Want to build a stronger, more sustainable future and cultivate your career? Join Cargill’s global team of 155,000 employees who are committed to safe, responsible and sustainable ways to nourish the world. This position is in Cargill’s food ingredients and bio-industrial business, where we anticipate trends around taste, nutrition and safety to innovate and provide solutions to manufacturers, retailers and foodservice companies.
Job Purpose and Impact
The QA Food Safety and Quality Specialist will provide specialized knowledge of specific segments of quality systems or plant processes such as food safety, regulatory and quality auditing, instrumentation, specific product line knowledge, computer systems, management or oversight of suppliers and other needed focus areas. In this role, you will be involved in the preparation and participation of customer audits. You will partner with internal and external teams to address customer requirements and concerns and collaborate on audits.
Key Accountabilities
- Conduct verification and maintenance of the food safety and quality systems, hazard analysis and sanitation processes, prerequisite programs, manufacturing processes, plant environment and finished product.
- Collaborates with operations on the initiation of corrective action and preventative measures when necessary.
- Ensure adherence to corporate, regulatory, customer and facility food safety and quality requirements and completion of corrections and corrective actions.
- Lead relevant regional, corporate and regulatory food safety-focused audits.
- Act as food safety team leader, coordinate and lead the food safety team and oversee the food safety management system and management review.
- Manage food and feed safety management system compliance with appropriate government regulations.
- Investigate and follow up on food safety incidents in the plant to ensure they are reported and that corrective action and permanent corrections are taken.
- Independently solve moderately complex issues with minimal supervision, while escalating more complex issues to appropriate staff.
- Other duties as assigned
Qualifications
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in a related field or equivalent experience
- Between 2 and 6 years of relevant working experience in the food and/or feed industry
- Fluent in Dutch and English
- Experience with food safety and quality.
Our Offer
We provide a fast-paced stimulating international environment, which will stretch your abilities and channel your talents. We also offer competitive salaries and benefits combined with outstanding career development opportunities in one of the largest and most solid private companies in the world.
We provide a fast-paced stimulating international environment, which will stretch your abilities and channel your talents. We also offer competitive salaries and benefits combined with outstanding career development opportunities in one of the largest and most solid private companies in the world.
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