Sr. Specialist – Quality and Food Safety

Job title: Sr. Specialist – Quality and Food Safety

Company: Randstad


Job description: Quality Systems Sr Specialist – Elevate Food Safety & ExcellenceJoin our client’s team as a Quality Systems Sr Specialist, where you’ll lead the charge in developing, implementing, and enhancing Quality and Food Safety Management programs. Your expertise will ensure that products meet the highest standards for safety, compliance, and customer satisfaction across the site and broader network. As a key driver in shaping the Q&FS Management System, you’ll provide strategic leadership to elevate food safety practices for a top-tier brand within the client’s operations across North America.If you’re passionate about quality and ready to make a meaningful impact, this role is for you!Advantages
Career Growth
Work-Life Balance
Strong Corporate Culture
Purpose-Driven WorkResponsibilities
Key Responsibilities

• Act as backup to the Quality and Food Safety Manager, provides leadership and technical expertise during incident investigation and risk analysis as well as provides recommendations for appropriate resolution
• Lead the implementation of Global Quality and Food Safety Standards to ensure compliance with applicable statutory and regulatory food safety requirements
• Lead the site quality and food safety management review process to identify improvement opportunities for quality and food safety management systems
• Development and roll out of food safety training to the site and support functions (HACCP, Basic Food Safety)
• Provide governance to the Microbiological verification, environmental program, Mycotoxin, Allergens, Cleaning, and Sanitation programs
• Provide governance to HACCP and Food Safety Plan within the site, provide input to the Value stream Food safety. Food Safety Team Leader at the site. Manage validation of CCP/OPRP preventive controls programs within the site
• Responsible for providing site input to the Material Risk Assessments (MRA’s)
• Lead root cause analysis investigation of food safety incidents and effective implementation of corrective/preventive actions
• Lead Q&FS input for engineering related projects within the site and lead CVS, Handover process for Q&FS
• Lead Q&FS continuous improvement projects for a Brand across Company Wrigley North America region to improve the brand experience
• Lead in combination with Q&FS Manager product related incident management process and provide recommendation on product disposition
• Lead Communities of practice to drive standardization, and creation of best practices
• Coach and develop associates in Q&FS team within the site or across the network

Context and Scope

• Lead gap assessment to the Company’s Global standards and regulatory requirements, lead the Food Defense Plan and continuous improvement of quality systems and to ensure compliance
• Partners with supply Make and Engineering, R&D and other key stakeholders to implement changes, new process or new products in a safe manner and implement product quality conformance system
• Responsible for providing outlining Q&FS requirements on engineering projects, developing all the Q&FS documents, SOP’s, delivering training for associates as required for the start of new lines or processes at the site and creating QFS best practices
• Lead continuous improvement of QFS system and product quality and conformance to specification through analysis of data and evaluation of trends through use of statistical analysis for a given brand for region
• Builds knowledge of the company, processes and customers. Understands key business drivers and uses this understanding to accomplish own work.
• Builds a network of cross functional partners to accomplish business objectives
• Provides guidance and direction to others

Qualifications
Job Specifications/Qualifications
Minimum Qualifications

• BS degree in Chemistry, Food Science, Food Safety, Engineering or related technical field
• 3 years of food manufacturing experience in a responsible position related to food safety or Quality and food safety management system and or a combination of education and 5+ years demonstrated success in relevant field

Preferred Qualifications

• Advanced degree in Chemistry, Food Science, Food Safety, Engineering or related technical field
• 2 years of food plant experience in a responsible position related to food safety or Quality and food safety management system
• Demonstrated leadership capabilities in leading a team

Knowledge / Experience
Demonstrated success with Food safety risk, identification and management, HACCP and prerequisite controls
Proven application of quality tools, food science, and statistics
Demonstrated capability to manage multiple priorities
Proven leadership within a team and demonstrated ability to lead change
Exhibited understanding of GMP, GLP, food allergens, pest control, sanitation, and food safety regulations
Expert knowledge of Food Safety Standards, procedures and legislation
Ability to work effectively in cross functional teams
Strong written and verbal communication skills. Strong presentation Skills
Preferred:
Demonstrated success with Food safety risk, identification and management, HACCP and prerequisite controls
Ability to travel 10% of the time
Experienced auditor in GFSI Quality Systems such as SQF, BRC, FSSC22000 or ISO9000 preferableSummary
Interested candidates can send their resumes directly to Leslie Walker @leslie.walker@randstad.ca.Randstad Canada is committed to fostering a workforce reflective of all peoples of Canada. As a result, we are committed to developing and implementing strategies to increase the equity, diversity and inclusion within the workplace by examining our internal policies, practices, and systems throughout the entire lifecycle of our workforce, including its recruitment, retention and advancement for all employees. In addition to our deep commitment to respecting human rights, we are dedicated to positive actions to affect change to ensure everyone has full participation in the workforce free from any barriers, systemic or otherwise, especially equity-seeking groups who are usually underrepresented in Canada’s workforce, including those who identify as women or non-binary/gender non-conforming; Indigenous or Aboriginal Peoples; persons with disabilities (visible or invisible) and; members of visible minorities, racialized groups and the LGBTQ2+ community.Randstad Canada is committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive and accessible workplace for all its candidates and employees by supporting their accessibility and accommodation needs throughout the employment lifecycle. We ask that all job applications please identify any accommodation requirements by sending an email to accessibility@randstad.ca to ensure their ability to fully participate in the interview process.

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Location: Newmarket, ON

Job date: Fri, 30 May 2025 03:20:19 GMT

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