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Vice President, Food Safety
$3 Billion Vertically Integrated Food Company
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Position Summary
The Vice President of Food Safety will serve as the senior food safety leader across a global perishable foods platform, overseeing enterprise-wide programs spanning regulatory compliance, supplier approval, organics, microbiology, and food safety systems. This executive will lead food safety strategy across the full value chain, partnering closely with operations, quality, and regulatory stakeholders to ensure consistent standards, continuous improvement, and compliance across geographically dispersed facilities and third-party partners. The role carries significant enterprise impact through advancement of the company’s food safety culture, strengthening of regulatory and customer relationships, and representation of the organization as an industry thought leader.
Successful Placement
Slayton Search Partners placed an executive who brings more than 15 years of progressive food safety and quality leadership experience across produce, ready-to-eat, and foodservice environments. They most recently served as Director of Supply Chain, Food Safety & Quality for North America for a global fresh foods platform. In this role, they led enterprise-wide food safety, quality, and regulatory compliance programs across multiple business units, overseeing supplier quality, cold chain operations, and ready-to-eat products across several countries. They have a proven track record of building food safety and quality systems from the ground up, strengthening customer and regulatory relationships, and driving alignment across operations, supply chain, and commercial teams. Earlier in their career, they held senior food safety leadership roles within a major global QSR organization, where they developed produce safety standards, supplier verification programs, and global microbiological specifications.
