Food Safety Manager ( 12 months contract)

  Job Overview:  As a Food Safety Manager, you will be responsible for ensuring the deployment of a risk-based food safety management program from design to execution as well as conducting food safety risk assessments, HACCP validations, setting acceptance criteria and performing food safety monitoring.    Contract: 12 Months    What You Will Get to Do:  Maintain proper documentation relating to QA reports, KPI’s and ensure trends identified in audits and HACCP validations are tracked and preventative actions are developed.  Design, development, and deployment of Food Safety programs  Support the business quality policies and capture operational feedback to keep them up to date  Establish food safety scorecard with defined criteria to assess food safety risk factors, implement improvement strategies and communication to all applicable stakeholders  Develop Food safety strategy for the company and work with plants to ensure objectives are met  Responsible for Food Safety Assessments  Ensure risk assessments are used as a key decision-making approach for product, process and package design safety  Provide risk-based food safety verifications for suppliers, manufacturing sites, warehouses, and transportation and customer  Conduct HACCP validations (planning and execution)  Food Safety Risk Assessments to support plant notifications and critical business issues (Crisis Management)  Assess, review, and approve R&D, Engineering and Supply Chain projects  Support the effective management of operational food safety challenges at factories (including disposition decision making based on risk assessment and advice on risk management interactions with authorities)  Partner with factories on improvement strategies for quality and food safety compliance  Development of capabilities and competencies in the short and long term to the plant quality teams and HACCP coordinators  Governance and support for CAPA plans in the full Supply Chain related to Food Safety  Support for QCMS audits and other compliance requirements FS policies  Provide cross-functional leadership with QA, R&D and Commercial functions  Develop and provide training on company food safety management requirements  Participate in GFSI, customer and supplier audits as required  Influence and partner with cross-functional peers, effectively communicating how food safety supports our company values and implement a food safety culture across the organization Recipe for Success:  Completion of Bachelor of Science degree or equivalent work experience  8 years in Food Safety and Quality in the food industry Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) certification(s)  Proficient with office 365, Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, SharePoint, Teams. Ability to run analytics and use database systems to create reports  Possess strong customer service, interpersonal skills, an approachable demeanor, and an active listener  Demonstrated cross-functional leadership skills with an effective ability to coach and influence others  Strong knowledge of CFIA/Health Canada/FDA/USDA/GFSI/HACCP Benchmarks Auditing an asset  Ability to manage and communicate sensitive and confidential information with professionalism and discretion  Excellent ability to focus and prioritize in a fast-moving environment  Attention to detail, strong technical knowledge and analytical capability What we offer:  It’s an exciting time to be part of the Give & Go team as we are growing rapidly and want you to become a part our growth and extraordinarily bright future.  As we grow, we are committed to preserve the parts of our diversity & culture that is unique, people focused and are core to our success at every size. Our values of Quality, Direct Communication and Respect mean something.  Learning and growth; we are working to create an environment where sharing new ideas, experimenting and learning from each other is strongly encouraged.  Competitive benefits, along with work, life balance!