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Responsibilities/Skills/Experience
Requirements
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*Ensures all stores
and distribution centers within an assigned region comply with corporate food
safety programs and federal, state, and local regulations. Uses knowledge of
current food safety issues and food codes in the implementation of programs.
*Establishes and maintains professional
working relationships with federal, state, and local regulating authorities
while acting as a liaison on behalf of Kmart Corporation.
*Visits and inspects company facilities
on a regular basis. Prepares written reports on findings, orchestrates
corrective actions, and monitors compliance throughout the network of stores
and distribution centers.
*Enforces established policies and
procedures for the inspection and disposition of all food items that may have
become contaminated or otherwise unwholesome or unsafe for human consumption.
*Directs the day-to-day activities of
field technicians contracted from national vendors to support corporate food
safety activities and programs.
*Enforces food safety policies and
procedures relating to the rejection and disposition of any receipts that may
have an adverse effect on the safety of food within all Kmart facilities.
Implements and monitors the corporate food recall program.
*Updates store and distribution center
operations on the latest food safety standard operating procedures, bulletins
and related documents to keep up-to-date information on regulations and
procedures available.
*Conducts food safety training seminars
for store and distribution center associates as necessary. Works in
partnership with regional facility managers to train all facility managers on
the food safety program including physical inspection and reporting for all
Kmart properties.
*Identifies potential food safety
issues for the company, acts proactively and takes immediate corrective
action to limit the company’s exposure.
KNOWLEDGE/SKILLS/ABILITIES
*Must possess a Bachelor’s degree in
Food Science, Food Technology, or Food Microbiology, with a minimum of five
(5) years food safety, food science, food quality assurance, or public health
experience or equivalent and possess full knowledge of food safety
regulations, food safety policies, and internal/external best practice
programs or Associates degree in Food Science, Food Technology, or Food
Microbiology, with a minimum of eight (8)years food safety, food science,
food quality assurance, or public health experience or equivalent and possess
full knowledge of food safety regulations, food safety policies, and
internal/external best practice programs.
or High school diploma with a minimum of ten
(10) years food safety, food science, food quality assurance, or public
health experience or equivalent and possess full knowledge of food safety
regulations, food safety policies, and internal/external best practice
programs.
*Strong working knowledge of food
safety issues, food codes and related federal, state and local regulations.
*Demonstrated ability to develop and
write effective technical standard operating procedures, bulletins and other
critical documents.
*Excellent communications,
interpersonal, organizational, administrative and managerial skills.
*Demonstrated ability to conduct
effective training programs.
*Good knowledge of various mainframes
and personal computer software applications including Excel, Work and Power
Point.
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