Quality Food Safety Team Leader

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# 162907 - Tonganoxie, Kansas, United States

Who We Are
Colgate-Palmolive Company is a caring, innovative growth company that is reimagining a healthier future for all people, their pets and our planet. Focused on Oral Care, Personal Care, Home Care and Pet Nutrition, we sell our products in more than 200 countries and territories under brands such as Colgate, Palmolive, elmex, hello, meridol, Sorriso, Tom’s of Maine, EltaMD, Filorga, Irish Spring, PCA SKIN, Protex, Sanex, Softsoap, Speed Stick, Ajax, Axion, Fabuloso, Soupline and Suavitel, as well as Hill’s Pet Nutrition.

We are recognized for our leadership and innovation in promoting sustainability and community wellbeing, including our achievements in decreasing plastic waste and promoting recyclability, saving water, conserving natural resources and improving children’s oral health.

If you want to work for a company that lives by their values, then give your career a reason to smile and join our global team!
 

 

Quality Food Safety Team Leader

This key player leads the Food Safety team to ensure Company quality standards are met in the following areas:

 

Food Safety Compliance: Understands and implements all plant, company and government standards for Food Safety, Environmental monitoring, HACCP, GMP’s and FSMA initiatives.

Documentation / Communication: Ensures that the reporting of data and maintenance of records is documented.  Additionally, interprets data and effectively communicates results to appropriate individuals, including management. 

Training and standardization: Develops, designs and delivers quality training, including new hire, new process, new equipment and new policy training.

Continuous Improvement: Understands and drives the Continuous Improvement of plant food safety processes and environmental monitoring performance issues.

Cleaning / Sanitation: Understands, implements and maintains all plant equipment cleaning and sanitizing in an efficient and timely manner to ensure the plant is in compliance with all food safety requirements.  Includes coordinating the monitoring of the sanitation program.

 

What you will do:

• Responsible for execution and documentation of the Plant Food Safety Program. Includes documentation of all CCP, HACCP, FDA and Product Release requirements and leading and coordinating Pest Control program.

• Responsible for conducting investigations of all Food Safety / Environmental / Micro non-conformance issues through utilization of CAPA process

• Manages microbial sampling plan. Ensures environmental swabbing and testing program is adhered to and in compliance of Quality SOP’s.

• Leads internal GMP, quality standards and system audits for the facility

• Identifies and initiates quality improvements. Advises improvements to process, product, quality systems and working instructions. Measures and report plant Quality metrics.

• Supervises compliance of Corporate & Plant quality SOPs and conducts internal auditing program to ensure adherence.

• Assists with execution and follow up of regulatory, internal and external audits (i.e. FDA, USDA,  AIB, State, etc.)

• Provides Food Safety Training to the Plant Operations team based on compliance needs.

• Works with Plant Engineers to ensure proper Sanitary Equipment Food Design of new capital projects

• Performs other duties as assigned

• Aligns with all policies and standards

 

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Biology, Food Science or other related field OR
• Bachelor's Degree with 3 years of Food Safety experience in a manufacturing environment
• At least 2 years Manufacturing experience
• At least 1 year Food Safety experience
• Certification in PCQI, HACCP or GMP
• Experience in Cleaning and Sanitation programs

 

Preferred Qualifications

• At least 3 years Supervisory experience
• At least 3 years Food Safety experience
• Certification BPCS, SQF
• Intermediate application of SAP experience
• Auditing and compliance experience

Compensation and Benefits
Salary Range $81,200.00 - $114,000.00 USD

Pay is based on multiple non-discriminatory, individualized factors including but not limited to experience, job-related knowledge and education, skills and office/market location. In addition to base salary, salaried employees are eligible for annual discretionary bonuses, profit-sharing and, for Executive-level (salary grade 16 and