Quality Food Safety Team Leader

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# 160141 - Richmond, Indiana, 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!
 

The Quality Food Safety Team Lead is responsible for a qualified 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, Chemical Control, Foreign Material Control, Pest Control, and FSMA initiatives.
• Documentation / Communication: Ensures that the food safety records are maintained and reported on a need to know basis. Additionally, interprets data and successfully communicates results to appropriate individuals, including management. 
• Training and standardization:  Develop, design, and deliver quality training, new process training, new equipment training, and new policy training to new hires and existing employees. 
• Continuous Improvement: Understands and drives the plant food safety processes, environmental monitoring and pest control 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 the monitoring of the sanitation program.

 
Principal Duties and Responsibilities:

 

• Responsible for execution and documentation of the Plant Food Safety Program.  Including documentation of all CCP, HACCP, FDA, Product Release requirements and Pest Control program.
• Responsible for investigating all non-conformance issues related to food safety, environment, microbiology, and foreign material control using CAPA process.
• Leads microbial sampling plan.  Ensures environmental swabbing and testing program is adhered to and in accordance with Corporate Quality SOP’s.
• Leads internal GMP, quality standards and system audits for the facility.
• Identifies and starts quality improvements, guiding on process, product, and quality system.
• Measures and report plant Quality metrics.
• Leads compliance of Corporate & Plant quality SOPs.
• Assist with execution and follow up of regulatory, internal and external audits (i.e. FDA, USDA,  AIB, State, etc.).
• Works with Plant Engineers to ensure accurate Sanitary Equipment Food Design of new capital projects.

 

Required Qualifications:

 

• Bachelor’s degree 
• 1 year of food safety experience
• 3 of years manufacturing experience

 
Preferred qualifications: 

 

• Microbiology background.
• At least 3+ years of supervisory experience.
• Experience in Cleaning and Sanitation programs.
• Certification in PCQI, HACCP or GMP
• Auditing and compliance experience.
   

 

Compensation and Benefits
Salary Range $81,200.00 - $119,700.00 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 above) roles only, long-term incentives in the form of Restricted Stock Units and/or Stock Options.

Subject to the terms and conditions of the applicable benefits plans then in effect, all salaried employees are also eligible for a competitive benefits package which includes:

• Insurance: Employees (and their eligible dependents) are eligible to participate in Company-sponsored Medical, Dental, Vision, Basic Life Insurance, Accidental Death & Dismemberment and Disability insurance plans.
• Retirement Plans: Employees are eligible to enroll in Colgate