Food Safety Specialist

Job description / Role

Position Snapshot

Position Summary

A Specialist who drives compliance and implementation of Quality and Food Safety Management system. Ensure factory adherence to GMP and hygiene practices, and ensure quality, and food safety requirement is in place across value chain, while supporting the factory in specific areas of expertise (food safety, NGMP, HACCP, auditing, pathogen monitoring, Food defense, etc.)

A day in the life of

- Assigned as HACCP Team Leader for area of responsibility, to develop, implement, maintain, update and review HACCP studies, Organizes periodic HACCP reviews for his/her specific area as well as maintain QMS updated. Ensure training of HACCP team as HACCP Coordinator.
- Develop, implement, monitor and review the execution of GMP, Allergen Control, Metal Detection devices validation and verification as per the standards.
- Lead the readiness for internal and external audits for his area of responsibility.
- Actively participate in NPDIs meetings for new product developments, to ensure proper functioning of the product launch, status control and traceability elements to protect Nestle products.
- Perform compliance review for each assigned Category Standards to ensure compliance to Quality and Food Safety Management Process of Nestle Integrated Management System requirements, other applicable instructions and standards. Assist production to comply with product specific standard.
- Manage Quality & Food Safety near miss by compiling, updating and reporting the findings and actions, and effectively Lead Quality & Food Safety risk assessments with regards to raw materials, products and operational activities related to his area of responsibility.
- Provide Q&FS input regarding equipment cleaning, any equipment modification and other continuous improvement initiatives, with adherence to the requirements outlined in change management process.
- Supports the Nestle Continuous Excellence program in the quest for zero defect, including root cause analysis after incidents (or near misses), through quality pillar methodology.
- Lead investigation and corrective action follow-up of non-conformities, for Product Related Incident Management Process to ensure incidents are reported timely and with sufficient input, which includes thorough incident impacts, the right classification, proper root cause analysis and effective corrective action/preventive actions.
- Delivers training for their specific areas of expertise e.g. hygiene, foreign body, HACCP
- Ensure IMS requirements are implemented for export products
- Ensure Implementation of NGMP and Conducting NGMP Audits

Requirements

What will make you successful

- Bachelor's degree of Food Science, Pharmacy or Agriculture (preferred food engineering)
- Ability to communicate efficiently internally and externally.
- Able to work with cross-functional teams
- 2-4 years of experience in Food Manufacturing facility, where scientific principles have been practically applied.
- Technical depth and detailed knowledge of Food safety Management Sys., Food Microbiology, Quality management sys. is a must.

About the Company

Nestle with headquarters in Vevey, Switzerland was founded in 1866 by Henri Nestle and is today the world's biggest food and beverage company. Sales for 2006 were CHF 98.5 bn, with a net profit of CHF 9 bn. We employ around 265,000 people and have factories or operations in almost every country in the world.

The Company's strategy is guided by several fundamental principles. Nestle's existing products grow through innovation and renovation while maintaining a balance in geographic activities and product lines. Long-term potential is never sacrificed for short-term performance. The Company's priority is to bring the best and most relevant products to people, wherever they are, whatever their needs, throughout their lives.