Senior Food and Safety Quality Supervisor

Cargill is a family company committed to providing food and agricultural solutions to nourish the world in a safe, responsible, and sustainable way. We sit at the heart of the supply chain, partnering with producers and customers to source, make and deliver products that are vital for living. By providing customers with life’s essentials, we enable businesses to grow, communities to prosper, and consumers to live well.

This position is in our Food Enterprise where we are committed to serving food manufacturers, food service customers, and retailers with a complete range of innovative ingredients and branded products. Our portfolio includes poultry, beef, egg, alternative protein, salt, oils, starches, sweeteners, cocoa and chocolate.

The Senior Food and Safety Quality Supervisor will lead a variety of food safety and quality assurance programs. In this role, you will supervise the audits and inspections processes that monitor food handling, storage and service operations to assure compliance with current food safety and quality regulatory requirements. You will lead and review the work of a team of analysts or inspectors that identify and evaluate the quality of raw materials, in process goods, procedures and operations.

• Lead and maintain quality control systems and product or process verification systems, including sampling procedures and analytical tests to ensure all products produced meet food safety quality requirements.
• Provide overall leadership, development and talent management for direct reports, which may include forecasting resource needs, recruiting, hiring, performance management, training and budgeting.
• Review regulatory environment and develop response protocols in preparation for new or amended food safety legislation.
• Investigate food safety processes to ensure compliance and report noncompliance to management and governing bodies along with developing and implementing corrective action plans.
• Evaluate vendors or suppliers for compliance with internal standards and external regulations and suggest changes with the goal of improving processes or products.
• Other duties as assigned.
• Responsible for personnel decisions related to hiring, performance and disciplinary actions for your direct reports. You will also spend time completing the same tasks as employees on your team.

• Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent experience.
• Minimum requirement of 1 year relevant work experience. Typically reflects 3 years or more of relevant experience.

• Advanced computer skills (e.g., Microsoft Office Suite).
• One year of supervisory experience.
• Experience in quality assurance, food safety, food manufacturing, auditing, regulatory or related field.
• Previous project management experience.
• Practical knowledge of plant manufacturing processes and operations.

Location:

Fresno, CA

Relocation assistance is not provided for this role.

Equal Opportunity Employer, including Disability/Vet