Director of National Accounts, Food Safety & Quality

Buyers Edge Platform

FSQA Director supporting food safety and quality strategies for national accounts in the Fresh Division of Buyers Edge Platform. Customer-facing role managing key client strategies and food safety initiatives.

Posted 5/20/2026full-timeRemote • 🇺🇸 United StatesLeadWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

As the FSQA Director of National Accounts, this role will be responsible for supporting the food safety and quality strategies of any National account within the Fresh Division.
This role will largely be customer facing.
The role will work closely with the Account Manager and Executive team to become intimate with the key client strategies, challenges, gaps, and risks to be an advocate and consultant to Fresh Division clients as it relates to FSQA areas.
The role will also support day to day food safety needs of the client such as substitute supplier review, food safety claims management, specification tolerance, etc.
The role will also support clients’ on-going quality improvement and FSQA initiatives driven by the needs of the clients.
The role will work closely with the Senior Director of Food Safety and Compliance as well as lead and manage the Food Safety Project Manager.
This role will work with the FSQA Project Manager, National Accounts position to ensure all Client’s projects and initiatives are being monitored and followed through on commitments.
The role will work with other teams within the Fresh Services Food Safety team to ensure the efficiency of task and project management.

Requirements

What you’ll need

10+ years experience in a food safety role, preferably Produce, Meat and/or Seafood.
5+ years experience in a processor or distributor facility OR within a National Foodservice organization (one of our current clients or the like preferred)
Master’s degree in food science / safety or related studies preferred.
Solid Leadership and Business Accountability Track Record
Foodservice industry experience highly desirable, either on supplier, distributor, or client sides.
Demonstrated project management and superior personal productivity and oral, written communication skills.
Demonstrated ability to work positively with cross functional teams.
Excellent communication skills required. Including listening, written, oral, and demonstrated group presentation. Excellent personal productivity skills and communications such as word, power-point, excel, etc.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Amazing coverages to start. Medical, dental, and vision coverages are just the beginning! We also offer ancillary plans, such as flexible spending accounts for both health and dependent care, critical illness, accident, and voluntary life as well as company paid life and long-term-disability plans! On top of this, we also offer a 401(k) plan with company match.
Invest in your success. We will provide you with a thorough training and development program; and offer competitive compensation.
Live well = Work well. Relax with our Personal Responsibility Paid Time Off policy where you don’t have to accrue time off in order to take it!

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Hard Skills & Tools

food safetyquality improvementproject managementfood safety claims managementspecification tolerancesupplier reviewfood sciencefood safety compliance

Soft Skills

leadershipbusiness accountabilityoral communicationwritten communicationpersonal productivitycross functional teamworklistening skillsgroup presentation