The Farmer's Dog

Operations

• Lead and support our site manufacturing team to ensure compliance to and elevate The Farmer’s Dog Food Safety and Quality Standards, including managing and mentoring your direct reports, overseeing daily responsibilities, goal-setting and coaching the group on growth and development to set them and the function up for long-term success.
• Direct Food Safety, Quality & Regulatory programs and inspections/audits procedures to ensure compliance to The Farmer’s Dog and regulatory requirements, to include Specification adherence to recipes.
• Develop and execute effective tools to measure site manufacturing performance, as it relates to Food Safety, Quality and Regulatory compliance.
• Actively participate in escalated regulatory and food safety investigations and assist the VP of FSQR in Crisis and Recall Management.
• Lead cross-functional working groups to ensure effective implementation and adherence to Food Safety initiatives, while providing technical expertise, practical guidance, and driving process improvements across site manufacturing operations.
• Providing ownership of The Farmer’s Dog microbiological program and risk assessment of compliance failures, to include providing recommendations on actions to be taken.
• Manage and build relationships with key regulatory agencies (USDA-FDA and AAFCO) resolving escalations and partnering with other teams to influence relevant legislation.
• Make complex risk based food safety decisions that enable the reliable delivery of products that meet all regulatory requirements and internal Quality and Food Safety standards.
• Collect and study data to understand trends and issues in order to develop corrective and preventative actions to address and prevent issues related to product safety and quality. Collaborates with other functions to advance awareness and education of food safety and quality based on data collected.
• Consistently take a proactive approach to complex challenges, embracing a growth-mindset, combining strong problem-solving abilities with clear communication and influence to drive solutions.
• Interface with and appropriately engage the support of subject matter experts to assure regulatory compliance, food safety and quality.

Director, FSQR Operations