Senior Director Food Safety & Quality Subway
Overview
Subway seeks a Senior Director Food Safety & Quality to lead food safety and quality across North America. This leader shapes strategy and standards for restaurants distribution and suppliers. The role drives speed ownership and execution while influencing teams without direct authority.
What You'll Do19
- 1Own the North America food safety strategy and standards across restaurants distribution and suppliers
- 2Direct HACCP based plans temperature handling sanitation and cross contamination controls
- 3Set food safety KPIs and risk indicators track trends and act early
- 4Build food safety into restaurant execution through standards training and audit design working with Supplier and Ingredient Quality
- 5Run supplier approval qualification and audit programs reviewing certificates of analysis and incoming material standards
- 6Qualify manufacturing and co-manufacturing plants assess GMP sanitation and process controls
- 7Validate specifications and processes before scaling new products from concept to full North America rollout
- 8Lead food safety and quality workstream on Design to Value and product matching projects
- 9Own regulatory compliance across US federal and state food law and Canadian requirements directing allergen control and labeling accuracy
- 10Maintain recordkeeping and traceability including readiness for emerging traceability requirements FSMA 204
- 11Partner with Nutrition lead on nutrition and menu labeling
- 12Own recall procedures decision trees and crisis response running a mock recall program to prove speed and confirmed removal
- 13Lead third party regulatory and internal audit readiness and corrective action
- 14Use data and digital tools to catch food safety signals earlier across restaurants distribution and suppliers
- 15Adopt analytics and AI for risk detection supplier scorecards complaint trends and audit management
- 16Modernize traceability and recordkeeping on current systems cutting manual single-threaded processes
- 17Set direction raise capability and hold a high bar on ownership and speed managing the FSQ budget and multi-site product testing spend
- 18Lead, build, and develop the North America FSQ team set direction raise capability and hold a high bar on ownership and speed
- 19Manage the FSQ budget and multi-site product testing spend
Requirements13
- 1Bachelor's degree in Food Science Microbiology Food Safety Chemistry Engineering or related field with advanced degree a plus
- 212+ years progressive food safety and quality experience including 5+ years leading at director level or above
- 3Deep HACCP and preventive controls expertise
- 4Current credentials such as HACCP PCQI SQF or Certified Food Safety Manager certification
- 5Track record building and running FSQ programs at multi-unit or large distributed scale
- 6Experience with GFSI benchmarked schemes SQF BRCGS
- 7Working knowledge of FDA Food Code FSMA USDA requirements and Canadian food safety regulation CFIA SFCR
- 8Experience commercializing food products and working in or directly with food manufacturing
- 9Proven people leadership and cross functional influence without direct authority in QSR or multi-unit restaurant experience
- 10Supplier and co-manufacturer network management at national scale
- 11Continuous improvement credentials Lean Six Sigma
- 12Experience deploying food safety technology traceability systems digital QMS or audit platforms data analytics or AI for risk detection
- 13International or cross border regulatory exposure
Salary Insight
$189 - $210k per year
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