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Position: Corporate Quality & Food Safety Specialist
Department: Corporate Quality
Reports To: Corporate Quality & Food Safety Manager
Location: Irwindale, CA
FLSA: Exempt (Salary)
Salary: $69,000 - $77,000
Make a greater impact at Bonduelle Americas!
Bonduelle Americas is a certified B Corp inviting people to embrace a flexitarian lifestyle with an expanding portfolio of plant-rich products available in and beyond the produce aisle. We operate four facilities and employ nearly 3,000 Associates in the US.
Bonduelle Americas is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Groupe Bonduelle (BON.PA), an established global brand with more than 170 years of family heritage bringing the joy of plants to tables around the world. Globally, our ready-to-eat plant-rich food products are grown on 173,000 acres by our grower partners and marketed in nearly 100 countries. Our mission is to inspire the transition toward a plant-rich diet to contribute to people's well-being and planet health.
Join us at Bonduelle Americas for an opportunity to advance your career in a culture that places people first. As a valued member of our company, you will work in a mission-driven environment aimed at preserving the planet’s resources while providing healthy plant-based products to millions of consumers around the world.
Position Summary:
The Corporate Quality & Food Safety Specialist is an individual contributor that is responsible for supporting food safety and quality within the Bonduelle manufacturing pillar, under Corporate Quality & Food Safety. The position will work to support both business/functional priorities and key food safety/quality programs, including profitability/productivity initiatives, troubleshooting, technical support, risk mitigation efforts, project management, specification optimization, continuous improvement, etc.
What you will Do:
- Responsible for supporting Food Safety and Quality improvement efforts for key programs/customers, including business priorities, program/process continuous improvement, etc.
- Assist in driving actions that contribute to improvements in key performance metrics.
- Provide technical and project management support to improve Food Safety and Quality programs and minimize organizational risks.
- Optimize the specifications management system, including new raw/finished good commodities, specification enrichment opportunities, gap resolution, process improvements, etc.
- Support any organizational needs related to internal/external visits, meetings, presentations, where required.
- Support stakeholders by driving program/process alignment, collaboration and improvement, including root cause analysis, corrective actions, troubleshooting, risk assessments, etc.
- Special projects or other duties, as required/assigned
Minimum Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Science or related field required
- 1-3 years of experience within the food industry, with prior food safety/quality experience
- Prior experience with FDA and/or USDA preferred
- HACCP certification preferred
- Experience with Excel and/or Google Sheets required
- Experience with Tableau or similar data visualization/analytics tools preferred
- Personable - able to communicate with internal and external stakeholders
- Good analytical, communication, and collaboration skills.
- Ability to travel 30%, if needed
Desired Qualifications:
- Excellence - ability to deliver consistent quality results through a sense of urgency and taking initiative, while also demonstrating flexibility to meet business needs.
- People-minded - ability to foster mutual respect and positive relationships with co-workers, demonstrates listening skills and ensures physical safety of self and others.
- Integrity - honors commitments, acts honestly and with accountability.
- Fairness - ensures objectivity and sets a good example for others.
- Confidence - contributes to team spirit and acknowledges the right to try things out.
- Simplicity - maintains cordial relations on a day-to-day basis, genuine human relations.
- Open-mindedness - is tolerant and promotes creativity.
Salary : $69,000 - $77,000
