Director HSE Food Manufacturing Audits

Company: Sodexo
Location: Remote - Central Time Zone
Date Posted: April 23, 2024
Application Deadline: May 3, 2024
Employment Type: Full Time
Salary: $100,000 - $125,000 + annual incentive program

Sodexo has a new opening for a Director, HSE Food Manufacturing Audits to join our team. This position requires a home office and significant travel up to 50% throughout the United States. Candidates should reside in the Central Time Zone.

The Director, HSE Food Manufacturing Audits will manage Sodexo’s first party audit program for food manufacturing and second party audit program for suppliers. Responsibilities include executing a supplier (internal and external) food safety and quality strategy to develop processes and implement robust compliance strategies in collaboration with Supply Management, Food Safety, PQA, and the manufacturing sites. Oversee the scheduling of audits of food processors (including Sodexo Food Transformation facilities) to ensure compliance with company specifications and standards concerning food safety, quality sanitation, production and packaging.

Key responsibilities include the following:

Strategic planning, risk assessment, policy development, and collaboration with cross-functional teams to drive a culture of quality, product safety and compliance.
Perform food safety audits at high-risk suppliers to Sodexo. Perform internal audits at Off-Site Food Production Facilities
Oversee first- and second-party Food Manufacturing Audit program
Present findings of the audits to Sodexo leadership in Food Safety/PQA and Supply Management
Develop long term goals for improving and enhancing the program

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in food science, meat science or equivalent experience
Minimum 5 years’ experience in Food Manufacturing for High-Risk Foods.
Well versed on FDA food code regulations, as well as. USDA; previous auditing of these facilities. Worked with GFSI, SQF, and BRC schemes
Experience in developing, updating, and implementing programs, procedures, and actions necessary to effectively monitor and maintain compliance with food safety and quality specifications of multiple major products and other assigned minor products.
Experience providing technical support to applicable parties.
Experience conducting food safety, regulatory, process evaluation, certification audits, for food plants and processing facilities
Proficient with GFSI auditing requirements.
Experience performing supplier risk assessments to determine facility food safety tier and future audits.
Bilingual English/Spanish a plus

How to Apply

Please submit formal application