Amanda Maciejewski

• Led Food Safety, Regulatory Affairs, and Supplier Management programs supporting 700+ suppliers, 2,000+ SKUs, and multi-site USDA/FDA-regulated operations, balancing regulatory risk, supply continuity, customer requirements, across direct-to-consumer and prepared meals.

• Developed and operationalized FreshRealm’s Supplier Expectations Manual, establishing standardized food safety, regulatory, audit, documentation, performance, and escalation requirements while creating supplier accountability, probation, and offboarding processes.

• Led enterprise remediation efforts following implementation of enhanced supplier requirements, leveraging audit findings, documentation reviews, inventory assessments, and risk-based evaluations to support supplier approval, probation, replacement, or phase-out decisions across domestic and international supply chains.

• Established the company’s first Regulatory Horizon Scanning program and led cross-functional implementation of regulatory initiatives including Proposition 12, CA AB 1830, FSIS Directive 7230.1, and state additive disclosure requirements, translating emerging regulations into actionable compliance strategies across products, suppliers, labeling, and manufacturing operations.

• Designed and implemented risk-based compliance framework for direct-to-consumer meal kits and marketplace products, including supplier qualification, ingredient risk assessments, emergency supplier onboarding, audit requirements, and food safety decision trees to support scalable growth and regulatory compliance.

• Expanded team capability through targeted professional development initiatives, including ASQ auditing, PCQI, labeling, and regulatory compliance training, strengthening technical expertise, audit readiness, and succession planning.

• Maximized return on Quality Management System investments by expanding system functionality to include supplier approvals, KPI reporting, sanitation verification, and chemical inventory management, reducing reliance on manual and paper-based processes.
• Assessed organizational compliance risks and operational gaps, building the business case for additional headcount and redesigning team responsibilities to improve accountability, food safety oversight, and regulatory compliance.
• Led the organization to its first Excellent SQF audit rating in company history within 10 months by strengthening food safety culture, increasing management accountability, and enhancing quality system governance during a $10M+ facility renovation and expansion.
• Restructured quality operations to establish dedicated pre-operational inspection resources, improving startup execution, reducing downtime, and optimizing deployment of quality personnel across the facility.
• Reduced customer complaints by 20% comparative to previous year with a 30% increase to production volume.
• Led food safety, quality, and commercialization support for the successful launch of 10 new foodservice and retail product lines while maintaining regulatory and customer compliance requirements.
• Improved food safety culture through employee training, accountability programs, and proactive engagement in quality, sanitation, and regulatory compliance initiatives.
• Applied thermal processing and food safety expertise to establish a standardized sous vide validation framework across three cooking platforms.
• Served as the primary decision-maker for food safety and quality incidents, assessing regulatory, customer, and business risks to determine product disposition, corrective actions, and long-term risk mitigation strategies.

• Built Food Safety, Quality, and Sanitation functions from the ground up for multiple startup facilities, establishing systems, staffing, regulatory readiness, and operational controls required for successful launch.
• Directed enterprise-wide recall and withdrawal programs, serving as head of the Recall Team and ensuring effective crisis management across the network.
• Owned supplier approval, supplier performance, and FSVP compliance for approximately 500 domestic and international suppliers, strengthening supplier governance and risk management.
• Served as the organization's FSQA technical authority for commercialization, risk assessments, customer complaints, and food safety decision-making.
• Directed startup and commissioning of FSQA programs for multiple new manufacturing facilities, including sanitary design review, staffing, training, regulatory inspections, and operational readiness.
• Redesigned organizational structure and labor allocation strategies, delivering a 30% reduction in labor costs while maintaining compliance performance and operational support.
• Managed multi-site FSQA budgets and continuous improvement initiatives, delivering more than $300,000 in first-year cost savings through process optimization and resource management.
• Led SQF certification audits, regulatory inspections, customer audits, and CAPA programs across multiple facilities while driving measurable improvements in food safety culture, GMP compliance, sanitation performance, and customer complaints.
• Developed executive-level KPI reporting and business reviews, providing leadership visibility into food safety, quality, compliance, operational performance, and strategic initiatives.

• Led Food Safety, Quality, and Sanitation programs for a 24/7 manufacturing operation, supporting rapid organizational growth, operational scale-up, and regulatory compliance.
• Led staffing, training, and organizational readiness efforts that enabled a 50% increase in production volume within two weeks while maintaining food safety, quality, and regulatory compliance standards.
• Managed SQF, HACCP, Food Defense, Internal Audit, CAPA, Calibration, and Management Review programs, serving as SQF Practitioner and leading the facility to multiple Excellent SQF audit ratings.
• Led investigations involving food safety, quality, sanitation, and regulatory concerns, overseeing product disposition, recall activities, root cause analysis, and corrective action implementation to protect consumers and maintain compliance.
• Developed and promoted multiple frontline employees into leadership positions, strengthening succession planning, organizational capability, and accountability across operations.
• Optimized quality and sanitation operations through technology adoption, process redesign, and enhanced compliance monitoring, improving operational efficiency, audit readiness, and food safety performance.
• Partnered with Operations, Maintenance, Supply Chain, and Production leadership to align food safety, quality, sanitation, and business objectives while supporting commercialization and operational growth.

• Conducted execution of recalls & stop sales for retail products as required
• Developed & oversaw the FSVP program with approximately 100 foreign suppliers
• Leader of supplier approval program
• Formulate action plans for customer complaint trends
• Monitor and respond to inquiries from regulatory agencies (USDA, FDA, State & local)
• Issue & closeout non-conformances with suppliers following significant Food Safety or Quality events

• Managed technical documentation and customer requirements for approximately 300 customers.

• Led Organic, Kosher, and Gluten-Free certification programs.

• Investigated customer complaints and communicated corrective actions to major retail customers.

• Managed supplier approval programs for approximately 250 raw material and packaging suppliers.

• Conducted supplier audits to verify food safety, quality, and regulatory compliance.

• Supported SQF, customer, and regulatory audits.

• Partnered with FSQA leadership to investigate and respond to USDA findings.

• Led FDA Warning Letter response efforts through successful closeout.

• Led BRC certification audits, achieving an "A" rating.

• Obtained Gluten-Free Certification.

• Established the supplier approval program.

• Managed Positive Release Program documentation and product disposition activities.

• Led internal audits supporting BRC, HACCP, GMP, and regulatory compliance.

• Managed key compliance vendors, including pest control, sanitation, waste management, and laboratory partners.

• Perform analytical testing on products including: pH, salt & acid titrations, brix, water activity, moisture, and viscosity.
• Prepare samples for microbiological testing.
• Monitory Critical Control Points, managing deviations as needed.