Food Safety, Quality and Regulatory Supervisor

Title: Food Safety, Quality and Regulatory Supervisor
Job Requisition ID: 289806
Location: Surrey, British Columbia, Canada, V3W 4M8
Category: FOOD SAFETY QUALITY & REGULATORY

Description: 

Want to build a stronger, more sustainable future and cultivate your career? Join Cargill’s global team of 160,000 employees who are committed to safe, responsible and sustainable ways to nourish the world. This position is in Cargill’s animal nutrition and health business, where we improve lives through better nutrition. Our team researches, innovates and creates solutions that deliver healthy results for our customers.

Job Purpose and Impact

The Food Safety, Quality and Regulatory Supervisor will implement our food safety management systems and ensure compliance with regulatory and customer requirements at an assigned facility. We seek a professional with the cross-functional teamwork skills to support our leadership team with thorough understanding of quality assurance safety technology and processes in the following: testing and auditing documentation, data collection and analysis and knowledge transfer. In this role you will provide team leadership to find solutions for food safety and quality concerns.

Key Accountabilities

• Lead the food safety team and oversee the food safety management system and management review, reporting on KPI’s (key performance indicator).
• Ensures adherence to Corporate, Regulatory and facility food safety and quality requirements.
• Evaluates standard operating procedures, master schedule, verification and reporting for the team and customer food safety and quality requirements.
• Act as an intermediary between our customers and the facility to review product performance, conduct quality safety audits, review third party certifications and respond to customer questions and complaints.
• Implements product specification systems and drives continuous improvement in the areas of processes and customer focus.
• Participation and preparation for plant tours and audits.
• Responsible for investigating quality issues and implementing corrective actions.
• Assisting the plan in various projects relating to Safety, Food Safety, Regulatory, Environment, Process Improvement, Engagement, Training etc.
• Responsible for personnel decisions related to hiring, performance and disciplinary actions for your direct reports. You will also spend time completing the same tasks as employees on your team.
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications
Minimum Qualifications

• Diploma/Certificate or bachelor’s degree or Diploma in science, chemistry, microbiology, quality assurance or equivalent experience
• Minimum one year of directly related work experience (HACCP/food safety experience)
• Ability to adapt and learn in a changing work environment, and make decisions under pressure
• Ability to relate technical knowledge to solve complex testing and process problems
• Demonstrated ability of leadership, motivation, interpersonal effectiveness, teamwork and successful completion of work.
• Must be legally entitled to work for Cargill in Canada

Preferred Qualifications

• Problem solving and analytical skills with experience in Root Cause Analysis
• One year of supervisory experience
• Process auditing experience
• Experience in a feed manufacturing environment
• Experience working with chemistry laboratory

Cargill is an equal opportunity employer and committed to providing accommodation to our job applicants with disabilities.