Quality and Food Safety Coordinator, North America

Quality and Food Safety Coordinator, North America

Kansas City, MO, United States of America

Job Reference JR0092510

Function Operations, Engineering and Maintenance

Louis Dreyfus Company is a leading merchant and processor of agricultural goods. Our activities span the entire value chain from farm to fork across a broad range of business lines, leveraging our global reach and extensive asset network to serve customers and consumers worldwide. Structured as a matrix organization of six geographical regions and ten platforms, Louis Dreyfus Company is active in over 100 countries and employs approximately 18,000 people globally.

The Quality and Food Safety Coordinator for North America supports the regional implementation and coordination of global quality and food safety standards across all business platforms, including grains and oilseeds, food and feed solutions, juice, coffee, and cotton seeds. This role facilitates compliance activities to ensure that both imported and regionally produced products meet all applicable regulatory and customer requirements. The coordinator acts as the Preventive Controls Qualified Individual (PCQI) for the region, enables collaboration across North American assets, and assists in advancing the company's vision and strategy for quality and food safety.

• Facilitate the rollout and adoption of global quality and food safety standards, policies, and procedures throughout all North American business platforms.
• Coordinate compliance activities across the region to ensure all imported and regionally produced products meet or exceed regulatory, industry, and customer requirements.
• Support sites in aligning local practices with regional and global expectations.
• Serve as the regional PCQI, supporting compliance efforts with FDA and other relevant food safety regulations.
• Track and communicate regulatory changes and requirements to relevant stakeholders.
• Coordinate regulatory documentation and submission activities across sites.
• Act as liaison between site quality managers (dotted line coordination) and global leadership to promote alignment with regional and global standards.
• Connect with business platforms (grains and oilseeds, food and feed solutions, juice, coffee, cotton seeds) to facilitate consistent quality and food safety practices.
• Collaborate with counterparts in other regions to exchange best practices and contribute to continuous improvement initiatives globally.
• Consolidate and report regional quality and food safety performance metrics, risks, trends, and opportunities to global leadership.
• Facilitate regular communication channels among business units, sites, and the Global Head of Quality and Food Safety.
• Represent the company in regional industry associations, regulatory forums, and customer meetings related to quality and food safety.
• Assist the Global Head of Quality and Food Safety in advancing the regional vision and strategy for quality and food safety.
• Coordinate crisis management and recall response programs in the event of any food alert, facilitating swift and effective action to protect consumers and maintain regulatory compliance.
• Support the planning and execution of training programs for site quality managers and key personnel to reinforce best practices and compliance understanding.
• Collect, consolidate, and report key performance indicators (KPIs) for the region, ensuring accurate tracking of quality and food safety metrics.
• Analyze data trends and work collaboratively with site quality managers to identify and support continuous improvement initiatives based on KPI outcomes.
• Coordinate the implementation and execution of the internal audit program for the region, scheduling and facilitating regular assessments of site compliance with company standards and regulatory requirements.
• Track audit findings and support sites in developing corrective action plans.
• Facilitate the regional rollout of global quality and food safety programs, such as digital initiatives, to drive consistency, efficiency, and innovation across all sites.
• Provide resources and monitor progress toward desired outcomes to support site quality managers in…