Senior Manager, Produce Quality at Hungryroot. Location Information: United States. Hungryroot is the online grocery service that makes healthy eating easy and personal.. Build and maintain strong relationships with growers and shippers to ensure Hungryroot's quality standards are consistently met.. Partner with suppliers on quality expectations, shelf-life requirements, and corrective actions.. Develop, maintain, and continuously improve specifications across bulk and co-manufactured produce.. Partner with Category Management, Planning, Operations, and FSQA to provide technical guidance on assortment decisions.. Provide technical leadership on produce inspection, grading, and defect identification in accordance with USDA standards and PACA regulations.. Train and coach inbound quality teams across the fulfillment center network on standardized inspection procedures.. Own produce quality performance from customer feedback through corrective action and resolution.. Oversee in-house retain testing and other quality initiatives to validate supplier shelf-life performance.. 5–10 years of produce inspection or produce quality experience.. Deep expertise in USDA grading standards, PACA regulations, and fresh commodity quality assessment.. Hands-on experience inspecting, grading, and evaluating quality across fresh produce commodities.. Experience building and managing supplier relationships with growers, shippers, or produce vendors.. Experience utilizing Claude or other AI tools for job related activities.. Experience developing, maintaining, and governing produce specifications.. Experience supporting quality operations across multiple distribution or fulfillment centers.. Success leading supplier corrective action programs, quality investigations, and supplier performance management.. Experience training, developing, and standardizing quality practices across distributed operational teams.. Excellent communication skills.. Ability to work independently in a remote environment and travel approximately 30–40% for supplier visits.. Pay range:. $140K - $160K. Remote-first work setup. Equity. Unlimited vacation policy. Universal paid parental leave. Monthly Hungryroot credit for groceries. Comprehensive health, vision, dental, and life insurance. 401k with Company Match. Work from home stipend for initial setup
Senior Manager, Produce Quality at Hungryroot