Farm Compliance Auditor
Farm Compliance Auditor
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Job Description
Finding the right place to grow your career isnt (over) easy so were here to help by sharing a few reasons why the grass is greener at Vital Farms. We think youll appreciate our focus on Conscious Capitalism which drives business decisions that benefit all our stakeholders (leading to even better business results). You might be drawn to our innovative approach and refusal to settle for the way things have always been done. Or you could find it exciting to grow your skills while working for an industryleading brand. Whether youre into our values our brand or our eggcellent puns we hope youll join our Crew and help us change the world 108 square feet at a time!
At Vital Farms we are proud of our incredible stakeholders and the diversity they represent from all areas and communities in which we operate and serve. We view this as a source of strength for us and your job is to help us make it even better.
Your Role:
Reporting to the Farm Compliance Field Manager the Compliance Auditor will be responsible for assessing and monitoring our farms for compliance to both rigorous Vital Farms standards and external regulatory agencies. The position is in the southcentral Missouri or north central Arkansas area including but not limited to southern Missouri northern Arkansas and some parts of central Arkansas. The Compliance Auditor will be exceedingly thorough in their processes and provide meaningful and actionable feedback to our growers to enhance each farms ability to achieve excellence.
What Youll Do:
- Schedule and conduct regular inspections to ensure VF; s standards and pasture raised practices are maintained on each of our small family farms.
- Schedule and participate in third party inspections including regulatory bodies customers and organic certifiers.
- Develop close professional working relationships with our Growers to support their learning and development in the importance of active farm management.
- Collaborate with Growers to assist them with audit preparation activities including collecting appropriate documentation and determining optimal scheduling.
- Listen to Grower needs and concerns and diplomatically solve challenges.
- Collaborate and maintain close contact with the Farm Compliance and Farm Support crew to share best practices and provide support.
What You Bring to the Table:
- Bachelors degree required with 1 year relevant experience in Agriculture or 4 years relevant experience in lieu of degree poultry experience is a plus
- Candidates need to be located in southcentral Missouri or north central Arkansas area
- Professional communication skills
- Analytical capabilities with the skillset to generate insight from data
- Goal setting; internally motivated
- Highly organized and autonomous
- Transparent mindset towards open communication with all stakeholders including team members growers and certifying bodies
- Ability to manage significant travel with considerable driving and up 20 overnight trips
- Youre no hero You know the power of teamwork and celebrate the work of others before your own.
- You give a sh*t You believe in acting like an owner and making Vital Farms a place to be proud of.
- You raise the standards You know growth can be hard but you strive to improve yourself and others each day.
- You can walk in someone elses boots You seek to understand others viewpoints and think that you get to better answers by sitting on the same side of the table.
- You dont walk on eggshells Youre not afraid to leave the bullsh*t behind and have honest
What We Bring to the Table:
- A fastpaced energetic remote environment with passionate people who are leading a movement to bring ethically produced food to the table.
- Competitive pay and benefits (Medical Dental Vision and Paid Parental Leave just to name a few).
- Generous retirement contributions: 401(k) 3 Contribution from Day 1.
- Annual bonus and equity grant (subject to business results and company approval)
- Free eggs and butter along with friends and family discounts.
- Fun team SWAG that will make you the talk of the town.
- Professional development opportunities and an amazing team dedicated to your growth.
At Vital Farms compensation decisions are dependent upon a variety of factors which may include but are not limited to skill levelexperience education training market demands and business needs.A reasonable estimate of the current starting annual base salary for this position is $60000 $70000. Please keep in mind that hiring at the maximum end of the range would not be typical in order to allow for potential continued future salary growth.
Who We Are:
Vital Farms a Certified B Corporation offers a range of ethically produced foods nationwide. Started on a single farm in Austin Texas in 2007 Vital Farms became a national consumer brand that works with 350 family farms and is the leading U.S. brand of pastureraised eggs by retail dollar sales. Vital Farms products including shell eggs butter hardboiled eggs and liquid whole eggs are sold in over 24000 stores nationwide. Vital Farms ethics are exemplified by its focus on the humane treatment of farm animals and sustainable farming practices. In addition as a Delaware Public Benefit Corporation Vital Farms prioritizes the longterm benefits of each of its stakeholders including farmers and suppliers customers and consumers communities and the environment crew members and stockholders. In short we exist to improve the lives of people animals and our planet through food.
In order to fulfill Vital Farms mission to bring ethically produced food to the table we seek to build teams that leverage diverse perspectives to create a welcoming and innovative environment that is committed to the principles of equal employment opportunities.
To that end we make employment decisions based on qualifications merit and business need. Vital Farms does not discriminate on the basis of race color religion gender and gender identity sex (including pregnancy childbirth lactation and related medical conditions) sexual orientation marital status age national origin citizenship status military or veteran status physical or mental disability genetic information or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.
Employment Type
Full Time
