Food Safety - Lebbeke Wieze, België - Barry Callebaut

Barry Callebaut

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Lebbeke Wieze, België

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Beschrijving

Food Safety & Document System Manager

Location:
Lebbeke-Wieze, BE, 9280At Barry Callebaut, we are on a journey to transform the cocoa and chocolate industry.

As the world's leading manufacturer of high-quality chocolate and cocoa products, our actions truly shape the future of our industry.

We are a business-to-business company, serving the entire food sector, from the cocoa bean to the finest chocolate product.

We are a company with a purpose, we believe in doing well by doing good and reinvesting in the communities we operate.

We have a long-standing commitment to sustainability and our goal is to shape a sustainable cocoa and chocolate future. We are headquartered in Zurich, and have more than 12,000 passionate Employees working in more than 40 countries worldwide. We are very proud of who we are and what we do. And of course, we are always looking for talented people to help us have a positive impact on our industry and beyond

About the Role

The Food Safety & Document System Manager is responsible for developing, maintaining, and implementing quality standards related to food safety, customer, religious, and sustainability standards in the plant. The mission of the FS & DS manager is to ensure that quality processes are formalized and compliant with corporate, regulatory, and customer requirements.
The FS & DS manager leads the implementation of the Quality management system to ensure the improvement of Food Safety compliance and the development of a quality mindset. The FS & DS manager ensures Food Safety risk prevention and management on a daily basis, ensures daily excellence in execution, and drives change to achieve improved quality standards. Respecting and promoting people's safety standards are part of this job.
The FS & DS manager links and collaborates with the local QA team, plant manager and operational managers, maintenance and facility teams. Other important stakeholders are engineering, R&D, and global Food Safety roles.
Key Responsibilities Include

_Drive and support the Implementation of new or improved food safety, religious, and sustainability standards_

Driving the implementation of Hazard control plan, Barry Callebaut, GSFI, FDA, religious, sustainability, and customer standards and procedures
Lead and guarantee proper FS risk assessment and define efficient means of control
Ensure FS system efficiency through well organized & managed Quality audits
Ensure implementation & proper functioning of raw materials, packaging & final product traceability
Follow up on corrective actions and verify the effectiveness of implemented measures.
Supporting other functions to achieve compliance with the abovementioned standards
Raise quality awareness of all employees by ensuring training of local staff to achieve the food safety and quality systems objectives
Supporting and Replacing the Quality Assurance Manager in crisis management
Follow up on local food regulations, escalate if required, and integrate local food safety standards to ensure compliance
Build, implement, verify & supervise the Hazard control system for existing, new, modified products and lines
Provide expert advice to other functions
Handle customer and thirdparty audits

_Drive improvement and maintenance of local quality systems_

Initiate and lead qualityrelated improvement and problemsolving teams using root cause problemsolving tools such as 5 Why and Ishikawa analysis
Lead the Pest control management system
Carry out trend analysis and statistical data review to develop improvement plans
KPI reporting to lead the business to the right FS priorities
Coaching on & facilitating risk analysis of incidents
Contribute to cost and efficiency improvement activities, taking into account quality requirements
Maintain & improve usage of local DMS (Document management system)
Supporting and Replacing the Quality Manager in external audits handling

_Project Management_

Understand, review, and provide feedback on the impact of projects on management systems (e.g. Hazard control plan, FSSC 22000, PEM, Customer & Sustainability standards).
Adapt and validate quality plans and systems to address changed or new ingredients, products, processes, and production environment
Participate at meetings effectively, liaise with stakeholders, and communicate and interact actively with all functions

About You

Master in Food Science or Engineering or equivalent
Fluent in the local language. Mastering English is a requirement.
710 years of experience in Quality Assurance and Food Safety in an international food, pharmaceutical, or feed company
Experience working with the design and implementation of food safety plans/programs
Knowledge of Food Safety Management, Hazard control management, GMPs (Hygiene practices, Sanitation, Environmental Monitoring, Pest Control etc), FSSC 22000), FDA
Auditor skills
Project Management
Drive for results, taking initi