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Manager,
Food Safety/Sanitation Location:
Lisle, Illinois OUR CLIENT: Founded in 1956, McCain
Foods Limited ("McCain") is the largest manufacturer of frozen
potato products in the world, and a major producer of other quality frozen
foods. The company operates 60 food production facilities in 14 countries on
six continents and employs more than 20,000 people. McCain brands are
marketed in more than 130 countries. Privately owned by
McCain family members, the company also owns a transportation company (Day &
Ross Transportation Group), a fertilizer company (McCain Fertilizers) and a
seed company (McCain Produce). In fiscal year 2007, the company generated net
sales of C$6 billion. McCain’s goal is to remain the undisputed leader in the
supply of frozen French fries while continuing to establish its dominance in
the supply of frozen appetizers, snacks and potato specialties. The company
will continue to drive profitable growth by: ·
Winning in the marketplace with customers and consumers ·
Driving quality and innovation in everything we do ·
Creating enablers to fuel investment and being cost efficient Investing in the growth
and development of our people McCain operates in the dynamic food industry, which
is aggressive, competitive and fast changing. With very ambitious growth
objectives and strong entrepreneurial roots, McCain competes and wins on the
strength of its leadership. In terms of size, McCain is big enough to have
significant financial and operational strength, yet operates regional units, which
maintain a strong sense of ownership, involvement, belonging and caring.
There is an unusually high level of loyalty, trust and commitment at McCain. POSITION OVERVIEW This person will be
McCain’s resident expert with respect to overall plant sanitation and
cleanliness as well as food safety. He/she will manage the relationship with
McCain’s outsourced sanitation and cleaning provider as well as implement a
consistent and measurable best practices approach to address sanitation and
food safety issues across McCain’s various plant operations around the world. RESPONSIBILITIES ·
Provide strategic and operational direction and leadership to
McCain food safety programs. ·
Develop, implement, and audit effectiveness of food safety
management systems ·
Provide technical leadership to assure that the manufacturing
processes and environments are microbiologically safe for the production of
food products ·
Interpret sensitive food safety related technical information
and provide objective science based recommendations ·
Approve design of microbiology-related studies for understanding
and management of product and process development risk ·
Provide technical leadership in the implementation of cleaning
and sanitation programs ·
Evaluate and provide guidance on proper design and construction
of food plants and equipment ·
Design of microbiological challenge studies to assess product
shelf life expectancies and ensure minimal regulatory risk for new
technologies. ·
Maximize overall equipment effectiveness while striving for world
class sanitation standards ·
Develop standardized training materials for all McCain
facilities to ensure a consistent approach. SKILLS & EXPERIENCE ·
Minimum of 5 years experience in the food industry. ·
Active Food Safety professional who continuously stays abreast
of new developments. ·
Functional expert in food plant sanitation ·
In-depth knowledge of food safety, food microbiology,
manufacturing processes, food regulation, sanitary design and quality
management. ·
External perspective, business acumen, and benchmarking focus
for world-class food safety management. ·
Manage internal and external microbiology testing to ensure
cost-effectiveness of approach, accuracy of data. ·
Ability to effectively interact with vendors, consultants, and
regulatory agencies as an agent of the company. PERSONAL & LEADERSHIP ATTRIBUTES ·
Strong communication, influencing and conflict management
skills. ·
Ability to communicate a vision that is clear and inspiring ·
Understands how to use various methods and tools to engage the
organization to ensure commitment to change. ·
Demonstrated ability to facilitate work in a team environment
and to build and maintain collaborative partnerships across organizational
boundaries. ·
Ability to work in a multicultural environment with respect and
sensitivity for diversity Reporting Relationship:
VP, Global Quality EDUCATION ·
BS Degree in Chemistry, Microbiology, Food Science or related
field. ·
Candidates who are Registered Food Sanitarians are preferred. To
apply for this position, visit our website and use the opportunity code:
WO69643 |
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