Mgr Food Safety Compliance

The Hershey Company • Whitestown, IN

107d

About The Position

Under minimal guidance, the Manager, Food Safety Compliance primary role is to coordinate efforts to achieve and maintain Global Food Safety Initiative certification and to ensure adherence to Hershey's Product Excellence Program. Responsibilities include ensuring compliance to all company and regulatory policies/procedures pertaining to product safety/quality. The role shall be responsible for coordination of the following programs, including but not limited to, food defense, monthly employee training, activities around Good Manufacturing Practices (GMPs), and quality and food safety culture. The role shall lead the development, maintenance, and governance of the food safety and quality plans and related programs across all plants in the hub working closely with the QA managers at each site. The Hershey Salty Snacks Indiana Hub has 4 Manufacturing locations that make from Pretzels to Popcorn to puffed snacks in a high-speed complex environment.

Requirements

• Effective communication of technical and non-technical information to various levels, both internally and externally to the organization.
• Strong working knowledge of Food Safety principles.
• Working Knowledge of federal and state food industry regulations.
• Understanding of sanitation and pest control practices.
• Strong understanding of The Hershey Company's Product Excellence Program (PEP) and HACCP.
• Strong understanding of GFSI standards.
• Safe Quality Food (SQF) Practitioner Certification strongly preferred.
• Strong Understanding and experience on HACCP.
• Strong computer and document management skills.
• Strong documentation skills and attention to detail.
• Strong communication skills and ability to work collaboratively with all levels internal and external to the plant to deliver timely results.
• Strong auditing/assessment skills.
• Knowledge of manufacturing operations.

Nice To Haves

• Hazard Analysis Critical Control Points (HACCP) Certification is strongly preferred.
• Safe Quality Foods (SQF) Certification is strongly preferred.
• Preventive Control Qualified Individual (PCQI) Certification is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Assure compliance with the food safety/food quality programs, facilitate required employee training, complete required internal assessments, develop corrective/preventive actions, lead internal and 3rd party audits, and complete required validation and verifications of the system.
• Lead the development, implementation, review, and maintenance of the plant's food safety program to assure compliance with The Hershey Company's Product Excellence Program and GFSI standards.
• Assure quality manager, quality supervisors and general employee ownership of programs by communicating essential information related to food safety/food quality to all employees including management and line operatives.
• Assure the capital investment plans are evaluated under HACCP and Hershey Engineering Design review for the 3 Indiana facilities.
• Coordinates HACCP Team meetings, provides training and leadership.
• Evaluate food safety risks for Innovation projects, capital projects and incidents.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Industry: Food Manufacturing
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree