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Food Safety Specialist - Southern Region / Cincinnati, OH-1200004155 Description
Meijer is a leading
Supercenter located in five states throughout the Midwest, with nearly 200
stores and almost 60,000 employees. As a multi-billion dollar retailer,
Meijer is ranked as the 13th largest privately held company in the country,
as well as one of the top 30 most reputable companies in the United States by
Forbes Magazine. We have become a
respected leader in the competitive retail market by sticking to our core values
of customers, competition, family, freshness, and safety & health.
Meijer's Midwest geography includes corporate offices in Grand Rapids,
Michigan, and stores, distribution centers, and manufacturing facilities
throughout Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Ohio, and Kentucky. From store
leadership to marketing to buyers to finance, the variety of careers
available at Meijer is as interesting and diverse as the people who fill the
positions. While your job responsibilities may differ, the purposes are all
the same: To make Meijer the best retail organization in the nation. Currently, Meijer
is looking for a Food Safety Specialist - Southern Region (Cincinnati, OH).
The individual selected for this position will be responsible for providing
food safety expertise and acting as the region's primary key resource for our
stores and distribution facilities regarding governmental food safety
regulations and internal Meijer Standard Operating Procedures. The individual
will also be responsible for ensuring uncompromising food safety performance
through science-based Hazardous Analysis of Critical Control Point (HACCP)
audits of our stores and distribution facilities, education of team members
and leadership on the science behind food safety and acting as a positive
change agent by enhancing our food safety culture within our retail stores
and supply chain. Key
responsibilities include: ·
Collaborating on a daily basis with other members of
the corporate food safety department to discuss and analyze food safety
trends and findings with other regions and maintaining a standardized
approach to food safety audits in order to ensure Meijer food safety programs
are executed to the highest standards ·
Conducting a minimum of 3 science-based HACCP Food
Safety audits annually within our retail stores and distribution facilities ·
Providing expert HACCP guidance and instructional
knowledge as it relates to food safety and food defense issues within our
retail and distribution operations ·
Assisting in the development, implementation and
execution of food safety training programs and examinations ·
Assisting in the response investigation to customer
complaints due to product, facilities and/or illness complaints ·
Conducting bacterial control testing and environmental
swabbing of equipment using aseptic procedures ·
Analyzing and comparing regional food safety metrics
and training performance against company goals and chainwide
performance by facility, in order to assist local leadership teams with the
development of science-based action plans for improving food safety program
execution ·
Providing trend analysis reports and preparing
presentations to regional leadership by facility, as well as by market area,
so that they understand regional performance to company goals and objectives
and assisting them in the development and execution of priorities and action
plans for continuous improvement ·
Identifying critical food safety breakdowns in
operating and/or merchandising procedures and acting as a proactive change
agent by proposing possible solutions to food safety leadership for further
discussion ·
Working with all levels of operational/distribution
leadership in a collaborative and influential manner toward continuous improvement
of food safety standards and operational excellence without direct-line
authority ·
Knowing local food safety code differences and acting
as the primary Meijer food safety contact at the local level by assisting in
the inspection and opening of new stores This job profile is
not meant to be all inclusive of the responsibilities of this position; may
perform other duties as assigned or required. Qualifications
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Associate's degree in
Environmental or Biological Science required ·
Bachelor's degree preferred ·
1-3+ years of working with food safety regulations
within the food/retail industry or with a regulatory agency ·
Experience in and the ability to design, develop and
present training programs and trend analysis reporting on food safety ·
Previous experience working with food safety issues
within the retail, distribution or manufacturing environments ·
Knowledge and understanding of local, state and federal
safety regulations (FDA, GMPs, USDA, GAPs, SQF, etc.) ·
Working knowledge and demonstrated competency in the
process of HACCP principles ·
Ability to work independently with minimal supervision
while remaining aligned with corporate food safety programs and goals ·
Must possess strong verbal, written, computer and
interpersonal skills ·
Ability to influence positive change behavior without
direct authority ·
Ability to establish proactive, collaborative working
relationships with organizational leadership as well as public health
officials Job
Supply Chain/Logistics Primary Location
OH-Cincinnati Schedule
Full-time |
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