Assistant Manager

Founded in 2013, Home Chef is the leading meal solutions company with both a retail and online presence. Available online at homechef.com and in retail at more than 2,100 Kroger grocery stores, Home Chef is committed to inspiring and enabling more people to cook simple, delicious meals, no matter how busy they are.

In 2023, Home Chef introduced a new brand, Tempo! Tempo features a rotating selection of ready-to-heat meals delivered directly to your door. These meals are better-for-you versions of familiar favorites, designed to save you time and reduce stress while maintaining a healthy lifestyle. Our Tempo menu includes options that are protein-packed, fiber-rich, calorie and carb conscious, keto-friendly, and dietitian-approved.

Similar to our recipes, we recognize that variety is the spice of life, and therefore, our employees also bring their uniqueness and color to our fantastic team. We’re eager to work with humble team players and pragmatic next-level thinkers to innovate on Home Chef’s offerings.

Note:  The internal title for the position is FSQA Superintendent.

The FSQA Superintendent plays a key leadership role within Tempo, Home Chef’s Ready-to-Heat (RTH) operation, helping ensure our Food Safety & Quality programs remain effective, compliant, and continuously improving.

In this role, you’ll work closely with plant leadership, FSQA teams, and cross-functional partners while directly leading and developing the RTH supervisory team, including quality and sanitation leadership. You’ll be hands-on in the operation, help solve real-time challenges, and serve as a key driver of food safety culture across the business.

This is a great opportunity for someone who enjoys leading people, improving systems, and making a direct impact in a fast-paced food manufacturing environment.

What You’ll Do

Lead Food Safety & Quality Across Our Ready-to-Heat Kitchens

• Ensure the enforcement of key aspects of Home Chef RTH Food Safety and Quality Systems, designed to meet regulatory, Food Safety and Quality requirements and assure compliance with SQF requirements.
• Assist in gathering, trending, and reporting metrics that effectively measure and communicate performance.
• Work closely with plant teams and cross-functional partners to understand processes, identify gaps, and propose changes to RTH processes that impact quality systems compliance.
• Review production and CCP records for weekly positive release of all RTH meals.

Support Day-to-Day FSQA Operations

You’ll partner closely with RTH Quality and Sanitation Supervisors and hourly FSQA team members to help keep operations running smoothly in a 24/7 production environment.

• Respond to escalations and provide solutions within a 24/7 production environment.
• Provide coverage support as needed within a 24/7 production environment.
• Partner with recruiting teams to adequately staff each shift.
• Assist supervisors with personnel coaching as needed.

Drive Continuous Improvement Across Food Safety & Quality Systems

This role is not just about maintaining programs — you’ll help identify gaps, strengthen processes, and drive improvements across the RTH Food Safety & Quality Management System.

• Identify gaps in programs through internal audits or CAPA.
• Develop thorough corrective actions for deviations and gaps in partnership with the FSQA team and cross-functional team members.
• Deliver training to plant FSQA teams related to program rollouts.
• Communicate new or updated programs to plant and corporate stakeholders.

Develop & Lead the RTH Supervisory Team

You’ll directly lead the RTH supervisory team, providing coaching, development, and ongoing performance management across both quality and sanitation.

• Lead weekly supervisory meetings.
• Serve as a subject matter expert during new program rollouts.
• Identify developmental opportunities and coach the supervisory team.
• Conduct performance reviews for direct reports.

Travel

This position may require up to 10% travel.

What You’ll Bring

The requirements below represent the knowledge, skills, and abilities needed for this role. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities.

• Completion of a two-year program, such as an Associate degree.
• Minimum of 3 years of supervisory experience in quality assurance, food safety, food distribution, food manufacturing, supply chain, or a related field.
• Previous experience with GFSI, SQF, and USDA audits preferred.
• Understanding of Quality Management Systems.
• Experience developing, implementing, and maintaining food safety and quality programs.
• Exceptional written, verbal, and interpersonal skills.
• Self-starter who is results-oriented, resourceful, and takes initiative.
• Ability to successfully manage multiple responsibilities.
• Demonstrated ability to embrace change and learn quickly in a fast-paced environment.

Why This Role Matters

The FSQA Superintendent has a meaningful impact on both the people and the programs behind our Ready-to-Heat operation. You’ll lead and develop quality and sanitation supervisors, partner across the business, strengthen food safety and quality systems, and help ensure every meal leaving our kitchens meets Home Chef’s standards for safety and quality.

It’s a highly visible role with the opportunity to influence day-to-day operations while also helping shape how our RTH food safety and quality programs continue to evolve.

More About Us

Perks and Benefits

• Candidates can experience Home Chef as a customer - enter promo code PEOPLE30 for $30 off your first order!
• Medical, dental, vision, life and disability insurance available
• Paid holidays, sick time and vacation time
• 401k program
• Flexible spending accounts for qualified medical, dependent care, parking, or transit expenses

How We Work Together

We are humble team players.
We are warm and gracious with team members and customers. We seek feedback to improve ourselves - and respectfully listen to and accept input.

We are pragmatic next-level thinkers.
We come up with novel and unique ideas. We explore new strategies to avoid being constrained by conventional thinking.

We take ownership.
We approach ambiguous problems, prepared to dive in, get curious, and learn more. We are results-driven, always challenging ourselves to exceed goals.

Be at Home at Home Chef

We all show up authentically at Home Chef. Our team includes individuals with a variety of identities, backgrounds, and perspectives. You can trust that you’ll be able to bring your whole self to an inclusive and enjoyable workplace.

We welcome people of all races, colors, religions, national origin or ancestry, sex (including sexual identity), age, physical or mental disabilities, pregnancy, veteran or military status, unfavorable discharge from military service, genetic information, sexual orientation, marital status, order of protection status, citizenship status, arrest record or expunged/sealed convictions, or any other legally recognized protected basis under federal, state, or local law.

Home Chef is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, Home Chef will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact our People team at hr@homechef.com.

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