North America VP Food Safety & Quality Third Parties Operations; Co-Pack & Co-Man

Position: North America VP Food Safety & Quality Third Parties Operations (Co-Pack & Co-Man)
Location: Parsippany

About the Role:

We have a current opening for a VP Food Safety & Quality North America for Co-Packers and Co-Manufacturers and are actively reviewing applications.

Ferrero is anything but ordinary! Ferrero is a global company that is privately owned by the Ferrero family.  The company has grown from the small Italian confectionary shop in Alba, Italy to become the third largest confectionary manufacturer in the world, producing famous market-leading brands such as Nutella, Tic Tac, Ferrero Rocher, and Kinder Joy.

With new innovations and exciting expansions plans in place, there has never been a better time to join the Ferrero Group and be extraordinary with us!

The VP Food Safety & Quality for Co-Manufacturing in North America leads the implementation, maintenance and continuous improvement of the Food Safety & Quality standards in Co-Manufacturers, Co-Packers (20/30 plants) located in the US and Canada. This position drives the Quality and Food Safety programs for all Ferrero businesses (Chocolate, Cookies, Frozen Bakery, etc.) in partnership with our Copackers and Co-Manufacturers and in collaboration with all Ferrero functions involved.

Reporting to the SVP Food Safety & Quality North America, you will be a member of the FSQ Leadership team in the area, managing a team of associates.

This position is key to support our expansion, in developing partnerships with our Co-manufacturing, enabling agility and speed, while securing Quality and Food Safety, to support innovation and production of our expanding product portfolio.

Main Responsibilities:

Define and propose to the Area SVP FS Quality a strategy for Co-Manufacturers Identify priorities and resources for establishing compliance to Ferrero standard and for improving performance versus KPI’s.Define and coordinate the execution of the audits program of CMDMaintain and update the CMD quality standard and requirement in collaboration with Central Ferrero Group Food Safety and quality functions Lead qualification and disqualification process

Assure that Root cause analysis and Correctives actions are defined and implemented for major and critical Non Conformities Manage programs implementation at each CMDCommunicate clearly directions, programs, projects, status with level of details adapted to the audience (Working team or High level executives)
Coordinate crisis management at Co-Manufacturers, from risk assessment to Correctives actions, assure traceability in collaboration with supply chain and co-manufacturers.

About You:

Master’s degree in Food Science / Food Technology

Experience with Co-Manufacturing, Co-Packing in the food industry in the USPrevious experience in a Plant Food Safety manager role, or in a significant role in Food manufacturing

Experience in auditing and or managing a team of auditors

Experience with R&D and innovation a plus Crisis management experience

Education Allergen management, Pathogens Root cause analysis and improvement plans education and practice

Good knowledge of FDA FSMA Preventives controls, CFIA a plus

Team building and management experience

Leadership skills, ability to define and drive an agenda and programs cross functionally and with external third party partners

Strong presentation skills, detailed or high executive level Ability to lead and influence others, build trust and partnerships with Co-Manufacturers Artificial Intelligence Disclosure As part of our recruitment process, Ferrero may use artificial intelligence (AI) enabled tools to assist with reviewing candidate applications. These tools are used solely to support recruiters by summarizing application information and identifying potential alignment with job requirements.

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