Global Associate Manager, Food Safety

Job Overview

We are seeking a Global Associate Manager, Food Safety to join our team at Wolt. As a key member of our Global Food Safety team, you will play a crucial role in ensuring Wolt's operations are safe, compliant, and trusted across our European markets.

Responsibilities

This is a hands-on role that blends policy work with real, on-the-ground problem-solving. You will partner with country and area leaders, support external audits, and help translate global food safety standards into actionable steps for local implementation.

Key responsibilities include:

• Collaborating with country and area leaders to manage food safety compliance and find practical solutions to emerging risks.
• Supporting our external audit program, coordinating schedules with third-party auditors and local food authorities.
• Developing and maintaining global food safety policies, procedures, and HACCP plans, and translating them into concrete steps at the country level.
• Handling food safety issues, inquiries, and product recalls, guiding country and site teams through execution and customer communication.
• Working with Legal and Policy to stay ahead of food safety regulations across our European markets.
• Tracking compliance metrics and using data to identify trends and drive improvements.

Requirements

• Formal food safety qualification (e.g., Food Science, Microbiology, Public Health), or equivalent hands-on experience.
• 5+ years of progressive food safety or regulatory compliance experience in hospitality, retail, quick commerce, or manufacturing.
• Strong working knowledge of HACCP and food safety standards such as FSSC 22000, ISO 22000, IFS, or BRC.
• Proven experience managing food safety programs across multi-country, multi-unit operations, with a pragmatic, solutions-focused approach.
• Proven track record conducting internal/external audits, risk assessments, and gap analyses, with the ability to drive follow-up actions that deliver real compliance improvement.
• Experience implementing policies and procedures in response to new business initiatives or evolving risk environments.
• Fluent in English, given the multi-country scope of this role.
• Willingness and ability to travel regularly across our European markets.

Benefits

• The chance to build and shape food safety practices across a fast-growing set of European markets, with real ownership over how you get there.
• A seat on a collaborative, supportive global team genuinely invested in your growth as a leader.
• Cross-functional exposure , you’ll work directly with legal, policy, ops, and country teams, not from behind a desk.

Salary Information

The successful candidate's starting pay will fall within the pay range of €2,920-€3,654 EUR.