Vice President, Food Safety & Quality Assurance
Kinders · Walnut Creek, CA · Posted Jul 2, 2026
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BUILT ON FLAVOR. FUELED BY PEOPLE.
What’s it like to work at Kinder’s? Well, there’s a lot of snacking and geeking out over what we all cooked over the weekend. Beyond that, there’s also plenty of hard work. Because we don’t just like flavor, we’re obsessed with it.
With over 100 products sold nationwide, we’re now a top-five brand in multiple flavor categories at Costco, Walmart, Whole Foods, and more. We’re not your typical CPG company. Privately held and founder-led, we like to think of ourselves as a pirate ship in a sea of cruise ships . Our crew is adventurous and fearless. We chart our own course and chase big ideas to make food unforgettable.
As we expand globally and approach $1 billion in revenue, we need more smart-and-scrappy, flavor-obsessed people to come aboard. If you’re looking for a place where you can see the real impact of your work... this is it! Every day, you’ll be part of a journey to add flavor to millions of meals and lives.
About the Role:
The Vice President of Food Safety Quality Assurance is the enterprise leader responsible for defining and executing Kinder's food safety, quality, regulatory compliance, and risk management strategy. This executive will ensure that Kinder's delivers safe, compliant, and consistently exceptional products while supporting rapid growth, innovation, and operational excellence.
Reporting as a key member of the leadership team, this role partners closely with Product Development, Supply Chain, Operations, Commercialization, and Manufacturing partners to establish scalable systems, strengthen quality capabilities, and protect the integrity of the Kinder's brand.
Key Responsibilities of this Role Include:
Food Safety Quality Leadership
Define and execute the enterprise Food Safety and Quality strategy, ensuring alignment with Kinder's growth objectives and brand standards.
Build, lead, and develop a high-performing Quality organization capable of supporting a rapidly scaling business.
Foster a culture of accountability, continuous improvement, consumer focus, and risk-based decision making across the organization.
Establish performance metrics, governance processes, and reporting mechanisms to measure quality performance and drive operational excellence.
Food Safety, Compliance Risk Management
Serve as the company's senior authority on food safety, quality assurance, regulatory compliance, and risk mitigation.
Ensure compliance with all applicable FDA, USDA, FSMA, HACCP, labeling, allergen management, and food safety requirements.
Develop and maintain proactive systems that identify, assess, and mitigate food safety and quality risks across the supply chain.
Lead enterprise crisis management and product incident response efforts, ensuring rapid, effective decision-making that protects consumers and the Kinder's brand.
Regulatory Affairs Product Compliance
Lead regulatory compliance programs governing ingredients, formulations, packaging, specifications, labeling, and finished products.
Ensure robust documentation, specification management, and change control processes that create a single source of truth across the organization.
Oversee regulatory reviews and approvals for new products, packaging updates, and commercialization initiatives.
Maintain readiness for audits, inspections, and regulatory inquiries.
Consumer Quality Continuous Improvement
Leverage consumer insights, complaint data, testing results, and quality metrics to identify trends and drive corrective actions.
Lead root-cause analysis and preventative action initiatives that improve product consistency and consumer satisfaction.
Establish a data-driven approach to quality management that enables informed decision-making and continuous improvement.
Cross-Functional Leadership
Partner with Commercialization, Product Development, Supply Chain, Operations, and Finance leaders to balance quality, speed, innovation, and business objectives.
Influence strategic decisions by providing clear assessments of quality risks, trade-offs, and opportunities.
Champion a "quality-first" mindset while enabling efficient execution of innovation and growth initiatives.
What Success Will Look Like:
Success in this role means building a scalable, best-in-class Food Safety, Quality, and Regulatory function that supports Kinder's growth while protecting the integrity of the brand. The Vice President will strengthen quality and compliance programs across our network, establish robust systems and processes that ensure product consistency and regulatory excellence, and foster a culture of continuous improvement and accountability. Through strong cross-functional partnership, this leader will enable innovation and growth without compromising food safety, quality, or consumer trust, ultimately ensuring Kinder's consistently delivers safe, compliant, and exceptional products.
Skills + Experience:
Bachelor's degree in Food Science, Microbiology, Chemistry, or a related scientific disci…