Food Technologist, Manager
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Job Location:
Ann Arbor, MI - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
01-11-2025
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
This position supports Quality Assurance Technical Services and food safety activities that protect consumers and build their trust for Dominos. Responsibilities include establishing and maintaining product quality standards managing supplier relationships and ensuring quality and food safety of products supplied to Dominos. Activities will also include acting as an internal subject matter expert to support cross functional dough projects within Dominos supply chain and managing dough improvement projects for DPZ FSQA. This position will manage strategic PQTS projects as assigned.
Salary: $95k - $120k 15% bonus potential depending on experience
Location: Onsite Monday - Thursday work from home Friday
Main responsibilities
Product Quality and Supplier Management
Leads activities related to product compliance including dough specification adherence supplier
relationship management continuous product improvements and product incident management.
Oversees dough formulation and quality for both the U.S. and Canadian supply chain.
Maintains product specifications and supplier documentation to keep Dominos stores supplied with safe
and high-quality dough that meet regulatory requirements and Dominos internal standards.
Works with cross-functional partners to support all dough related initiatives including innovation and
renovation projects.
Reviews creates and modifies specifications including product attributes and analytical measures.
Identifies and creates new methods and procedures for testing key attributes of fresh dough to ensure
the highest quality and consistency is achieved in the Dominos supply chain and store network
Leads product evaluations both organoleptic and analytical and reports on ongoing quality and product
performance.
Leads FSQA activities related to internal troubleshooting and corrective actions when products incidents
occur.
Works with the QA field team in investigate and identify root cause of quality issues in Supply Chain
Centers and or Dominos restaurants.
Leads continuous improvement activities as they relate to dough quality and consistency improvements.
Act as a subject matter expert fresh dough and par baked thin crust on cross functional teams and
supports Dominos International FSQA as needed.
Availability to be on call to support product incident responses outside of normal business hours including
evenings weekends and holidays.
Travels when necessary to support FSQA Procurement and R&D initiatives related to product quality
supplier corrective actions and knowledge sharing for Dominos ingredients.
Special Projects
Lead special projects and related activities to support Engineering R&D and FSQA Product Quality and
Technical Services teams.
Ability to rapidly learn about any product Dominos produces or procures to support development or
improvement activities.
Ability to learn and support projects related to alternative food platforms as needed dairy protein
vegetables sauces etc.
Qualifications :
Masters or Bachelors degree in food science or related field
Minimum 7 years of quality assurance or related experience in food manufacturing or research and
development of fresh dough or cereal science
Strong interpersonal and relationship building skills across functions and all organizational levels.
Able to identify opportunities set goals work independently with a preference for an ability to lead
others.
Extensive knowledge of cereal science specifically wheat flour-based doughs yeast leavened and fresh
dough with inclusions.
Excellent oral and written communication skills. Ability to communicate with suppliers internal leadership
and team members.
Strong statistical analysis skills
HACCP (Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point) certification and strong knowledge of Good Manufacturing
Practices Good Laboratory Practices Standard Sanitation Operating Procedures preferred.
Able to manage multiple projects and manage time effectively with minimal guidance.
Excellent knowledge of computer skills including MS Office programs nutrition calculation software
(Genesis or similar) and label review software (Adobe Acrobat or similar).
Other
Travel up to 50%
Additional Information :
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
Remote Work :
No
Employment Type :
Full-time
Key Skills
- Culinary Experience
- Laboratory Experience
- FDA Regulations
- Food Industry
- Food Safety Experience
- Dietary Department Experience
- Food Processing
- Microbiology
- Research & Development
- Baking
- Product Development
- Manufacturing
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