Quality Food Safety Supervisor

Bimbo Bakeries USA•Newark, NJ

2d•Onsite

About The Position

Bimbo Bakeries USA (BBU) is the largest baking company in the world, with over 20,000 associates nationwide. They are committed to producing high-quality products and providing a safe and inclusive work environment that appreciates diversity, promotes development, and allows associates to be their authentic selves. This role is crucial in helping BBU bake with world-class practices, win as one team, grow their people, and serve their customers. The Sanitation Team Leader plays an important role in producing high-quality products and ensuring operational capabilities by supporting their team in executing the Operations Excellence Playbook. They empower and involve their teams to achieve key performance metrics and win the shift, creating a compelling culture by engaging and developing their team through effective coaching strategies and expecting ownership and accountability to achieve Thruput and Shipping on-time, in-full.

Requirements

2+ years of Bakery or Food Manufacturing operations management experience
Bakery operations /Quality / Food Safety / or Sanitation supervisory experience (2 years or more)
HACCP, PCQI, Food Defense Coordinator and GFSI Certified. Sanitation Essentials or AIB Sanitation / Food Safety residence course or similar training/certification
Computer skills and proficiency in Microsoft Office programs (Word, Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint)
Good interpersonal and communication skills
Organized and detail oriented
Comfortable working in a participative team environment
Ability to work under pressure and multitasking

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s degree, in Food Science or related major preferred
A combination of education, training and experience that results in demonstrated competency to perform the work may be substituted

Responsibilities

Win the shift by ensuring that all aspects of the shift, such as product, equipment, and processes, adhere to world-class standards for quality, food safety efficiency, and safety.
Foster a culture of Associate engagement by respecting, including, and empowering all Associates.
Uphold and promote E5 Leadership Behaviors: Embrace the Consumer, Ensure Operational Capabilities, Empower and Involve, Engage and Develop, and Expect Ownership and Accountability.
Identify issues, assign actions to the appropriate team member, and follow up to ensure it was completed. Escalate issues to department leaders, as needed.
Coach Associates towards an independent, problem-solving mentality to consistently achieve world-class standards.
Operate with a One Team mentality by collaborating across departments to solve issues and ensure production is to schedule.
Prepare priorities for you and your team for the upcoming shift.
Communicate and coordinate important issues with the right team members to solve issues, including cross functional partners, incoming shift team leaders, and department leadership.
Deliver on Key Performance Indicators for People, Quality, Safety, Service, and Cost.
Engage and develop core competencies in Associates through onboarding, training, coaching and consistent performance feedback.
Achieve all safety goals. Deliver on safety awareness programs in order to eliminate unsafe acts and conditions that contribute to workplace injuries. Comply with workplace standards, company policies and government regulations.
Ensure product quality, advising others to ensure product runs within specification in compliance with quality standards.
Lead the team of associates to serve sales by achieving production schedule attainment, KPIs for thruput and shipping on time, in full.
Ensure cost efficiency by reducing waste, decreasing down time, and overseeing appropriate staff scheduling.
Utilize tablets and essential applications within the tablets, such as Kleanz, SOMAX, Rever, Shift Guides, Intelex, and more, to keep processes running effectively.
Perform data analysis trending reports and action plans for the plant’s sanitation, quality and Food Safety KPI’s.
Maintain and improve with the direct support of the Quality Food Safety Manager, the BBU quality and food safety policies/system and ensures that the programs and policies are followed throughout the facility and reviewed.
Support Quality and Food Safety Manager in evaluating compliance to conducting plant wide inspections related to quality, food safety and food defense.
Ensure active participation in the Product Quality and Food Safety Programs, and Sanitary Conditions in the bakery and supports without hesitation General Plant Safety, GFSI (SQF), Food Safety, Food Defense Initiatives and Good Manufacturing Practices.