Caesars or Blue Line. Full time colleagues qualify for a variety of benefits, including medical, dental, and vision insurance, 401(k) with company match, paid holidays and paid time off, legal and counseling services, flexible spending accounts, disability and adoption benefits, and more. Colleagues also enjoy the perks of being associated with professional sports teams and have access to events at Little Caesars Arena and Comerica Park in our hometown of Detroit, Michigan.