Sanitation Manager

Stir Foods•Fullerton, CA

11h•Onsite

About The Position

Stir Foods is a fast-growing food organization with two production facilities in Southern California. We are the signature flavor behind some of your favorite meal experiences, partnering with well-known names in food, food service, and retail. Our products can be found on fast-casual menus, in frozen meals, retail delis, meal kits, and RTE bagged salads. We co-create and supply hot-cooked products like sauces, cheese sauces, soups, chilis, and marinades, as well as cold-processed products including dressings, sauces, spreads, and batters. Safety and quality are at the forefront of our culture, and all employees are committed to adhering to, promoting, and improving quality and safety policies and practices.

Requirements

Previous Manager Experience (Must have)
Ability to communicate clearly and concisely with subordinates.
Must be bi-lingual for Spanish and English.
Ability to have good time management and meet deadlines.
Ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
Critical Thinking
Time management
Process Oriented
Continuous Improvement
Proficient with Excel, (Tracking and Trends with graphs)
Proven effective written and oral communication
8+ years in a previous Manager role in sanitation.
High School Diploma, Technical School or related field of study: Food Technology, Manufacturing, or related.

Responsibilities

Oversee the tasks and train subordinates on proper sanitation SSOp’s.
Ensures compliance with all company and regulatory product quality standards, sanitation standards, food safety standards, employee safety and environmental standards, and enforces GMPS’s and implements HACCP processes and procedures.
Supports current and future plant KPI’s (Examples but not limited to, Sanitation Effectiveness, Air Quality, EMPC and Chemical usage.)
Maintain proper communications with upper management as well as production, maintenance, quality control, and warehouse departments.
Oversee and train subordinates and help with their development. Ensure compliance of safety program and government regulations as it relates to sanitation.
Protect product from microbiological and extraneous matter contamination.
Supports and participates in third party/customer/regulatory audits.
Evaluates and maintains accuracy and completion of all information in the master cleaning schedule.
Studies production schedules and estimates sanitor hour requirements for completion of job.
Monitor and audit sanitation program, making adjustments as necessary to SOP’S sanitating check lists, and processing and packaging equipment cleaning systems to ensure optimal operation.
Assure that production has trouble-free start up on a daily basis.
Ensures sanitation team has an adequate supply of tools, chemicals and SSOP’s.
Leads/follows up on all vendors that support the sanitation function and programs.
Follows all Plant Safety processes and protocols.
Responsible for fair and timely evaluations of all employees in his/her area of responsibility.
Responsible to conduct team meetings that are meaningful and offer the sanitors the opportunity to express themselves on pertinent problems relating to their jobs.
Responsible to see that all personnel are performing their assignments in a timely manner and that overtime is controlled.
Perform other duties as required.