Food Safety Specialist

Give & Go Prepared Foods Corp. is a proud member of the Mondeléz family. We are a leading and growing North American manufacturer of baked goods for over 30 years. If you're looking for a company that will provide you with opportunities for career growth and development, while working with an energetic team with deeply ingrained values of respect, direct and open communication, quality and accountability, we’d love to have you join our team.

Our Consumer Brands: two-bite® brand, include two bite-brownies®, Kimberley's Bake shoppe™, Mason St. Bakehouse™ and The Worthy Crumb Pastry Co™

Responsible for the Food Safety support to G&G Operations and deployment of Food Safety programs at the G&G manufacturing sites in compliance with Mondeléz Global Quality Policies; to perform end to end food safety risk assessments during the manufacturing process; to build capability to the G&G operations teams.

• Deployment of Food Safety programs:
  Support the manufacturing site’s implementation and maintenance of the food safety programs, in compliance with Mondeléz requirements.
• Monitor and trend G&G food safety scorecard, assess food safety risk factors, develop improvement strategies and elevate food safety deviation to the QLT and Global FS team.
• Responsible for Food Safety Assessments, including but not limited to the following:
• Ensure Risk Assessment is employed as the key decision-making approach for Product, Process and Package.
• Provide risk-based food safety verifications for suppliers, manufacturing sites, warehouses, and transportation and customer.
• Conduct HACCP validations and re-analysis.
• Support effective management of operational Food Safety challenges at factories including disposition recommendations based on risk assessment.
• Food Safety Risk Assessments to support plant notifications and critical business issues (Crisis Management).
• Assess, review, and approve R&D, Engineering and Supply Chain projects.
• Partner with facilities on improvement strategies for quality and food safety compliance.
• Development of capabilities and competencies in the short and long term to the plant quality teams and HACCP coordinators.
• Support for CAPA plans in the full Supply Chain related to Food Safety.
• Promote the implementation of a Food Safety culture across the organization.
• Influence and partner with cross functional peers, effectively communicating how Food Safety supports our company values.
• Support for QCMS audits and other compliance requirements FS policies.
• Provide cross-functional technical expertise to QA, R&D and Operations.
• Develop and provide training on company food safety management requirements.
• Participate in GFSI, customer and supplier audits as required.

• Completion of Bachelor of Science degree or equivalent work experience
• 2-4 years in Food Safety and Quality in the food industry
• Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) certification(s)
• Proficient with office 365, Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, SharePoint, Teams. Ability to run analytics and use database systems to create reports
• Possess strong customer service, interpersonal skills, an approachable demeanor, and an active listener
• Demonstrated cross-functional leadership skills with an effective ability to coach and influence others
• Strong knowledge of CFIA/Health Canada/FDA/USDA/GFSI/HACCP Benchmarks Auditing an asset
• Ability to manage and communicate sensitive and confidential information with professionalism and discretion
• Excellent ability to focus and prioritize in a fast-moving environment
• Attention to detail, strong technical knowledge and analytical capability

It’s an exciting time to be part of the Give & Go team as we are growing rapidly and want you to become a part our growth and extraordinarily bright future.

As we grow, we are committed to preserve the parts of our diversity & culture that is unique, people focused and are core to our success at every size. Our values of Quality, Direct Communication and Respect mean something.

Learning and growth; we are working to create an environment where sharing new ideas, experimenting and learning from each other is strongly encouraged.

Give and Go is committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all applicants and employees regardless of race, ancestry, place of origin, color, ethnic or national origin, citizenship, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, record of offences (for which a pardon has been granted), disability, marital or family status, or any other characteristic protected by law. If you require an accommodation to participate in the recruitment process, please contact us at , citing "AODA" in the subject line, along with your request and contact information.

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