Career
Opportunities: Manager, Food Safety Initiatives (41900)
Orrville, Ohio
Req
Id 41900 - Posted 11/04/2015 - Quality
Assurance / Research and Development / Sensory - N/A - OH
- Orrville (Corporate Office) - Professional / Administrative - United
States
For more than 115 years, The J. M. Smucker Company has been committed to
offering consumers quality products that bring families together to share
memorable meals and moments. Today, Smucker is a leading marketer and
manufacturer of consumer food and beverage products and pet food and pet
snacks in North America with annual net sales of approximately $8 billion. In
consumer foods and beverages, its brands include Smucker's®, Folgers®, Jif®, Dunkin’ Donuts®, Crisco®, Pillsbury®, R.W. Knudsen
Family®, Hungry Jack®, Café Bustelo®, Martha White®, truRoots®, Sahale Snacks®, Robin
Hood®, and Bick’s®. In pet food
and pet snacks, its brands include Meow Mix®, Milk-
Bone®, Kibbles 'n Bits®, Natural Balance®, and 9Lives®. The
Company remains rooted in the Basic Beliefs of Quality, People,
Ethics, Growth, and Independence established
by its founder and namesake more than a century ago. For more information
about the Company, visit jmsmucker.com.
TITLE
Manager, Food Safety Initiatives
LOCATION
Orrville, Ohio
~A comprehensive relocation package is
available.
REPORTS TO
Director, Quality Assurance
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
·Proactively partner with the Product
Development team to develop and commercialize new processing technologies
·Implement microbiological programs that
include incoming ingredient testing, environmental monitoring and finished
product testing
·With the Food Safety manager, provide
leadership in food safety programs to assure that manufacturing processes and
environments are microbiologically safe for producing both new and existing
products
·Act as a troubleshooting resource to
investigate and correct microbiological non-conformities at plants and
contract manufacturers
oProvide recommendations regarding process design, product disposition,
and continuous improvement
·Conduct HACCP risk assessments for new
processing lines
·Develop and oversee challenge studies to
understand product microbiological stability
·Create and implement scheduled audits and
other monitoring activities to insure food safety (includes product
disposition for all process deviated items)
·Review and interpret testing methods of
internal and external microbiological laboratories
·Oversee microbiological validation for new
and existing products and provide direction for product disposition based on
microbiological results
·Maintain awareness of the food regulatory
environment and emerging microorganisms of concern
·Set the strategy for microbiological
testing for pet food plants, co-manufacturers, and the research center
·Develop preservation processes based on
scientific principles to optimally produce safe and high quality products,
and provide process instructions to preserve /process products manufactured
by the company
·Manage and upkeep all original process
development files, process deviation files, and regulatory process filing
files for regulatory compliance
·Register necessary sterilization
information with FDA & USDA for all pet food facilities
·Supervise the sterilization and
preservation of new products in the Innovation Center (also includes
approving factory retort performance for production)
·Provide technical and scientific assistance
for product development, and operating factories
·Provide necessary direction for all process
deviations correction at factories
SELECTION
CRITERIA
Education
·Bachelors of Science degree in Food Science
or Microbiology is required (or a degree in a related Food Engineering field
- with relevant commensurate food industry experience)
·Master of Science degree in
Microbiology is required
·PhD in Microbiology is preferred
Experience
·Minimum of 10 years of experience in Food
Microbiology, Process Development, and Food Safety/Food Quality (all 3 areas)
is required
·Minimum 5 years hands on experience in
thermal process design is required
oProcess Authority certification is preferred
·Knowledge of instrumentation process
control principles and practices is required
·Knowledge of federal regulations pertaining
to food preservation, methods, equipment, and microbiological aspects of food
manufacturing is required
·Experience with testing microorganisms of
concern in acidified, low-acid, low-moisture, and refrigerated foods is
required
·Experience with aseptic processing and alternative
technologies is a plus
·Knowledge of food microbiology, good
laboratory procedures, food safety controls, manufacturing processes,
sanitary design, food law, Good Manufacturing Practices, auditing,
troubleshooting, and microbiological test procedures is required
Other
·Solid working knowledge of quality
assurance, food manufacturing, packaging, processing and distribution is
required
·Strong ability to work in cross-functional
& team-oriented environment with multiple disciplines
·Proven capabilities in the area of project
management
·Ability to lead several projects altogether
and simultaneously
·Detail & process oriented with strong
problem resolution abilities
·Demonstrated ability to evaluate
microbiologically sensitive business risks
·Effective oral communication skills and
ability to appropriately communicate sensitive information in a timely manner
·Ability to design and execute testing to
manage food safety risks for new and existing products and technologies
·Ability to effectively interact and manage
vendors, consultants and regulatory agencies
·Ability to travel 25-35% is required
·Ability to work in food production
facilities is
required
IND2016HP
This position is employee referral award eligible.
No person will be discriminated against in any aspect of his or her
employment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin,
ancestry, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, transgender
status, marital status, familial status, disability, genetic information,
protected veteran/military status, or any other characteristic protected by
applicable federal, state, or local law.
