Quality Food and Safety (QFS) Coordinator - Mankato, MN

Archer Daniels Midland•Mankato, MN

45d•Hybrid

About The Position

The QFS (Quality and Food Safety) Coordinator is responsible for managing the daily activities of the site’s food safety program. This position reports to the Area Facility/Complex Manager and has a dotted-line to the OBU Quality Group. The role is approximately 50% plant-floor work and 50% desk work. Employees in this position may be exposed to various potential chemical and food allergens due to the nature of our business and the requirements of the job.

Requirements

Excellent communication, problem solving, and good decision making skills are required.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills a must.
Ability to communicate and interact with all levels of the organization, including senior management, customers, and regulatory officials as needed.
Ability to stand, walk, and lift up to fifty (50) pounds.
ADM requires the successful completion of a background check.

Nice To Haves

Preferred 4 year degree or equivalent
4 year Food Safety experience in a Food manufacturing environment.

Responsibilities

Provides leadership, support, and guidance to ensure that Food Safety/Quality requirements are met.
Manages, plans, implements, and continuously improves the Food Safety/Quality divisional programs.
Enforce Quality goals and KPIs, Food Safety/Quality, maintain Food Safety plan, and supports Operations for continuous improvement.
Ensure the processes and systems are adequate to implement, achieve, and maintain 3rd party certifications (i.e., GMP+, SQF, etc.) and FDA compliance (21CFR 507 and/or 21CFR 117).
Oversee usage of and provide support for information technology systems (i.e., Policy Tech, APeCS, GEMINI, etc.).
Tracks and reports the Cost of Poor Quality to drive continuous improvement in the plant.
Escalates and communicates quality and food safety issues, as required, to Plant Management, Regional QFS, BU NA QFS Director and the Technology Center.
Conduct in person quality team training for new hires, monthly and annual compliance training.Including development of training and building out the program.
Participate in compliance audits as well as help prepare for audits.
QFS Coordinator will be the back up to the QFS manager for the respective areas. In the event the QFS manager is out for vacation or leave of any kind the QFS Coordinator will be expected to cover and preform extra job functions usually completed by the QFS manager.
All Job functions are subject to change at plant or manager needs. Managers will communicate any changes in job function to employees.

Benefits

medical/Rx
dental
vision
on-site wellness center access or gym reimbursement (as applicable)
flexible spending accounts
health savings account
401(k) with matching contributions and cash balance plan
discounted employee stock purchasing program
life insurance
disability
workers’ compensation
legal assistance
identity theft protection
Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
Employee Resource Groups (ERGs)
Colleague Giving Programs (ADM Cares)
Paid time off
paid holidays
Adoption assistance
paid maternity and parental leave
Tuition assistance
Company-sponsored training and development resources, such as LinkedIn Learning, language training and mentoring programs.