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ALL QUALIFIED APPLICANTS MAY APPLY ONLINE. THE ONLINE
APPLICATION MUST BE COMPLETE IN ITS ENTIRETY TO BE CONSIDERED. A RESUME
DOES NOT SUBSTITUTE FOR THE ONLINE APPLICATION OR ANY OF ITS PARTS.
GENERAL PURPOSE
OF THE POSITION:
Works with operations
staff to ensure all company policies and procedures meet local, state, and
federal regulations and standards as it relates to product distribution.
This position will be responsible for all related functions within all
warehouse groups.
KEY
RELATIONSHIPS:
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Quality Control Manager
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Vice President
Value-Added
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Vice President
Operations
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Value Added Team
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Quality Control Team
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Department Managers
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EDUCATION,
QUALIFICATIONS and/or EXPERIENCE:
- High school diploma required.
Bachelor Degree in Food Science or Food Technology, or closely related
field preferred
- Working knowledge of MS
Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook)
- 2-5 years of plant or
operations quality / food safety / sanitation experience
- Knowledge of HACCP and
sanitation principles
- Working knowledge of USDA /
PACA guidelines
- Minimum of one year of
supervisory experience
- Thorough knowledge and
understanding of cleaning and sanitation procedures for distribution
centers
- Thorough understanding and
knowledge of public health (food safety law and regulations), codes,
and regulations
- Demonstrated time management
and prioritization skills
- Strong analytical and
technical writing skills
- Effective written and verbal
communication skills
- Able to work under minimal
supervision and have experience managing projects
- Ability to engage all levels
of employees and ability to work effectively with a team
- Ability to motivate, lead and
influence various levels of the organization
- Ability to assimilate new
information quickly and react positively to new and challenging
opportunities
- Energetic, self-motivated and
the ability to manage multiple projects and work with multifunctional
teams
- Bilingual skills (English and
Spanish) preferred
ESSENTIAL DUTIES
AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Assists with hiring of
sanitation personnel
- Supervises sanitation
personnel
- Conducts employee performance
reviews based on job descriptions to determine competency, knowledge,
and contribution of the sanitation staff
- Ensures the sanitation staff
is adequately trained, equipped, and motivated so that the food safety
program can be accomplished in a safe, timely, and cost-effective
manner
- Ensures that all sanitation
staff is trained on the most updated version of the operating
procedures.
- Responsible for performance
management process for sanitation staff
- Communicates regularly with
all sanitation staff, both individually and as a group, to ensure
effective two-way communication concerning sanitation/food safety
issues
- Responsible for personal
professional development through continuing education to serve as
subject matter expert
- Responsible for compliance
with all local, state and federal regulations as it pertains to food
safety. Adhere to and administer and enforce all food safety company
policies and procedures
- Develops and implements all
sanitation related training for sanitation and operations employees as
needed
- Sets the direction for
ongoing sanitation verification activities.
- Ensures all safety
requirements related to sanitation are met including proper chemical
storage and disposal, MSDA, PPE and procedures.
- Assists in the development
and implementation of standards, policies and procedures related to
sanitation and pest control
- Enhances and supports
SOP/HACCP training materials/programs to ensure structure, consistency
and alignment with corporate objectives
- Regularly performs
verification audits to ensure the programs are working effectively
- Develops, implements and
administers facility food safety and sanitation policies and SOPs
across all departments
- Advises company management on
regulatory compliance pertaining to food safety and facility
sanitation
- Acts as the champion for food
safety and quality; motivating, educating and training
cross-functional personnel
- Leads the design and
implementation of superior sanitation standards and programs. Assures
operations compliance to all sanitation standards and programs
- Maintains current on
knowledge of trends and changes affecting food safety, as well as
develops and recommends appropriate program changes to ensure
governmental compliance
- Assigns and monitors site
wide sanitation areas of responsibility for all shifts
- Maintains and updates master
cleaning schedule for site meeting corporate guidelines
- Develops executive summary
reports with recommendation for continuous improvements
- Leads audits (internal
audits, document audits, vendor audits, customer audits, USDA audits,
FDA audits and third party audits such as AIB)
- Reviews audit reports
generated by third party service provider. Identifies,
reviews and resolves any auditing issues. Participates and presents
information to standardize (peer review) third party auditors
- Integrates new products /
processes into the HACCP plans
- Maintains controls for
sanitation chemicals including cost, utilization, testing,
inventories, and proper labeling of containers.
- Utilizes a computer system to
research and resolve inquiries food safety issues.
- Other duties as assigned.
- Complies with and ensures
adherence to departmental Preferred Work Methods (PWMs).
- Conforms to all safety rules
and use all appropriate safety equipment.
- Holiday, Weekend and Overtime
work required.
- Required to work various
shifts to facility food safety program
- Good attendance and adherence
to work schedule.
- Adherence to all Good
Manufacturing Practices, Company Policies, Code of Conduct and Safety
procedures.
- This job description in no
way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed
by the employee(s) incumbent in this position. Employee(s) will be
required to follow any other job-related instructions and to perform
any other job-related duties requested by any person authorized to
give instructions or assignments.
PHYSICAL
REQUIREMENTS:
This position requires
the ability to move product weighing up to 50 lbs., infrequent moving of
product up to 80 lbs., continuous bending, squatting, pushing and pulling
and constant standing and walking.
WORK ENVIRONMENT:
Warehouse, distribution,
production environment.
EOE/M/F/D/V
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