Sr. Food Safety Manager

Region: Miami, FL

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Why Join Us?

At Subway, "better" is baked into our DNA. We are a brand that believes in continued improvement ... in our lives, our businesses, and our planet. From the handshake that started our very first sandwich shop to earning our position as one of the world's leading restaurant brands, we've always embraced change and the path ahead. And today, we're making better living way easier.

Our purpose is about more than the food we serve in our restaurants. It's centered on fueling healthy businesses and healthier lives. It is one of the most exciting times to join the Subway team and contribute to our transformational journey.

About the Role:

We have an exciting opportunity to support our Food Safety team as a Senior Food Safety Manager - North America based in Miami, FL. As a member of the Global Food Safety team, the Senior Food Safety Manager role will provide the North American FSQA team and our other partners with leadership and guidance in the food safety environment to ensure that Subway's product and supply chain are held to the strictest standards and compliance to regulatory regulations in both the US and Canada. This role will work in partnership with the FSQA Category Managers to approve suppliers and facilities, product development, risk analysis, food safety inspections, and finished goods approval.

If you feel that this is the role for you, and you are successful with your application, be ready to be Bold, Empowered, Accountable, and ready to have Fun in a fast paced and agile working environment.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Partner with the North American Quality team, internal partners, and external partners to manage and mitigate the risk associated with a wide range of products supplied to the region from both domestic and international sources. This will include reviewing supplier audits, on-site reviews (as needed), managing Operations expectations, and working with the franchisees within the region. As needed, the candidate will be required to be an active member of the Incident Management Team to review, assign risk, and as needed perform product withdrawals from the market.
• Work in conjunction with our IPC partners and the Quality team to approve new suppliers and processing facilities verifying compliance to Subway requirements, provide food safety review and verification activities for product specifications and support the Category Quality Managers as needed during product development and commercialization.
• Maintain current understanding of a changing regulatory environment and apply those learning to drive brand compliance and improvement across our breadth of domestic and international suppliers as well as internally within our restaurant operations.
• Work in conjunction with the Director of Restaurant Food Safety to understand when and what challenge and shelf-life studies are needed, regulatory requirements around these studies, and work to designs microbiological challenge studies using scientifically validated risk management.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Food Science, Food Business and Management, Microbiology, Biology, Food Engineering, or other related field required.
• A diverse background of experience across a variety of products including proteins, dairy, produce, and the manufacturing/processing thereof. This should include food safety, microbiology, and the currently evolving regulatory environment in either the US, Canada, or preferably both.
• 5+ years of experience within the manufacturing environment with an emphasis on quality control, quality assurance, and/or food safety including exposure to regulatory requirements across a breadth of products.
• Organizational agility and ability of developing working relationships with the different internal/external agents.
• The ability to communicate and present in a variety of ways to make information accessible to a variety of audiences and to influence decisions within the organization using consistent data/analysis.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite.
• Able to travel - approximately 25%.

What do we Offer?

• Insurance Plans (Medical/Life)
• Pension/401K/RSP (country specific)
• Competitive Bonus
• Mobility Allowance
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Company Holidays
• Employee Resource Groups
• Volunteering time
• And Many More.....

The Company is only considering applicants who are currently authorized to work in the country the position is based. AA/EOE/M/F/D/V

Actual pay is determined based on a number of job-related factors including skills, education, training, credentials, qualifications, scope and complexity of role responsibilities, geographic location, performance, and working conditions.

• Miami, FL, USA