The Atlanta Community Food Bank is committed to ending hunger in our community by leveraging food, dedicated people, and innovative solutions to ensure that no one has to worry about their next meal. Since 1979, we’ve provided vital resources to a growing network of nonprofit partners, including food pantries, community kitchens, childcare centers, night shelters, and senior centers. Today, we proudly serve over 700 partners across 29 counties in metro Atlanta and north Georgia, working together to create a hunger-free future.
Where You’ll Work
Procurement & QA / Supply Chain
About The Role
This individual will ensure Food Bank compliance to Feeding America, USDA and industry Food Safety standards through the development, management, and continuous improvement of the ACFB Food Safety Management systems and programs. This role will maintain functional expertise in Food Safety and HACCP standards and, in collaboration with the Director, Procurement & QA, will be accountable for the effectiveness of the site Food Safety program and food recall management. They will collaborate with internal and external resources, to ensure effective programs management and execution, and the deployment of relevant Food Safety and QA knowledge.
What You’ll Do
Food Safety Management:
Establish, document, and enforce food safety and food defense standards and practices to ensure compliance with regulations (FDA, USDA, HACCP).
Plan and execute internal food safety audits across facilities to verify compliance with HACCP, SQF, AIB or similar standards; manage corrective actions for any non-compliant findings.
Develop and manage product traceability systems to efficiently track inventory; lead recall processes and communication if quality or safety issues arise.
Keep up with the latest regulatory changes and industry best practices, updating policies and procedures to ensure ongoing compliance.
Oversee sanitation protocols for facilities, including cleaning schedules and procedures, to maintain a hygienic environment.
Quality Control
Monitor and evaluate product quality from receipt through distribution, ensuring that all items meet safety and quality specifications.
Conduct or oversee testing, such as temperature checks, spoilage inspections, and contamination assessments, to prevent compromised products from reaching distribution.
Track, analyze, and report key quality assurance metrics to identify trends and improvements, using insights to drive continuous enhancement in food safety practices.
Collaborate with the Operations Director to teach, monitor and maintain AIB standards throughout the organiation.
Training And Development For Internal And External Stakeholders
Design and conduct training for staff on food handling, sanitation practices, allergen management, and quality control to promote a safe work environment.
Ensure all partners comply with FA guidelines, including maintaining a certified individual trained in ServSafe Food Handler for Food Banking, with retraining support within 60 days for turnover.
Provide additional training on specialized safety practices, such as repacking and temperature control, along with focused support for high-capacity or higher-risk partners.
Create and implement SOPs and best practices for key food safety operations like product transport, unloading, and volunteer training.
Act as an internal food safety resource, providing guidance on emerging issues and updating protocols for temperature-sensitive mobile distributions.
Coordinate recall notices and develop a communication strategy for rapid, clear outreach to affected partners.
Our Inclusive Hiring Process
At the Atlanta Community Food Bank, we are dedicated to building a diverse and inclusive workplace. We understand that skills can be gained through a variety of experiences – educational and work. Towards that end, our Inclusive Hiring process is grounded in a skills based hiring approach. That means, we are looking for resumes that demonstrate key transferrable skills that can be applied to our job roles to support both our mission and culture.
Key Competencies we look for in All our Food Bankers are:
Customer Focus
Decision Making
Accountability
The Ability to Navigate Change
If you’re excited about this role and can clearly demonstrate these and the other skills named below, we encourage you to apply. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles!
What You’ll Need: Skills and Experience your resume should demonstrate:
Must demonstrate a track record of maintaining and effectively conveying expert knowledge in regulatory subject matter
Must have proven experience with, and understanding of Food Safety / HACCP standards, with a record of building and maintaining a strong and effective food safety management culture.
Must be able to demonstrate experience successfully managing relationships with internal and external stakeholders to deliver objectives.
Must be proficient in Microsoft Office products (Excel, Word, and PowerPoint)
Quality Systems or Food Safety (ServSafe) certification preferred.
There May Be Some Physical Demands And Travel
The physical demands and work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Employee is?routinely required to lift 25 lbs.
Expected local travel time for this position is up to 10% per year
This position works in-office every day.
Expectation
We are committed to providing employees with an environment of mutual respect in which the values of Diversity, Safety, Continuous Improvement, and Hard work are supported and encouraged. We work diligently to engender fairness, responsibility, trustworthiness and teamwork to advance our mission: To fight hunger by engaging, educating, and empowering our community.
