Director of Quality, Food Safety & Regulatory (QFSR)
Farmer’s Fridge
04.2022 - Current
- Responsible for scaling best in class food safety and quality programs through a period of rapid growth.
- Reports to the COO.
- Subject matter expert on behalf of the organization for quality, food safety, and regulatory compliance issues.
- Build, develop, and scale a team that is data driven and results oriented with an appreciation of internal and external customers needs.
- Set challenging metrics and performance expectations for regulatory compliance, microbiological performance, and HACCP programs and hold team accountable.
- Provide tools, training and opportunities for everyone in the company to understand and champion quality and food safety culture.
- Lead, implement, and validate the effectiveness of food safety, quality, and sanitation policies, standards, and SOPs in compliance with FSMA and USDA regulations, as well as SQF code.
- Final escalation point for food safety decisions, including recall management, with support of CEO.
- Ensure effective and efficient follow up, corrective actions and consumer responses for product complaints.
- Manage budgets for scale and hold teams accountable in partnership with operations leaders.
- Approve all product labeling and marketing materials to ensure compliance with regulatory requirements.
- Ensure readiness for, and manage all 3rd party, customer, or regulatory audits and coordinate all necessary communications with FDA, USDA, State, local regulators and other agencies as necessary.