Senior Food Safety Manager

The role

The Senior Food Safety Manager sets food safety strategy and program standards for sweetgreen. This person serves as a technical authority and manages food safety performance for the New York City Region.

What you will do

• Set food safety strategy, program standards, and priorities.
• Serve as technical authority for the Food Safety team.
• Own food safety performance for the NYC Region.
• Own NYC Region third-party audit and pest control programs.
• Build systems including SOPs, training materials, and crisis management protocols.
• Build and maintain relationships with local health departments.
• Partner with company leadership on major initiatives.
• Surface food safety and quality issues for continuous improvement.

Required qualifications

• Command of pathogens and microbes associated with food production, microbiological testing, HACCP, SOPs, and government and industry regulations, codes, and standards.
• Bachelor of Science degree.
• Travel up to 75% of the time.

Nice to have

• Deep technical expert with command of pathogens and microbes associated with food production, microbiological testing, HACCP, SOPs, and the government and industry regulations, codes, and standards th
• Influential without authority.
• Problem solver who leads with root cause analysis and continuous process improvement.
• Data fluent.
• Clear communicator.
• Trusted partner.
• Generous with knowledge.
• Self-directed operator with high integrity.
• 10+ years in food safety or quality assurance, ideally in a multi-unit restaurant or QSR environment.
• Track record building and scaling food safety programs across a growing footprint.

Benefits

• Highly competitive pay + bonus plan
• Three different medical plans
• Dental and Vision insurance
• Flexible PTO plan
• 401k program
• Employee HSA and FSA
• Complimentary greens
• Clear career path with opportunities for development
• Free sweetgreen swag

About the company

sweetgreen is on a mission to build healthier communities by connecting people to real food. Their 3,500 team members make food from scratch using fresh ingredients.