Senior Manager, Food Safety and Quality Assurance Specialist

7 days ago

Olathe, Kansas, United States Walmart Full time

Food Safety and Quality Assurance Leadership Role

At Walmart, we are committed to providing safe, high-quality products to our customers. As a Senior Manager, Food Safety and Quality Assurance, you will play a critical role in ensuring the highest standards of food safety and quality assurance in our plant.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Ensure Compliance: You will ensure the plant meets quality and federal, state, and local food safety standards by conducting an in-depth review of the production process, leading routine testing and analysis, and leading investigations into incidents, quality issues, and complaints.
  • Partner Across Teams: You will partner across the plant and organization to ensure quality and food standards are incorporated into training and processes. You will also collaborate with plant sanitation leadership to monitor, validate, and trend performance and processes.
  • Lead Food Safety and Quality Programs: You will lead the development, implementation, and maintenance of quality and food safety standards, policies, controls, and guidelines. You will evaluate data from government-mandated third-party testing laboratories and regulatory inspections to identify areas of focus.
  • Communicate Trends: You will communicate trends and data regarding quality and food safety issues to relevant stakeholders. As a subject-matter expert for quality and food safety, you will collaborate with stakeholders to reduce food safety and health risks and enhance compliance and product quality.
  • Lead Strategic Plans: You will lead the development and implementation of strategic plans by developing new, enhanced processes and procedures to manage risks. You will also monitor new metrics, trend reports, and tracking tools, and create new training tools.
  • Drive Enhancements: You will drive food safety enhancements by reviewing food and health safety audits and regulatory inspection reports. You will lead the development of processes, standards, and policies to ensure compliance with all regulatory and Walmart corporate expectations.

Requirements:

  • Extensive Experience: You will have extensive experience in a senior food safety and quality assurance role, preferably in a food processing environment.
  • Strong Analytical Skills: You will possess strong analytical skills and have a proven ability to ensure compliance with food safety standards.
  • Excellent Communication Skills: You will have excellent communication skills and have a proven ability to influence and persuade others.
  • Leadership Skills: You will be able to expertly lead strategic plans and drive food safety enhancements.
  • Commitment to Company Values: You will be committed to promoting and supporting company policies, procedures, mission, values, and standards of ethics and integrity.

Benefits and Perks:

At Walmart, we offer competitive pay, performance-based bonus awards, and other great benefits for a happier mind, body, and wallet. Health benefits include medical, vision, and dental coverage. Financial benefits include 401(k), stock purchase, and company-paid life insurance. Paid time off benefits include PTO (including sick leave), parental leave, family care leave, bereavement, jury duty, and voting. Other benefits include short-term and long-term disability, company discounts, Military Leave Pay, adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement, and more.

Additional Compensation:

Additional compensation includes annual or quarterly performance bonuses. Additional compensation for certain positions may also include Regional Pay Zone (RPZ) (based on location) and stock.

Minimum Qualifications:

Outlined below are the required minimum qualifications for this position. If none are listed, there are no minimum qualifications.

Option 1: Bachelor's degree in food science or related area (with a minimum of 8 credit hours each in microbiology and chemistry and 5 years' experience in food or dairy quality assurance).

Option 2: 10 years' experience in food or dairy processing quality assurance. 1 year's supervisory experience, preferably in a manufacturing lab environment. 2 years' Safe Quality Food (SQF) process experience. 1 year's experience utilizing Microsoft Office (for example, Excel, Word, PowerPoint), as well as SPC Programs and SAP.

Preferred Qualifications:

Outlined below are the optional preferred qualifications for this position. If none are listed, there are no preferred qualifications.

Additional training and/or certifications (for example, Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP), Statistical Process Control (SPC)). Manufacturing (for example, food processing, dairy processing), including laboratory and/or sanitation responsibilities. Master's degree in Food Science, Biology, or related area.

Primary Location:

20200 W 167th St, Olathe, KS, United States of America

About Walmart:

At Walmart, we help people save money so they can live better. This mission serves as the foundation for every decision we make, from responsible sourcing to sustainability-and everything in between. As a Walmart associate, you will play an integral role in shaping the future of retail, tech, merchandising, finance, and hundreds of other industries-all while affecting the lives of millions of customers all over the world. Here, your work makes an impact every day.

Equal Opportunity Employer:

Walmart, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer- By Choice. We believe we are best equipped to help our associates, customers, and the communities we serve live better when we really know them. That means understanding, respecting, and valuing diversity- unique styles, experiences, identities, abilities, ideas, and opinions- while being inclusive of all people.

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