Job Description

Embark on a rewarding career with Sobeys Inc., celebrated among Canada\'s Top 100 employers, where your talents contribute to our commitment to excellence and community impact.Our family of 131,000 employees and franchise affiliates share a collective passion for delivering exceptional shopping experiences and amazing food to all our customers. Our mission is to nurture the things that make life better - great experiences, families, communities, and our employees. We are a family nurturing families.A proudly Canadian company, we started in a small town in Nova Scotia but we are now in communities of all sizes across this great country. With over 1,600 stores in all 10 provinces, you may know us as Sobeys, Safeway, IGA, Foodland, FreshCo, Thrifty Foods, Lawtons Drug Stores or another of our great banners but we are all one extended family.Ready to Make an impact?This position is responsible for overseeing, assuring compliance to and continuously improving Food Safety and Quality Management Systems for company-owned manufacturing facilities, including new Central Kitchen sites. This will be achieved through support of Food Safety and Quality teams in the facilities, developing and improving process, revising, and developing HACCP plans, conducting risk assessments, and verifying compliance to established metrics or customer requirements. This position will also facilitate customer complaint investigations, food safety investigations and corrective action process. Additionally, this position will work with the plant teams to maintain or obtain certification to one of the Global Food Safety Initiative recognized standards. This role will also support other areas of team responsibility including supplier management, new facility design, project work and strategic initiatives.Here\'s where you\'ll be focusing:

• Support management of food safety programs for company owned manufacturing sites and the new Central Kitchens strategy. This includes development, implementation and continuous improvement of the food safety management systems. Successful certification to GFSI or other approved standards.
• Assist in the development and of key quality indicators for internal manufacturing sites and conduct reviews of metrics at set frequency
• Lead facility design requirements, including management of different risk zones, sanitary design, equipment choices, sanitation program development and verification, and definition of food safety requirements for site operation.
• Advise on microbiological testing requirements for products, processes and environment to comply with regulatory and enterprise requirements.
• Develop, conduct and assist in training of manufacturing staff as required.
• Facilitate troubleshooting and solving quality and food safety issues at the facilities
• Assure rigour in change management of products, processes and infrastructure at facilities
• Ensure quality, product safety, plant sanitation, pest control, and regulatory standards are met.
• Develop relationship with third party consulting and auditing companies to ensure audits are conducted and completed as required
• Responsible for managing relationships with 3rd party laboratory network and ensuring suitability of test methodology at negotiated cost
• Develop and advance the organization\'s policy and procedures for the manufacturing sites to establish a compliant food safety culture
• Assist Director in Interpreting, disseminate, and respond to new government proposals, regulations and amendments to protect the Sobeys name as it pertains to the manufacturing facilities

What you have to offer:

• Bachelor level Degree in Food Science, Microbiology, Quality Assurance, or related degree
• Minimum of 5- 7experience in Quality Assurance/ Food Safety discipline within the food manufacturing industry
• Minimum of three years experience in a Quality Assurance or Food Safety Leadership role(s)
• Experience with federally regulated establishments
• Experience managing geographically diverse teams
• Experience developing and managing food safety management systems.
• Experience managing and implementing GFSI schemes.

At Sobeys we require our teammates to have the ability to adhere to a hybrid work model that requires your presence at one of our office locations at least three days per week. This requirement is integral to our commitment to team collaboration and the overall success of our office culture.We offer a competitive compensation package, which varies by role. Some websites share our job opportunities and may provide salary estimates without our knowledge. These estimates are based on similar jobs and postings for general comparison, but these numbers are not provided by our organization nor monitored for accuracy.We will consider factors such as your working location, work experience and skills as well as internal equity, and market conditions to ensure the selected candidate is paid fairly and competitively. We look forward to discussing the specific compensation details relevant to this role with candidates who are selected to move forward in the recruitment process.We are committed to accommodating applicants with disabilities throughout the hiring process and will work with applicants requesting accommodation at any stage of this process.

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