Sr. Manager Global Food Safety and Sanitation

Sr. Manager Global Food Safety and Sanitation

HUNT VALLEY, MD, US, 21031

You may know McCormick as a leader in herbs, spices, seasonings, and condiments – and we’re only getting started. At McCormick, we’re always looking for new people to bring their unique flavor to our team.

McCormick employees – all 14,000 of us across the world – are what makes this company a great place to work.

We are looking to hire a Senior Manager, Global Food Safety and Sanitation.

What We Bring To The Table:

The best people deserve the best rewards. In addition to the benefits you’d expect from a global leader (401k, health insurance, paid time off, etc.) we also offer:

• Career growth opportunities
• Flexibility and Support for Diverse Life Stages and Choices
• Wellbeing programs including Physical, Mental and Financial wellness

Position Overview: Reporting to Senior Director of Global Quality and Food Safety Governance, this position provides leadership and governance for the global food safety and sanitation management system. This role provides expertise in the design, implementation, maintenance, and improvement of the food safety sanitation program, pest control program, hygienic design program, Hygienic zoning program, risk management, system metrics, audits, incident escalations, training, and site design and evaluation.

The role collaborates cross functionally with owners of supply chain, engineering regulatory, food safety, and quality systems at global, regional, and specifically with leaders of the sanitation and hygiene program at sites to drive governance.

Key Responsibilities:

• Strategic Leadership and Deployment of global sanitation systems and Pest control programs by developing and managing processes and procedures to support excellence in food safety hygiene practices and comply with established food safety regulations.
• Provide leadership and deployment of the global hygienic design program by implementing processes to ensure Hygiene by Design principles are executed in major facility changes in collaboration with key stakeholders such as engineering and project leaders. Lead processes to ensure facilities meet sanitary design requirements.
• Partner with sanitation and pest control providers to achieve value, efficiency, and elevated service levels. Investigate and execute the harmonization of service providers. Reviews CIP validation data for all facilities and provides guidance for improvements.
• Drive digitization and automation of sanitation aligned with Quality 4.0 roadmap to modernize pest control system, digitalize management of sanitation system, emerge new technology into sanitation, CIP and pest control program for the application of predictive data analytics and Artificial Intelligence (AI).
• Develop and monitor standardized Global KPI’s to measure sanitation, pest Control and sanitary design performance and improvements. Establish and drive continuous improvement strategy to improve the sanitation, pest control, hygienic design and hygienic zoning program using industry best practices, trade association knowledge, and technological advancements.
• Design and execute training program to support proper education of sanitation, pest control and hygienic design, create a culture of Hygiene by Design and develop talent and talent pipeline to support hygiene management programs.
• Participate in the design, improvement, and execution of risk management tools including McCormick Quality Management Assessments and Food Safety assessments for global quality functions to assure monitoring and health of sanitation, pest control, and hygienic design program.
• Create and lead a community of practices for owners of sanitation and hygiene programs to collaborate, receive training, drive change, and support sanitation process efficiencies.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Biology, Chemistry, Food Safety, or related fields
• 5+ years leading sanitation and hygienic design in manufacturing facilities
• 8+ years of relevant food safety and quality experience in the Food/Beverage/ Flavor/ Industry
• Knowledge and experience in managing pest control program
• Auditing proficiencies through training or certification (i.e., ASQ, CFSQA)
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