Global Microbiology Lead

Kerry Group • Beloit, KS

109d • $207,000 - $364,000

About The Position

The Global Microbiology Lead- Food Safety position is a critical senior leadership role with broad scope and responsibility. This role has ownership for Food Safety and Quality across all regions supporting Kerry's blue-chip customers. Working with the I/O (Integrated Operations) leadership team, this individual will ensure end to end food safety and quality is embedded in our way of working and we deliver products and services that delight our customers and add value to our organization. The role will report directly to the Global Food Safety and Quality Officer and the individual will travel at least 50% + or as needed to address customer and internal needs.

Requirements

• Minimum 15 years of experience in the food industry, specializing in food safety & quality.
• A proven track record of delivering results in a fast pace multinational organization, across a wide range of geographies and cultures.
• Minimum BSc., with a preference for Microbiology/ Masters Degree.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for delivery of the food safety programs and to standardize all structures, work, training, procedures & records.
• Communicates to regional food safety directors and sanitation leads on microbiological initiatives as directed by the Global Food Safety VP.
• Provide support to regional teams and Kerry sites in managing food safety related incidents (food safety compliant and microbial issue) and troubleshooting.
• Manage quality performance and proficiency of the Kerry used third party laboratories by providing technical assessment to third party laboratories.
• Provide support to RD&A and regional food Safety directors on new product scale up associated with microbiological practical in specification set up, process capability, sampling plan, test methodology and in relations.
• Assist the global Food Safety VP in continually evaluating and trending the environmental controls, cleaning & sanitation performance, micro related food safety programs and recommend appropriate improvements.
• Key Member of the Global Crisis Team.
• Ensure documentation across the regions Microbiological Laboratories are accurate and updated to current practices.
• Provide support to Regional VPs and teams in troubleshooting, root cause analysis, corrective actions and verification.
• Support the regional sanitation leads to continually improve to Kerry Global EMP programs and performance.
• Continue improvement on the accuracy and precision of testing methods used by our external vendors.
• Conduct periodic audits of our Laboratory vendors globally to a frequency to be confirmed.
• Support sites to identify and resolve food safety issue and quality issue in microbial related as directed globally by Food Safety VP.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Industry: Merchant Wholesalers, Nondurable Goods
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree