Regional Quality Food Safety Manager

Location: Regional bakery operations across the United States; 75% travel required, including occasional weekend travel.

Salary: $105,100–$147,100 annually, with annual bonus eligibility.

Company

hirify.global operates bakeries, sales centers, offices, and sales routes producing branded baked goods across the United States.

What you will do

• Build food safety and quality capabilities across regional bakeries through training, coaching, mentoring, and practical tools.
• Oversee quality and food safety programs through audits, gap assessments, risk assessments, and compliance reviews.
• Support implementation of GFSI, Scoring, TraceGains, Finished Product Testing, Kleanz, and related processes and policies.
• Lead investigations of quality failures, regulatory inspections, supplier incidents, and food safety events, including root cause analysis and resolution.
• Analyze process capability and regional quality data, trend reports, corrective action plans, and consumer complaints.
• Collaborate with plant management, co-packers, sales, marketing, and cross-functional teams to drive quality improvements and share best practices.

Requirements

• Seven or more years of experience in the food industry, including at least five years in food safety, sanitation, quality assurance, quality systems, total quality, or food industry laboratory analysis.
• At least two years of management experience.
• HACCP and GFSI certification, including SQF, BRC, or IFS standards.
• Familiarity with federal and state regulations, Six Sigma, ISO, AIB, and GFSI standards.
• Bachelor’s degree in Food Science or a related field preferred; bakery operations management experience is a plus.
• Strong communication, interpersonal, organizational, analytical, and detail-oriented skills, with proficiency in Microsoft Office.

Culture & Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits package, paid time off, and 401(k) with company match.
• Annual bonus eligibility.
• Safety-focused and inclusive work environment.
• Development opportunities and support for associates to work authentically.