Food Safety Manager

Charlie's Produce - Who We Are

Charlie's Produce is a privately owned wholesale produce company. We are the largest privately owned produce wholesaler on the West Coast, and we are growing. The secret to our success in this industry is PEOPLE! We strive to hire the best and we reward them with a working environment that fosters loyalty, stability, innovation, and growth. Charlie's was founded in quality, and we are proud that it is still our focus.

With a team of dedicated people who are passionate about food, supply chain, and their community we are looking for like minded individuals to help further our goal to enhance our communities through quality produce.

What we offer:

An amazing company culture!
• Medical/Dental/Vision on the first of the month following hire.
• ESOP (Profit Sharing) and 401(k).
• Paid vacations, paid holidays.
• Pre-tax commuter benefits, and onsite parking.
• Paid sick time after 90 days.
• 100% Prepaid College Tuition for employees and their dependents.
• Employee assistance program (EAP).

Additional Compensation Details:

• Salary Information Dependent on Experience and Location of Role
• Yearly review with possibility of increase based on performance and tenure

Job Summary: Our Food Safety Manager works in concert with our Operations, Warehouse, Quality and Safety departments, responsible for driving all business compliance and food safety programs. The incumbent is a dynamic contributor who can implement change and continue building upon our current systems. This position requires a significant knowledge of various food safety, quality programs and regulatory compliance.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

Position requires performing any combination of the following job duties:

• Ensures highly disciplined compliance with all regulatory and company defined food safety and sanitation standards, systems, procedures, and practices to ensure that we receive, store, and distribute safe quality products.
• Responsible for correct product ingredient information and for communicating product information to vendors and customers.
• Conducts investigations for out of compliance issues and customer complaints, makes recommendations to resolve these instances, and completes corrective actions (when applicable), including a trend analysis report.
• Records distressed products and assists with the return process if needed.
• Asset management and purchasing for safety and departmental needs, including but not limited to PPE for all departments that engage with food.
• Develops, implements, and sustains new methods and procedures to drive improvements in food safety and quality. Including but not limited to any food safety and food quality SOP review, creation, and roll out.
• Current FISMA, and HACCP knowledge and capability to review active plans, revise when necessary, control, and document processes and procedures consistent with FDA's guidelines.
• Be able to provide quality instruction and support for implementing and managing the Safe Quality Food (SQF) System, PrimusGFS, and Organic Certification requirements.
• Interacts with Regulatory Agencies and 3^rd Party Auditors.
• Monitoring, documenting, and reporting to measure compliance with company standards.
• Conduct internal audits and self-inspections of all facilities.
• Works with operations and other team members to ensure warehouse activities pass our food safety and sanitation requirements.
• Conducts training for various departments such as management, warehouse, repack, sanitation, transportation, etc.
• Manages critical food safety programs such as the Sanitation program, Chemical Control Program, Maintenance Program, etc.
• Strives for continuous improvement of the food safety and quality system at Charlie's Produce
• Maintains a clear and open partnership with frequent correspondence with the processing group, human resources, management group, and kitchen group.
• Create PowerPoint presentations as necessary.
• People management responsibilities as necessary.
• Additional duties as necessary.

Peripheral Duties:

• Special projects as assigned by the EVP and Processing Manager
• Assist QC to prepare for inspections

Communicate and cooperate with the USDA inspector as needed

Desired Minimum Qualifications:

• 2 years of experience in food safety administration, management, or coordination.
• Bachelor's degree preferred
• Experience with food safety (GAP, GMP, HAACP, FISMA, and SOPs) and produce practices.
• Advanced MS Office Suite (Word, Excel, and PowerPoint) skills.
• Excellent communication abilities, both written and verbal, with internal and external contacts.
• Ability to work well under deadlines and pressure and to stay organized and focused during heavy volume times.
• Must be able to assist a diverse work force and communicate clearly with all levels of English speakers.
• Ability to observe and follow proper safety procedures, and a willingness to correct potentially unsafe conditions.
• Worker safety (state labor laws and OSHA) preferred.

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Supplemental Information

This employer participates in E-Verify and will provide the Social Security Administration and if necessary, the Department of Homeland Security with information from each new employee's Form I-9 to confirm work authorization.

Please note that the pay range provided is a good faith estimate for the position at the time of posting. Actual compensation will be dependent on factors, including but not limited to, the individual's qualifications, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities as well as physical work location within the state.

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Charlie's Produce is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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As an essential employer and key contributor to our community's food distribution chain, we will follow all state and federal guidelines on vaccination mandates, allowing for an accommodation for those that qualify.