KEY FOOD SAFETY PERSONNEL
This position is identified as a key food safety and regulatory compliance role with the authority to initiate actions related to food safety and report food safety problems. In their absence the Senior Director Regulatory Affairs or Organic Program Manager will provide coverage on all shifts.
QUALIFICATIONS
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
EDUCATION
- Minimum BA/BS degree in Food Science and Technology with a concentration in QA/QC and regulatory compliance; or a degree in a related Life Science from a four- year college or university; or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
EXPERIENCE
- Minimum of 7 years of food safety and technical experience with food and food- related products (including food laws and regulations) within a QA/QC
- Minimum of 4 years management experience.
SKILLS
- Excellent communication skills; ability to relate to all internal levels as well as interface with suppliers and government on a technical
- Strong understanding and high skill level with data analysis, Excel, pivot tables, ERP reports and report creation, data manipulation and reporting.
- Ability to distill large amounts of complicated data into concise reports for sharing internally, with third parties and with regulatory agencies as needed.
- Exceptional interpersonal and assertiveness skills necessary to maintain effective and cordial working relationships while being the person whose foremost responsibility is regulatory
- Team player. Works well with food safety staff, local plant management and corporate
- Ability to assess risk and make decisions both collaboratively and independently based on multiple
- Ability to review, assess, distill complex regulatory documents and present with recommendations for decision making
- Detail oriented.
- Reliable/Dependable.
LANGUAGE SKILLS
- Ability to read, analyze, and interpret common scientific and technical journals, financial reports, regulatory, customer, and legal
- Ability to respond to common inquiries from regulatory agencies, customers or members of the business
- Ability to effectively present information to top management, public groups, and/or boards of
MATHEMATICAL SKILLS
- Ability to work with mathematical concepts such as probability and statistical inference, and fundamentals of plane and solid geometry and
- Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical
REASONING ABILITY
- Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
- Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical and regulatory instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.
PREFERRED
- Project Management experience.
- Knowledge of GFSI (SQF), CI and RCA methods
- SQF Practitioner
- PCQI (Preventive Controls Qualified Individual – Human Foods) Certification
- PCQI Lead Instructor (LI)
- Successful completion of Better Process Control School
- Knowledge of food product
- Membership in IFT, ASQ
COMPETENCIES
- Team Player – Team oriented; Identify with the larger organizational team and their role within it; Share resources, respond to requests from other parts of the organization, and support larger legitimate organizational agendas as more important than local or personal goals.
- Communicativeness – Recognize the essential value of continuous information exchange and the competitive advantage it brings; actively seek information from a variety of sources and disseminate it in a variety of ways; use modern technologies to access and circulate information, even across great distances; take responsibility for ensuring that their colleagues have the current and accurate information needed for success.
- Initiative – Proactive; Take action without being prompted; Don't wait to be told what to do or when to do it; See a need, take responsibility, and act on it; Make things happen.
- Integrity – Think and act ethically and honestly; apply ethical standards of behavior to daily work activities; take responsibility for their actions and foster a work environment where integrity is rewarded.
- Organizing and Planning – Have strong organizing and planning skills that allow them to be highly productive and efficient; manage their time wisely, and effectively prioritize multiple competing tasks
- Problem Solving and Decision Making – Able to identify problems, solve them, act decisively, and show good judgment; isolate causes from symptoms, and compile information and alternatives to illuminate problems or issues; involve others as appropriate and gather information from a variety of sources; find a balance between studying the problem and solving it; readily commit to action and make decisions that reflect sound judgment.
- Organizational Knowledge – Understand the workings of the organization and the formal and informal policies and structures that govern operations; Know the essential technologies at the heart of the business; Know "how the place works."
- Relationship Building – Understand that a primary factor in success is establishing and maintaining productive relationships; Enjoy interacting with people and are good at it; Devote appropriate time and energy to establishing and maintaining networks. Initiate contacts readily and maintain them over time; Utilize relationships to facilitate business transactions.
- Technical Savvy – Comfortable working around and with new technologies
CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS
- Valid drivers license
- SQF Practitioner and HARPC Qualified Individual preferred.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to sit, stay in a stationary position stand; use hands to finger, handle, or feel, talk or hear. The employee is sometimes required to walk, move around an office or plant location, reach with hands and arms, and taste or smell. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus.
WORK ENVIRONMENT
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
This position is exposed to a work environment where the noise level is moderate; i.e. business office with computers and printers, light traffic, and office conversation.
TRAVEL: Minimal
California Compensation Range: $126,400 - $189,600
*This range is for California employees living in the Bay area. Other locations may be subject to a lower range.