Food Safety and Quality Assurance Partner
Detalles del trabajo
- Recomendación de trabajo:
- 161715
- Ubicación:
- Urbana, IL 61801
- Flexibilidad de ubicación:
- Presencial
- Categoría:
- EHS & FSQA
- Tipo de Empleo:
- Tiempo completo
- Estado Laboral:
- Exempt
- Base salarial
- Yearly
- Pay Range
- $67200.00 - $100500.00 Annually ($32.31 - $48.32 Hourly)
Purpose:
The most important value at UNFI is “Do the Right Thing – Put Safety and Integrity at the Forefront of Everything We Do.”
The FSQA Partner position will aid the organization deliver on this critical value – day in and day out. The role is fast-paced
and complex and has responsibility for helping maintain a world class food safety culture in which UNFI associates are
proactive and interdependent when it comes to food safety.
Responsibilities include ensuring compliance with food safety, sanitation, and pest control programs within their location.
Interacts with Distribution Center (DC) leadership teams to ensure policies, procedures, audits, and training programs are
understood and followed. This includes comprehensive support of any and all regulatory certifications.
Job Responsibilities:
- Coordinates food safety, sanitation, and pest control compliance efforts as required
- Ensures regulatory standards are met by third party sanitation and pest elimination providers by conducting
occasional joint surveys/visits - Conducts food safety assessments at internal DC location and 3rd party locations if needed
- Ensures compliance with 3rd party certifications
- Review findings with DC leadership and ensures corrective action plans are detailed and completed with
leadership support to improve food safety culture - Be and stay current with all State, Federal, and local regulatory agencies to ensure compliance regarding local DC
- Operations as well as adhere to SQF standards
- Uses available metrics and reporting systems to track and measure food safety performance, identifying
exceptions to outstanding performance and influencing leadership to resolve specific and cultural opportunities - Manages SQF, GDP, and food safety programs, including document review of records, associate training, and
oversight of corrective actions. - Directs activities in maintaining and executing effective food safety, food defense, and recall plans, policies, and
processes in Distribution Center operations - Provides food safety training and support to operations and internal/external partners
- Collaborates with operations partners to ensure compliance during facility changes and/or new site
developments - Investigates product quality and compliance issues (i.e. tampering, adulteration, mislabeling, etc.)
- Maintains active working relationships with all appropriate industry and regulatory bodies
- Consistently drive and execute innovation for food safety messaging, development of food safety culture, and
nurture the belief that food safety is and should always be everyone’s top priority. - Performs other relevant job duties as required.
Job Requirements:
Education
- Associate degree in Biology, Food Science, Public Health, Environmental Science or related field required
- HACCP, Preventive Controls Qualified Individual, and/or SQF Practitioner certifications highly desired
Experience:
- 3+ years’ experience in related food fields
- Experience with interpreting state and federal regulations, and maintaining working relationships with industry
and regulatory officials - Ability to coordinate planning and collaboration with other business functions in a way that is mutually beneficial
and drives continuous improvement. - Ability to analyze and independently resolve a variety of difficult situations and problems using timely decision
making
Knowledge:
- Familiarity with FDA Food Code, Food Safety Modernization Act and Seafood HACCP requirements
- Familiarity with GFSI (Global Food Safety Initiative) schemes.
- Working knowledge of Federal Occupational Safety and Health Standards (OSHA) is beneficial
Skills/Abilities:
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills; ability to interact and influence effectively with all levels of
management, employees, and customers and experience collaborating with unions. - Ability to balance multiple priorities and ensure significant issues are communicated clearly to relevant
stakeholders in timely manner - Strong analytical skills required for data interpretation and analysis
- Computer skills in word-processing and spreadsheet software preferred
- Must be able to interface effectively with a wide variety of personnel
- Possess ability to communicate concepts, systems, procedures, etc., in a training environment
- Experience in training large groups is helpful
- Must possess leadership ability to inspire others to achieve desired results
- Flexible and adaptable to learning and understanding new technologies
- Proficient with Microsoft Word, Power point and Excel
- Adapts well to and initiates change in the organization.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status. UNFI is an Equal Opportunity employer committed to creating an inclusive and respectful environment for all. - M/F/Veteran/Disability. VEVRAA Federal Contractor.
- Empresa:
- UNFI Wholesale Inc.
Indemnización laboral:
UNFI prevé pagar el salario mencionado (o dentro del rango salarial mencionado) para este puesto. El salario real, según corresponda, dependerá de ciertos factores; incluidos, entre otros, educación, experiencia laboral, formación y cualesquier requisitos previstos en los convenios laborales colectivos aplicables. UNFI está comprometida con la transparencia salarial, en virtud de la legislación estatal y local aplicable.
Beneficios:
En el caso de los puestos en Washington (o los puestos en los que se trabaje remotamente desde Washington), haga clic AQUÍ para conocer los detalles sobre el pago de licencias laborales específicas para Washington.
Los candidatos contratados para este puesto también serán elegibles para participar en los siguientes programas de beneficios: licencias pagadas; licencias por enfermedad; pago de vacaciones y licencia por maternidad/paternidad; Programa 401K; póliza con cobertura médica, odontológica, oftalmológica y seguro de vida, accidentes, muerte y pérdida de miembros; programa de seguro a corto y largo plazo por discapacidad; cuenta con gastos flexibles, cuenta de ahorro sanitario o ambas; sujeto al cumplimiento de los requisitos de elegibilidad y los términos y condiciones de dichos programas, y sujeto a cualquier requisito previsto en los convenios laborales colectivos aplicables.
Solamente puestos de Ventas: en el caso de los puestos de ventas con base en comisiones, el rango mencionado representa un estimado de la compensación potencial por comisiones durante el primer año de un asociado; pero UNFI ofrece un mínimo de $680 a la semana para el periodo inicial. Después del periodo inicial, por tratarse de un puesto basado totalmente en comisiones, no hay un salario fijo. Los planes de comisiones de UNFI no tienen tope y las ganancias promedio dependen del territorio y de las ventas logradas, entre otros factores.
Las políticas de UNFI referentes a la compensación, los beneficios y las licencias pagadas están sujetas a cambios por decisión exclusiva de la compañía y acorde a la legislación aplicable. El aviso de empleo disponible no debe interpretarse como una oferta de empleo con ciertos términos, así como tampoco debe interpretarse como un mínimo garantizado.
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