Quality Food Safety Supervisor

Bimbo Bakeries USA•Montebello, CA

20h•$75,300 - $97,900

About The Position

The Quality Food Safety Supervisor role is described in the posting’s Position Summary as a Sanitation Team Leader. The role supports bakery operations by helping the team produce high-quality products, maintain operational capabilities, execute the Operations Excellence Playbook, and achieve key performance metrics. The supervisor engages and develops associates through coaching, training, and accountability, and works with other departments to ensure production is on schedule and customer service commitments are met. The position maintains and improves the bakery’s quality and food safety policies and systems, with direct support from the Quality Food Safety Manager. It helps evaluate compliance through plant-wide quality, food safety, and food defense inspections, and supports sanitation, GFSI (SQF), food safety, food defense, Good Manufacturing Practices, and general plant safety initiatives. The role also uses tablets and business applications, analyzes performance trends, and develops action plans for sanitation, quality, and food safety KPIs. The ideal candidate demonstrates operational planning, communication, leadership, teamwork, adaptability, and talent-development skills. The role may require a flexible schedule, including weekends and holidays, work off ground level with proper safety equipment, and work in a non-air-conditioned environment. The posting identifies a salary range of $75,300–$97,900, comprehensive benefits, annual bonus eligibility, and a 401(k) with company match.

Requirements

At least 2 years of bakery or food manufacturing operations management experience.
At least 2 years of bakery operations, quality, food safety, or sanitation supervisory experience.
HACCP, PCQI, Food Defense Coordinator, and GFSI certifications.
Sanitation Essentials or AIB Sanitation/Food Safety residence course, or similar training or certification.
Computer skills and proficiency with Microsoft Office programs, including Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint.
Good interpersonal and communication skills.
Organized and detail-oriented.
Comfort working in a participative team environment.
Ability to work under pressure and multitask.
Ability to read English and follow written procedures accurately.
Ability to work a flexible schedule, including weekends and holidays, to accommodate operational needs.
Ability to work off ground level with proper safety equipment.
Ability to work in a non-air-conditioned environment.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s degree in Food Science or a related major is preferred.
A combination of education, training, and experience that demonstrates competency to perform the work may be substituted.

Responsibilities

Ensure product, equipment, and processes meet standards for quality, food safety, efficiency, and safety during the shift.
Foster associate engagement by respecting, including, and empowering associates.
Uphold and promote the E5 Leadership Behaviors: Embrace the Consumer, Ensure Operational Capabilities, Empower and Involve, Engage and Develop, and Expect Ownership and Accountability.
Identify issues, assign actions to appropriate team members, follow up on completion, and escalate issues to department leaders when needed.
Coach associates to develop independent problem-solving skills and consistently achieve standards.
Collaborate across departments to resolve issues and keep production on schedule.
Prepare priorities for the upcoming shift and communicate and coordinate important issues with cross-functional partners, incoming shift leaders, and department leadership.
Deliver key performance indicators for people, quality, safety, service, and cost.
Develop associate competencies through onboarding, training, coaching, and consistent performance feedback.
Achieve safety goals, deliver safety awareness programs, eliminate unsafe acts and conditions, and comply with workplace standards, company policies, and government regulations.
Ensure product quality and advise others on keeping production within specification and quality standards.
Lead associates to achieve production schedule attainment, throughput KPIs, and on-time, in-full shipping.
Improve cost efficiency by reducing waste and downtime and overseeing appropriate staff scheduling.
Use tablets and applications including Kleanz, SOMAX, Rever, Shift Guides, and Intelex to support effective processes.
Analyze data and prepare trend reports and action plans for plant sanitation, quality, and food safety KPIs.
Maintain and improve BBU quality and food safety policies and systems with direct support from the Quality Food Safety Manager, ensuring programs and policies are followed and reviewed throughout the facility.
Support the Quality and Food Safety Manager in evaluating compliance and conducting plant-wide quality, food safety, and food defense inspections.
Ensure active participation in product quality and food safety programs and sanitary conditions in the bakery, and support general plant safety, GFSI (SQF), food safety, food defense initiatives, and Good Manufacturing Practices.
Plan operational priorities using business needs and data, and coordinate operational activities to improve KPIs and execute tasks and projects.
Promote continuous improvement, operational excellence, teamwork, collaboration, and associate development.