Director
of Food Safety – Seattle, WA
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Job
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161070
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Location:
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US-WA-Seattle
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Posted
Date:
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9/27/2012
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Company:
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Amazon Fulfillment Svcs,
Inc
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Position
Category:
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Program Management
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Position Details
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Job Description
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At Amazon.com, we're working to be the
most customer-centric company on earth. To get there, we need exceptionally
talented, bright, and driven people. If you'd like to help us build the
place to find and buy anything online, this is your chance to make history.
Our vision for Product Safety is to support Amazon’s mission of offering
the widest selection of products available, while protecting customers from
potential hazardous products. We are looking for a dynamic leader to join
our Worldwide Trade department as the Director of Food Safety. This is an
exciting opportunity to own a highly visible project, managing food and
over-the-counter (OTC) Product Safety, and be part of a vibrant and
fast-growing company!
Key Responsibilities
- Influence others and derive
“win/win” solutions
- Develop Best Practices for
the receipt, storage, transportation and disposal of food and
over-the-counter products
- Communicate industry
standards and identify continuous improvement opportunities
- Leverage technology to drive
process improvements
- Create and deploy internal
training of procedures
- Develop sustainable processes
to audit consumables safety
- Create and monitor business
metrics to track compliance and process effectiveness
- Lead internal communication
with Amazon’s grocery and drugstore retail teams, legal, fulfillment
center operations and related technology teams
- Assess market and business
opportunities and define business and feature requirements
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Basic Qualifications
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- Bachelor’s Degree in related
field
- 5+ years of experience
managing Food Safety in a Retail environment
- 10+ years of experience in
Food Safety Program Management
- 5+ years of people management
within compliance/audit teams
- Process Improvement
experience in a lean organization
- Demonstrated experience
creating sustainable processes
- Knowledge of government
regulations (FDA, USDA)
- Creativity and demonstrated
leadership with superior analytical abilities
- Ability to think lateral
across multiple teams to craft efficient processes
- Demonstrated collaborative
skills and ability to work well within a team, including adherence to
core values and dynamic corporate culture
- Self-motivated with critical
attention to detail, deadlines and reporting
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Preferred Qualifications
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- MBA or related advanced
degree
- Six Sigma experience/training
- Highly analytical and data
driven, able to see the big picture
- Structured, precise, able to
deal with complexity
- Fast pace problem solver,
sense of urgency, “walks the talk”
- Adaptable, at ease in
fast-changing environments
- eCommerce experience
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