Corporate Food Safety Manager

• The food safety manager will be responsible for developing, implementing, and executing food safety programs across multiple plants.
• Creates and supports corporate Quality, Food Safety, and compliance programs, including the review of policies, procedures, and guidance.
• Ensures implementation of programs.
• Monitors and trends food safety KPIs to ensure compliance and process effectiveness.
• Responsible for food safety risk assessments, change management, and trial requests for all product, raw-materials, and packaging.
• Oversees food safety technical and compliance program to ensure compliance within cGMPS, GFSI, FSMA, and HACCP standards.
• Creates, maintains, updates, evaluates, and/or audits all programs and policies.
• Continuous research and knowledge of issues in food safety, communicate to cross-functional partners and internal teams.
• Creates mitigation strategies for risks around chemical contaminants, foreign materials, microbiological, and allergens.
• Serve as expert and point of contact for leading food safety investigations.
  
  

Hard Skills

• 5+ years of experience in food manufacturing, food safety role
• Experience with managing, developing, and executing food safety programs
• Food safety risk assessment, including microbiological, allergens, and foreign materials
• Bachelor's degree in biology or microbiology
• Experience with leading a team a big plus, can be a supervisor or lead
  
  

Job Type

This is a permanent position.

Work Site

This is a hybrid position requiring some days on-site in Chicago, Illinois and some days remote.

Work Environment

Will have 1-2 direct reports (food safety specialists reporting into them). Will travel domestically OR internationally to sites. This will be determined between other food safety manager - Will travel to sites as needed to develop and implement food safety programs.

About Actalent

Actalent is a global leader in engineering and sciences services and talent solutions. We help visionary companies advance their engineering and science initiatives through access to specialized experts who drive scale, innovation and speed to market. With a network of almost 30,000 consultants and more than 4,500 clients across the U.S., Canada, Asia and Europe, Actalent serves many of the Fortune 500.

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

At Actalent, diversity and inclusion are a bridge towards the equity and success of our people. DE&I are embedded into our culture through:

• Hiring diverse talent
• Maintaining an inclusive environment through persistent self-reflection
• Building a culture of care, engagement, and recognition with clear outcomes
• Ensuring growth opportunities for our people
  
  

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regard to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.

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