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Food
Safety Quality and Regulatory Lead, Pet Food (Open to Remote) - Wayzata, MN
Cargill
Want to build a stronger, more sustainable future
and cultivate your career? Join Cargill's global team of 160,000 employees
who are committed to safe, responsible and sustainable ways to nourish the
world. This position is in Cargill’s animal nutrition and health business,
where we improve lives through better nutrition. Our team researches,
innovates and creates solutions that deliver healthy results for our
customers.
JOB PURPOSE AND IMPACT
The Food Safety, Quality and Regulatory Regional Pet Food Lead is a critical
member of the Animal Nutrition and Health business and the Food Safety,
Quality and Regulatory leadership team, responsible to provide Food Safety
Quality and Regulatory leadership for a group of plants in North America. The
ideal leader will possess a well-honed ability to build trust and respect
with stakeholders across country and with regional colleagues. To achieve
this, you will have demonstrated strong influencing and change management
skills in creating alignment on strategy and processes, as well as being a
compelling communicator.
KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES
Lead talent management, performance management and leadership development of
Food Safety, Quality, and Regulatory (FSQR) employees in the pet food
business. Identify current and future resourcing needs and develop a talent
pipeline with high performing, engaged talent.
Ensure compliance with applicable laws and regulations, policies and
procedures. Analyze, review, interpret and implement FSQR policies,
procedures, including customer and supplier standards for alignment across
the pet food business.
Lead by example to shape a culture of high performance.
Build effective relationships with leadership and key stakeholders within the
region to drive a food safety and quality culture.
Drive continuous improvement mindset across the pet food
business.
Assist with the creation of strategic and tactical
planning for the Animal Nutrition and Health business.
Perform prevention activities and issue resolution – Ensure connectivity and
collaboration within the organization in the pet food business. Facilitate
resolution to highly complex issues in the business.
Support the development of new FSQR processes/systems
across the business. Provide input to business related to base/non-base
capital needs to maintain food/feed/product safety standards.
Lead and develop a team, coach and make decisions related
to talent management, hiring, performance, and disciplinary actions.
Other duties as assigned
This position could be located in Wayzata, MN, Olathe, KS
or a remote home-office location in the United States.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
Bachelor’s degree in a related field or equivalent
experience
Minimum of four years of related work experience
Ability to travel up to 40%
Demonstrated experience in the areas of food safety,
quality assurance and regulatory affairs
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
Two years of supervisory experience
Demonstrated experience with Pet Food
Demonstrated experience with driving continuous improvement
Experience with GFSI food safety management systems,
including SQF and FSSC 22000
Experience working within FDA regulations
Experience in a microbiologically sensitive environment,
including environmental monitoring and finished product testing
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