Food Safety Specialist - Markham, Canada - Robertet Canada

Description

Company Overview:

Robertet is the world's leading source of natural, sustainable, and organic ingredients and is one of the oldest fragrance and flavor companies in the world.

Robertet is a world-renowned innovator in scent and taste with a global reach represented in over 50 countries, 14 manufacturing sites on 3 continents, 3 R&D innovation centers and 12 creative centers.

Robertet is the only fragrance, flavor and ingredient company fully integrated at each step of the creation process, from the source ingredient to the final fragrance and flavor.

Founded in 1850 in Grasse, France, Robertet continues to be privately owned and managed by the fourth generation of family members.

With a passion for and unparalleled understanding of naturals, together with boundless creativity and market insight, allows Robertet to provide their customers with world class innovation in scent and taste.

Summary:

Manage maintenance of and compliance with Robertet Food Safety, HACCP, GMP, FSVP and SQF requirements. Work on food safety issue resolution and corrective actions. Work with Supply Chain and other internal customers to ensure compliance with food safety requirements. Act as the key point of contact for all matters of food safety, both planned and unplanned.


Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

• Safety: Comply with all safety rules and guidelines, report all potential issues. Actively participate in all departmental and company safety meetings, training sessions and activities.
• Establish and maintain programs and policies to ensure manufacturing of food safe products at all times.

Monitor all federal mandated food safety regulations and requirements and ensure compliance. Stay updated on Food Regulations.

• Identify and implement current industry best practices. Identify and be ready to lead organization change to implement proposed regulatory standards.
• Develop and manage food safety related projects and programs
• Lead and facilitate HACCP team meetings
• Drive implementation of best practices for allergen handling
• Inspect facility on a daily, weekly and monthly basis.
• Conduct GMP audits
• Provide training and development to colleagues on the food safety aspects of their jobs (e.g GMP, HACCP, Allergen, etc)
• Maintain all pertinent records, reports and other paperwork as needed
• Evaluate food safety information for supplier approval
• Partner with Supply Chain to meet plant objectives while providing advice on food safety matters.
• Take a lead role in managing third party (SQF) audits
• Coordinate internal audits program and act as the lead auditor
• Maintain Kosher and Halal certifications and act as lead on audits
• Maintain Organic certification and stay up to date on regulations and Global equivalency standards
• Meet with project teams to build food safety into the equipment via hygienic design
• Validate cleaning procedures and protocols via appropriate testing of rinse water as well as Protein, ATP, and microbiological environmental swabbing.
• Coordinate mock recalls. Be the expert regarding recall procedures.
• All other Food Safety duties as appropriate
• Commitment to Robertet and SQF Safety and Quality Standards and continuous improvement of the quality management systems.
• Work with QC/QA technologists as needed to process product information request

Competency:

To perform the job successfully, an individual should demonstrate the following competencies:

Planning & Organizing:
Establishes courses of action for self and others to ensure that work is completed efficiently.

Communication:

Clearly conveys information and ideas through a variety of media to individuals or groups in a manner that engages the audience and helps them understand and retain the message.

Contributing to Team Success:
Actively participates as a member of a team to move the team toward the completion of goals.

Builds Strategic Working Relationships:
Develops and uses collaborative relationships to facilitate the accomplishment of work goals. Ensures food safety is continuously on the agenda.

Technical Skills:
Keeps abreast of Robertet technical/mechanical capabilities/limits, and leverages them accordingly.

Quality Orientation:

Accomplishes tasks by considering all areas involved, no matter how small; showing concern for all aspects of the job; accurately checks processes and tasks; being watchful over a period of time.

Ability to give reasoned food safety advice without being pressured by other influences.

• Proficient oral/written/electronic communication skills
• Strong attention to detail and organizational abilities
• Leadership/Drive/

Decision Making:
Be willing and able to take on additional responsibility as required due to business needs and as instructed by management

• Investigative Competency: Be capable of understanding the steps necessary to drive a food safety investigation to its logical conclusion, with RC/CAPA and full EtQ documentation:Be capable of generating data required for food