Manager, Regional Food Safety

This person will be an active agent on Food Safety cultural change and an advocate for the protection of our Brand.Location Jessup, MD Accountabilities To assist the region's FDFs (Atlanta, Chandler, Houston, Ontario CA, and Orlando) in the compliance and execution of the Panera Food Safety System in accordance with FSMA, HARPC, FDA, HACCP, and other appropriate regulatory guidelines.Monitoring customer complaints (dough and produce) and working with the FDF to find a root cause to the issue, and supporting the FDF with the creation of CAPAs that will foster accountability and ownership.Conduct periodic internal audits in the assigned FDFs to ensure we remain in compliance with all local, state, and federal (FDA) regulatory agencies.Collaborate and work in tandem with Support Quality Assurance to resolve food safety issues relating to fresh dough and produce.Support and drive the execution of key food safety initiatives in our fresh dough manufacturing facilities.Other Functions Understanding of Sanitation, Sanitary Design, Process workflows, food defense General knowledge of basic process improvement tools such as 5 Whys and root cause analysis.Ability to thrive in a dynamic, fast pace and plant environment Strong team and interpersonal skills and the ability to influence positively with Associates and Management at the Plant level Initiative-taker with realistic and practical approach of Food Safety Execution Active agent on culture change, motivation, accountability, ownership and the capability of engaging others.