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The Quality & Food Safety Manager is responsible for managing the Quality & Sanitation teams. The role includes management of roughly 90 employees across the first, second, and third shifts. The role has a site-wide impact as the owner of Food Safety Systems. It is an excellent opportunity to gain experience managing a team on food safety and sanitation success. The ideal person has excellent communication and coaching skills and the ability to work cross-functionally with all departments. The role will mainly be on 1st shift, but will require leadership across all 3 shifts.
Responsibilities
The Quality & Food Safety Manager is responsible for managing the Quality & Sanitation teams. The role includes management of roughly 90 employees across the first, second, and third shifts. The role has a site-wide impact as the owner of Food Safety Systems. It is an excellent opportunity to gain experience managing a team on food safety and sanitation success. The ideal person has excellent communication and coaching skills and the ability to work cross-functionally with all departments. The role will mainly be on 1st shift, but will require leadership across all 3 shifts.
Periodically review all food safety procedures and instructions, to ensure they remain current
Review requests to change FSMS-related procedures and work instructions and direct the Food Safety Team through such reviews
Manage the Food Safety Team and ensure that processes needed for the FSMS are established, implemented, and maintained
Ensure the promotion of awareness of customer requirements pertaining to food safety throughout the organization
Develop the Company’s prerequisite programs and ensure that PRPs are implemented, monitored, and communicated to the appropriate parties, and periodically review PRPs
Conduct hazard analyses
Evaluate suppliers’/vendors’ food safety systems; monitor and report on supplier food safety performance on an ongoing basis
Review revisions to manufacturing practices, to ensure potential food safety hazards have been adequately addressed
Oversee the internal food safety audit program – select internal audit personnel, review results of food safety audits, ensure that corrective actions are understood, and supervise corrective actions
Reporting on corrections and corrective actions taken at Management Review meetings
Collect, analyze, and publish measurement data, to determine the root cause of process and product food safety problems and recommend action to resolve those problems
Initiate and supervise product defects, to ensure adequate implementation and effectiveness
Supervise hazard analyses, report results of analyses to top management, and periodically review food safety-related processes to ensure hazards are accounted for and controlled
Develop team to solve day-to-day operational issues & reach performance goals
Communicate cross-functionally to assist the team to solve operational issues
Manage all aspects of product quality and food safety for the facility.
This is inclusive of product specs, a quality manual, weight control, traceability, in-process and finished product testing and food safety and allergen. Conduct QAS self-inspections and participate in annual QAS audit program. Conduct self-inspection audits ensuring AIB and FSSC 22000 Standards requirements are met. Develop, coordinate and manage plant quality and sanitation programs as assigned
Provide facility quality training, to include GMP, food safety, Non-GMO and allergen plans, regulatory requirements, and quality measurement systems. Be capable of delivering training in the area of continuous improvement processes
Oversee the Sanitation functions within the departmentConduct one to ones with technicians to ensure that expectations are being met
Ensure that full compliance is maintained in all regulatory matters, and serve as the contact point for regulatory affairs at the site level
Compensation & Benefits:
The expected compensation range for this position is between $106,400 - $178,100.
Location, confirmed job-related skills, experience, and education will be considered in setting actual starting salary. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range during the hiring process.
Bonus based on performance and eligibility target payout is 12% of annual salary paid out annually.
Paid time off subject to eligibility, including paid parental leave, vacation, sick, and bereavement.
In addition to salary, PepsiCo offers a comprehensive benefits package to support our employees and their families, subject to elections and eligibility: Medical, Dental, Vision, Disability, Health, and Dependent Care Reimbursement Accounts, Employee Assistance Program (EAP), Insurance (Accident, Group Legal, Life), Defined Contribution Retirement Plan.
Qualifications
Bachelor Degree preferably in Business, Operations Management, or related major
Understanding of quality, OSHA and food safety requirements in a manufacturing setting
Knowledge of the Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI) is preferred
Demonstrated leadership ability
Highly motivated self-starter
Project management skills
Ability to work in an unstructured environment with the ability to make tradeoff decisions quickly
Ability to give/receive constructive feedback
Ability to lead a team-based approach to decision making.
Demonstrated ability to work in a results-oriented, challenging environment
Effective coaching, facilitation, presentation, and team-building skills
Proficient in sanitation procedures and GMP/AIB requirements in a manufacturing setting
Must have experience with one of the GFSI schematics (FSSC 22000, BRC, GFS, GRMS, etc.)
General knowledgeable of micro-biology relating to environmental monitoring
