Director, Food Safety, Quality & Regulatory- International

Education/Experience

B.S. Degree in food science or closely related field.

Must have 10 years of experience in quality management and food safety.

Minimum of three years of experience managing employees required.

Conversational Spanish and ability to build relationships with Spanish‑speaking suppliers and partners preferred.

Proven ability to lead remote teams, to manage progress effectively in ambiguous and sometimes unstructured situations.

Benefits

Our benefit package supports the well-being of our employees and their families.  Our comprehensive benefit package includes, medical, dental, 401K match, paid time off (including volunteer time as well as parental leave) and so much more!  To learn more about our great benefit offerings,

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Work Environment

Most positions located out of our global headquarters in Bloomington, MN will work a hybrid work schedule where you will work 3 collaboration days a week.  Additional in office time may be required to support team/project needs.

Inclusion & Belonging

We have an exciting opportunity available for a Director, Food Safety, Quality & Regulatory supporting our international regions working hybrid out of our corporate office in Bloomington, MN.  This position provides international strategic leadership and direction within the Food, Safety, Quality and Regulatory team.  While it has a significant number of within-department responsibilities, it also works with cross-functional teams to deliver high quality and safe products to restaurants, ensure regulatory compliance, and lead select corporate responsibility initiatives.

This position supports all international regions and markets, which includes China, Asia Pacific, Middle East, Latin America & Caribbean, along with new market entry from a FSQR perspective.

Key Accountabilities Include:

Food Safety and Quality

Leads and directs strategic development, improvement, implementation, execution, measurement and communication of risk based quality and food safety programs, tools and outcomes that are designed to deliver safe and high-quality food for Dairy Queen business lines.  Key areas of responsibility within this accountability include:

Vendor, product (food, packaging, and chemicals), commissary and warehouse qualification, onboarding, compliance, risk assessment and management

Since 1940, Dairy Queen® has been one of the world’s best known and loved brands. Based in Minneapolis, MN, International Dairy Queen Inc., (IDQ), is the parent company of American Dairy Queen Corporation. As a leading franchisor, there are more than 7,000 independently owned and operated restaurants in the U.S., Canada and more than 20 countries around the world. IDQ is a subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (Berkshire) which is led by Warren Buffett, the legendary investor and CEO of Berkshire.

Here at IDQ, we create extraordinary Fan experiences every day and we do this through our commitment to hiring and retaining only the best in class talent. We firmly believe that our employees are the catalyst to the success of the company where their initiative, strategic thinking, and entrepreneurial spirit are recognized and rewarded. We're looking for motivated, passionate and dedicated individuals with an inherent need and ambition to go after bigger challenges.