product safety & quality advisor, senior, Food Safety Governance - Nashville or Seattle
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Starbucks Corporation product safety & quality advisor, senior, Food Safety Governance - Nashville or Seattle
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From the beginning, Starbucks set out to be a different kind of company. One that not only celebrated coffee and the rich tradition, but that also brought a feeling of connection. We are known for developing extraordinary leaders who share this passion and are guided by their service to others.
As a product safety & quality advisor, senior on the Food Safety Governance team, you will provide subject matter expertise, program management, governance facilitation, and audit execution support across the full program lifecycle. The work begins with facilitating the creation or harmonization of global minimum supplier standards, then building an internal audit program to verify implementation, executing audits across markets, communicating results to stakeholders, and monitoring progress to ensure identified gaps are closed.
The ideal candidate brings strong supplier management experience, can evaluate food safety programs using standards, procedures, objective evidence, corrective actions, and performance data, and is already certified—or able to become certified within six months of hire—as an FSSC 22000 Lead Auditor.
As a product safety & quality advisor, senior, Food Safety Governance, you will…
Lead the development and harmonization of global minimum supplier standards, aligning requirements across markets, regulatory environments, and company- and licensee-managed operating models in partnership with regional and cross-functional stakeholders.
Translate supplier standards into a scalable global internal audit program, establishing audit methodology, tools, governance, and reporting while executing risk-based supplier audits against company requirements, regulatory expectations, and FSSC 22000-aligned principles.
Drive supplier risk management and continuous improvement by communicating audit findings and systemic trends, monitoring and verifying corrective actions, escalating high-risk gaps, and incorporating evolving regulatory, GFSI, and FSSC 22000 expectations.