Job 19269

MI, Battle Creek 

Job description:

With 2005 sales in excess of $10 billion, Kellogg Company (NYSE: K) is the world's leading producer of cereal and a leading producer of convenience foods, including cookies, crackers, toaster pastries, cereal bars, frozen waffles and meat alternatives.

The Company's brands include Kellogg's®, Keebler®, Pop-Tarts®, Eggo®, Cheez-It®, Club®, Nutri-Grain®, Rice Krispies®, All-Bran®, Special K®, Mini-Wheats®, Chips Deluxe®, Sandies®, Morningstar Farms®, Famous Amos® and Kashi®.

Kellogg products are manufactured in 17 countries and marketed in more than 180 countries around the world.

To assure the safety of our food stream, strict adherence to sanitation and food safety guidelines is required. These guidelines are issued and monitored by the Kellogg corporate office as well as by local and federal governing agencies.

In this role as Sanitation/Food Safety Resource your responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:
a) assuring the production facility complies with these regulations.
b) the emergence of allergen focus and concerns of food safety/security have increased the responsibilities of the position.
c) Serve as support and back-up to the facility’s Certified Pest Control Applicator and Pesticide trainer: the responsibilities include directing hourly Pest Control Specialties to assure compliance to FDA regulations.

You report to and act in an advisory role and backup to the QA Manager. You work as a peer with the Quality Business Unit Leader and a 2nd Food Safety/sanitation resource.

In this role you provide daily direction to the following hourly employees:
a) 4 hourly Registered Pesticide technicians
b) 2 warehouse quality hold auditors
c) 3 food review/janitorial (1/shift)
d) 1 moisture technician
e) 1.5 lights & filter changer
f) 3 fire protection plant specialties (1/shift)

You will also serve in an advisory role to the facility’s Business Unit Leaders and Business Unit Managers (in operations, maintenance, and the warehouse). Daily contact with these functions facilitates the communications needed to ensure quality standards are met in all departments.

You share responsibility in managing the following budgets:
a) Operations Admin
b) QA

Requirements:

Bachelor’s Degree is required.

Food Science Degree preferred

Candidate must possess a strong working knowledge in quality science, chemistry, applied math, statistical techniques, sanitation, food processing.

A minimum of three years’ experience working in related areas such as: developing, implementing, or overseeing quality systems; monitoring and enforcing quality standards; facilitating relationships with customers and representatives of regulatory agencies; coordinating audits of quality systems with appropriate follow-up, etc.

The ability to supervise technical and non-technical people is required.

Knowledge of pest control habits and ability to identify pests (rodents, insects, etc) is required.

Three years supervisory experience required.

Three years food manufacturing environment experience required

Must be comfortable communicating with various levels of authority. Need to be able to convey information in layman’s terms as well as technical terms to various sources.

Require the ability to handle opposing priorities within and between departments with the objective of reaching mutually acceptable resolutions (example - when production and/or safety goals or initiatives conflict with quality/food safety goals or initiatives).

Primary work completed on first shift however, must have the ability to support a 24/7 operation. Adaptable schedule required.

Certification in Pesticide Application upon hiring is preferred, required afterwards.

Preferred candidates possess a strong working knowledge of Kellogg quality programs

Working knowledge of auditing systems preferred.

To Apply:

In order to be considered for this opening you must apply online at www.kelloggcareers.com.

Kellogg EOE M/F/D/V