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Manager, Food Safety -
Global Quality( Job Number: CHI00153)
Description
Wm. Wrigley
Jr. Company is a recognized leader in confections with a wide range of
product offerings including gum, mints, hard and chewy candies,
lollipops, and chocolate. The company has operations in more than 40
countries and distributes its world-famous brands in more than 180
countries. Three of these brands - Juicy Fruit, Wrigley's Spearmint, and
Altoids - have heritages stretching back more than a century. Other
well-loved brands include Orbit, Extra, Starburst, Doublemint, Skittles,
Freedent, Airwaves, Life Savers, Eclipse, and Winterfresh. Wrigley is
headquartered in Chicago, Ill., and operates as a subsidiary of Mars,
Incorporated, a private, family-owned company founded in 1911. Mars,
Incorporated is one of the world's largest food companies, generating
global revenues of 30 billion dollars annually and producing some of the
world's leading brands in six segments that include Chocolate, Drinks,
Food, Petcare, Symbioscience and Wrigley.
The
food safety team lead manages quality through the development of
comprehensive quality systems, e.g. Risk assessment, Prerequisite Food
Safety, Design/Supply Chain HACCP, Audit Management and advancement of
food safety tools and processes for the Wrigley gum and confectionery
segment. This functional leader works closely with Research and
Development, Global Supply Chain and Factory Management to develop
processes and tools that ensure our products' are safe and wholesome.
The
food safety lead, SME team, and factory food safety coordinators are
focused on the deployment of systems to ensure our products''
consistently meet consumers needs, beat our competition, and provide
consumer confidence in Wrigley products. This team also works closely in
the deployment systems designed to leverage consumer safety into
actionable continuous improvement opportunities for our Supply Chain and
Innovation teams.
This
position is responsible for the deployment of food safety systems that
drive continuous improvement resulting in high quality, cost effective
products. The incumbent is an integral member of the Global Quality
Center of Excellence Team for Wrigley's Global Quality Department.
- Designs and develops food
safety processes for risk assessment that meet globally recognized
requirements as defined by Codex Alimentarius, UKAS, FSSC 22000 ,
etc, for the design and deployment of robust food safety systems.
- Oversees the deployment,
measures, maintenance, and verification of effectiveness, for
established Food Safety systems across the Wrigley Company
worldwide. Works with Global Quality Leadership Team, Mars MSAC team
and other staff in Mars and client organizations to ensure effective
transfer of systems and capabilities on a worldwide basis.
- Drives continuous
improvement and standardization of food safety and systems across
the organization (from supplier through to consumer), and assures
that such procedures are appropriately integrated to result in gold
standard products while being timely and cost effective.
- Functions as the technical
expert on food safety systems within Global Quality, including Mars
Q&FS Systems, FSSC 22000, ISO 11000, Codex Alimentarius Food
Hygiene, cGMP, cGLP, etc. Develops and leads audit processes to
ensure adherence to key controls.
- Assesses all types of risk
(package, utility, ingredient and process) and ensures policies and
procedures address food safety improvement opportunities or areas
for quality system improvement that ensure the wholesomeness of our
products.
- Empowers and educates our
manufacturing facilities to meet Food Safety requirements as defined
by Codex Alimentarius and ISO 22000 as well as ensures compliance to
all relevant food safety requirements.
- Creates and implements
Wrigley gum and confectionery segment food safety policies and
procedures in line with Mars global Food Safety and Quality team
learning and direction.
- Defines, develops, and
implements food safety metrics that drives continuous improvement in
prerequisite program management and effective deployment of HACCP
from farm to consumer.
- Together with quality team
counterparts across the Company, assures that established systems
result in Gold Standard production on a worldwide basis. Works with
Regional and factory Quality Managers and staff to share findings
and solutions and to help resolve problems that may affect more than
one client area.
- Mentors and coaches Global
Quality organization to strengthen and enhance their food safety
skill set and impact to Global Quality priorities.
- Mentors and coaches to
foster awareness of product safety issues and promote the attainment
of quality leadership skills; devises and implements methods of
transferring solutions and findings to other groups within the
client organization and to encourage support for and recognition of
initiatives. Implements preventative, proactive (quality engineering
standards) and predictive (integrated food safety systems) projects
for Wrigley products on a worldwide basis.
- Promotes the goals of
Global Quality across the Wrigley Company to facilitate company-wide
acceptance and support for goals. Interfaces with management and
staff company-wide to ensure the attainment of Quality Assurance
objectives.
- Researches new developments
of food safety globally and communicates important new findings to
the organization. Helps assure the ongoing education of client staff
in product, package and process food safety risk and preventive
deployment of systems, programs and processes to manage or mitigate
these risks.
Qualifications
Incumbent
Requirements:
- Technical Bachelor's degree
(Food Science, Biology or Chemistry) required. Masters or PhD
preferred.
- 7 - 10 plus years of
professional experience in quality management and or quality systems
discipline.
- Expertise in quality
systems and requirements, including HACCP, ISO, GMP, Food Allergens,
Factory Hygiene, Equipment Calibration, Laboratory GMPs and Quality
Audit Management.
- Understanding of Global
regulatory agency operations and a working knowledge of regulatory
requirements in North America, EU, India, Australia and China.
- Strong experience in
manufacturing quality management (food preferred) and product
development activities for Consumer Package Goods Companies.
- Good understanding in gum
and confectionary technology.
- Strong project management,
change management and organizational alignment capability.
- Skilled in aligning and
complex problem solving with all levels of staff.
- Strong leadership and
strategic planning skills. Excellent oral and written communication
skills.
- Exemplary Wrigley Core
Values and Leadership Behaviors. Strong people management skills in
creating a participative environment and a high performance team.
- Forward thinking, self
directed, capable of making independent actions, and ability to make
complex decisions that drive business performance.
- Proven product related
crisis management skills and considered a food safety expert in the
food industry.
The
Wrigley Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE). Qualified
applicants are considered for employment without regard to age, race,
color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, disability, or
veteran status. If you need assistance or an accommodation during the
application process because of a disability, it is available upon
request. The company is pleased to provide such assistance, and no
applicant will be penalized as a result of such a request.
Primary Location
NA-USA-Illinois
Job Posting
Apr
5, 2010
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