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Pet Nutrition Senior Food Safety Specialist in Victorville, California
The Scientist Food Safety provides deep technical leadership to develop, maintain and proactively improve Mars Petcare Quality and Food Safety programs. Under the supervision of the Site Q&FS Manager, this role provides technical expertise and a practical food safety approach to the site manufacturing operations. This role makes complex risk-based food safety decisions that enable the reliable delivery of products that meet all external legislative requirements and all internal Q&FS standards.
Microbiological hazards are a major threat for our consumers, their owners, our reputation, and our brand. Early identification of microbiological risks in all steps of our production process, from field to bowl and implementation of the adapted mitigating tools are instrumentals to our Quality and Food Safety strategy.
Leads the effective development, training and implementation of standards, processes, new technology/methods and drives continuous improvement of food safety management at the manufacturing site.
Acts as a technical resource for interpretation and ongoing application of food safety standards and regulations, as they relate to manufacturing site operations, including but not limited to Foreign Material Management, Pathogen Monitoring, Mold and Mycotoxin, HACCP and Food Fraud Standards.
Active member of Food Safety Team, providing governance to HACCP Food Safety plans and managing validations of CCP and OPRP preventive controls. Provides technical guidance and consultancy to the Food Safety Team to assure that manufacturing processes and environments are
microbiologically safe for producing both new and existing products.
Leads the Root Cause Analysis investigation of food safety incidents and drives effective implementation of corrective and preventative actions.
Tracking, communication of KPIs related to Food Safety and escalation of trends or issues.
Active role in environmental monitoring program, helping to drive continuous improvement and root cause.
Interprets sensitive and technical data for potential impact on product safety and provides timely recommendations for the effective resolution of food safety issues.
Management of site micro risk mitigation dashboard KPI, partnering with BU Micro Manager.
Qualifications Plans and Aligns; Ensures Accountability; Optimizes Work Processes; Instills Trust; Financial Acumen; Manages Complexity
Req ID R153702