Requirements

10 year experience in poultry quality assurance, food safety, food risk assessment, and food crisis management. 5 year experience in QA senior positions of a large poultry food, retail, or restaurant chain company. Degree in Food Science, Food Technology, or related Technical Sciences. Certified Food Safety training (HACCP). Demonstrates in-depth experience, knowledge, and skills in Quality Assurance across multiple food product categories (Poultry, seasonings, condiments, …). Extensive experience with food safety principles (HACCP, SPC, ISO, TQM, GMP's principles, GFSI audits…). Effective communication, organizational, and time management skills. Communicates clearly and can explain technically complex situations in a concise, articulate, and insightful way. Prioritizes workload and deploys resources according to company strategies and needs, to ensure timely execution of the critical objectives. Strong managerial courage. Problem solving attitude based on risk assessment and mitigation strategies.

Job Description

The Director, Quality Assurance is responsible to approve and guarantee the quality and food safety of all Food & Packaging items sold by Popeyes in USA and USA. Responsible for defining and continuously upgrading QA processes and standards to assess and mitigate the food safety and quality risk of all new PLK US&C products. Manage the approval and monitoring of all food and packaging suppliers for PLK US&C. Ensure all PLK US&C products comply with company standards on quality, food safety, nutrition, and sustainability. Food Crisis management for PLK US&C, including interaction with regulatory agencies (FDA, USDA, CFIA,…). Manage, engage, and develop RBI PLK US&C quality assurance team and extended support teamWork together with Marketing, Product Innovation, Brand Operations, and Supply Chain teams to ensure the prompt launch of new products as per the marketing calendar. Commit and deliver on approval times, and report it as Service Level Agreement (SLA). Collects all metrics for supplier and product approval and quality performance in a Supplier Quality scorecard and Report to the brand Leadership team and peers at the new product's multidisciplinary teams. Takes accountability and demonstrates drive in delivering results. Can identify problems and underlying causes quickly.