FSQA Manager

About The Chefs' Warehouse

The Chefs' Warehouse, Inc. (http://www.chefswarehouse.com) combines exceptional quality and brand building with broadline food service distribution for more than 40 years. With Protein, Specialty, Produce, and Broadline offerings, we service the most discerning chefs in a hybrid approach of convenience and superior quality. We introduce more than 4,000 artisan producers of the world’s finest ingredients from over 40 countries to the finest chefs in the world. We passionately consult, sell, and build relationships with more than 50,000 customers through the most experienced network of over 600 consultive sales associates, best-in-breed technology, rapid service, and support levels that solidify our long-standing ties to both established and up-and-coming premium restaurants.

Mission: The mission of The Chefs’ Warehouse is to provide the world’s greatest ingredients to the world’s best chefs.

Our C.H.E.F.S. Values:

Curious & Creative

Hungry For Food & Results

Entrepreneurial

Forward Thinking & Flexible

Supportive (Of Peers & Chefs)

Shift: The first six months up to one year will start between 3:00am & 4:00am.

Thereafter, the typical schedule will be from 6 a.m. until finished.

Position Summary: The Quality Assurance Manager will play a significant role in a fast-growing North American Gourmet Food Distribution company by developing & maintaining the Food Safety and Quality Chain Management System (QCMS) and supporting the field locations in compliance to the applicable Policies and Procedures. Key responsibilities involve working directly with all operations leads throughout the network, conducting on site audits against the QMS, and keeping all facilities ready for Third Party and Customer Audits.

What you’ll do:

• Establish, maintain, and develop the Corporate Food Safety and Quality Policies as well as applicable Standard Operating Procedures.
• Ongoing review and audit at field locations to ensure compliance to the QCMS.
• Develop professional relationship with warehouse operations leads, to ensure product safety strategies are implemented.
• Support implementation of GFSI certification where applicable.
• Ensure that quality tests and procedures are properly understood and followed.
• Ensure contractual deliverables are met with each client to its satisfaction.
• Maintain FDA registrations for all locations.
• Provide technical support for quality training at the distribution sites as well as development of technical training in the areas of HACCP, Allergen Control, Sanitation, etc., as required.
• Work directly with IT to ensure systems meet the needs of HACCP requirements, regulatory requirements, etc. as needed.
• Other duties and responsibilities as assigned.
  
  

About you:

• Experience with GFSI recognized standards is preferred.
• Direct experience with Third Party GMP Audit standards such as AIB, NSF, etc.
• Bachelors or equivalent education and/or equivalent experience.
• Minimum of 3 years of progressive experience in Food Distribution/Manufacturing, Food Safety, and Quality Assurance.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office suite of programs.
  
  

The above job description is not an all-inclusive list of duties and standards of the position. Incumbents will follow any other instructions, and perform any other related duties as assigned by their supervisor.

Perks & Benefits:

• Paid Vacations, Paid Holidays
• Health, Dental and Medical Benefits
• Weekly pay
• Life Insurance
• 5% above cost for our high-quality food products
• Employee discounts for travel and events
• 401k
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan
  
  

The Chefs' Warehouse is an Equal Opportunity Employer that does not discriminate based on actual or perceived race, creed, color, religion, alienage or national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, age, disability or handicap, sex, marital status, veteran status, sexual orientation, pregnancy, gender identity or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state and local law. Our management team is dedicated to this policy with respect to recruitment, hiring, placement, promotion, transfer, training, compensation, benefits, employee activities and general treatment during employment. We are dedicated to building an inclusive and diverse workforce.