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Food Safety and Quality Assurance – Aramark
- USA
ARAMARK
is a leader in professional services, providing award-winning food services,
facilities management, and uniform and career apparel to health care
institutions, universities and school districts, stadiums and arenas, and
businesses around the world. The company is recognized as the industry leader
in FORTUNE magazine's "World's Most Admired Companies," and as one
of America's Largest Private Companies by both FORTUNE and Forbes
magazines. ARAMARK seeks to responsibly address issues that matter to its
clients, customers, employees and communities by focusing on employee
advocacy, environmental stewardship, health and wellness, and community
involvement. Headquartered in Philadelphia, ARAMARK has approximately 255,000
employees serving clients in 22 countries.
Position
will be responsible for providing technical support and expertise, and
strategic guidance to the S&RC department and the organization concerning
food safety exposures. Individual will support Director - Global Food
Safety Quality Assurance to identify current state in the area of food safety
and develop and execute ARAMARK policies, programs and standards on a global
basis to reduce food safety exposures. Individual will be responsible
for supporting the development of strategic plans and executing tactical
plans to drive continuous improvement and minimize exposure in the area of
food safety quality assurance. Position will be responsible for identifying
all types of food safety exposures and developing and implementing sound food
safety management programs. In addition, position will management of a
quality assurance program with external service providers and support
ARAMARK's global quality assurance program through development,
implementation, management and continuous improvement via the ARAMARK SAFE
Management System framework.
- Manage quality assurance review
program which includes third party reviews and Health Department report
visibility with external service providers. Participate in
"shadow" reviews to ensure program consistency. Conduct
and/or coordinate 3rd party field-based food safety
assessments to determine adequacy of existing programs, procedures, tools,
etc. Assist Line of Business (LOB) in identifying exposures associated
with Department of Health regulations, while assisting them with
regulatory compliance.
- Develop, execute and maintain a
national strategy for governance, regulatory compliance, and quality
assurance associated with food safety that includes measurement and
monitoring to evaluate effectiveness. Partner with ARAMARK's IT
team to create and maintain visible quality assurance program dashboard
metrics and reporting system for all levels of management.
- Support development of field
friendly food safety processes, programs, procedures, enabling systems,
and tools to support ARAMARK's SAFE Management System and Line of
Business clients. Based on quality
assurance and Health Department observations and LOB client needs, build
and communicate ARAMARK's global standards as it relates to food
safety.
- Assist LOBs during any alleged
foodborne illness outbreaks, and/or any type of other claims associated
with food. Support Director - Global Food Safety Quality Assurance
during crisis management and ARAMARK's crisis management team as it
relates to food safety, food contamination, etc. Based on
learning's identified during root cause incident investigation from food
safety exposure that result in losses to the organization,
evolve existing programs and systems to mitigate any potential future
risk.
- Assess training needs
associated with food safety, and develop structured training programs
and determine the appropriate delivery model for required safe food
handling training.
- Collaborate with Supply Chain
Management in determining vendor/supplier approval criteria. Conduct
evaluation and analysis of third party quality assurance reviews for
quality, assessor competency, and regulatory compliance. Establish and
maintain a performance-based relationship with ARAMARK's Supply Chain
Management team to facilitate third party stewardship meetings to
enhance and continuously improve the quality assurance program.
- In cooperation with Manager -
Business Development Support and/or S&RC Account Executives, provide
support during contract review of new and existing business to identify
food safety system exposures associated with scope of work.
- Field LOB inquires requiring
specific food safety technical support, including assisting LOBs during
any alleged complaints, regulatory inspections, and resolution of notice
of violations, citations, etc. Liaison between
local/state/national health jurisdictions to be aware of specific
requirements and regulatory trends.
- Bachelor's of Science (required), food
science or other specialized food related field of study (MS preferred).
- 8+ years professional
experience in food safety required. Experience in management
systems or certified food safety professional designation preferred.
- Diverse background/experience
in addressing all types of food safety exposures and a proven track
record of developing and implementing sound food safety management
programs.
- A strong understanding of food
safety regulations (US-Required, International-Preferred), and Global
Food Safety Initiative (GFSI) recognized food safety schemes (Dutch
HACCP, SQF, BRC, ISO, Global GAP, etc.).
- Knowledgeable of ISO 22000
principles (to serve global clients) is desirable.
- Working knowledge of quality
assurance programs (Six Sigma, ISO etc) is a
plus.
Must
possess strong communication and consultative skills with demonstrated
ability to assess potential food safety risks and to propose sound business
solutions. Individual must be client focused with strategic and
tactical skills to support and sustain organizational change around food
safety matters. Individual must be able to collaboratively work across
the organization, handle multiple/competing priorities, and solve problems
with certainty in dynamic operational environments.
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