Food Safety & Quality Lead, Private Brand

Amazon; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 74,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

RSU stock-based compensation

401(k) matching

Paid time off

Job summary

Amazon is seeking a Food Safety Manager within the Food Safety & Quality organization to lead QA and safety across WWGS Private Brands, including Amazon Grocery and Whole Foods Market 365. You will oversee facility qualification, due diligence, CAPA management, and cross-functional collaboration to ensure regulatory compliance and continuous improvement across production sites.

Responsibilities include leading audits, maintaining supplier scorecards, and utilizing Foodlogiq, CMX1, and PLM tools

Qualifications

• 4+ years of compliance program management, legal, governance, audit, risk/loss prevention, or equivalent experience
• 3+ years of managing food safety and quality in a large-scale retail or manufacturing environment experience
• Bachelor's degree in Food Science or related field
• Knowledge of retail food code and regulations governing grocery retail at local, state, and federal levels
• Experience handling confidential information
• Experience interacting with local food safety regulators

Responsibilities

• Facility Approval & Due Diligence
• New Facility Qualification: End-to-end qualification of new food production sites for WWGS Private Brands
• Ongoing Due Diligence: Maintain due diligence documentation for production sites
• Risk Assessment: Identify hazards and mitigation strategies
• Stakeholder Collaboration across Procurement, Supply Chain, Product Development and Quality teams
• Audit Leadership: coordinate internal and third party audits and CAPA closure
• Data-Driven Decision Making: generate insights and dashboards from platforms

Skills

Compliance mgmt

Food safety

Audit leadership

Regulatory knowledge

SQL

Excel

Data analysis

AI prompting

Education

Bachelors in Food Science

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

Foodlogiq

CMX1

PLM tools

Job description

Amazon is seeking a Food Safety Manager within the Food Safety & Quality organization to lead QA and safety across WWGS Private Brands, including Amazon Grocery and Whole Foods Market 365. You will oversee facility qualification, due diligence, CAPA management, and cross-functional collaboration to ensure regulatory compliance and continuous improvement across production sites.

Responsibilities include leading audits, maintaining supplier scorecards, and utilizing Foodlogiq, CMX1, and PLM tools