Food Safety Manager Job at Abbott, Hurt, VA

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  • Abbott
  • Hurt, VA

Job Description

This position works out of our Altavista, VA location in the Abbott Nutrition division. Our Nutrition business develops science-based nutrition products for people of all ages, from helping babies and children grow to keeping adult bodies strong and active. Millions of people around the world count on our leading brands – including Similac®, PediaSure®, Pedialyte®, Ensure®, and Glucerna® – to help them get the nutrients they need to live their healthiest lives. Altavista, Va., is one of Abbott’s largest nutrition manufacturing plants equipped with advanced technology to ensure efficient production. Working here will make you feel like you’re part of a family that works together to make a difference and help nourish millions of families around the world. The Food Safety Manager will be responsible for establishing and maintaining best-in-class food safety culture and risk management through implementation and adherence of food safety plans and programs, quality system compliance, preventative controls of hazards, and investigation management. The Food Safety Manager will develop strong partnership with supply chain in conjunction with R&D and regulatory and other departments to provide guidance and assure implementation and adherence to programs. Provide functional leadership of food safety, quality system compliance and investigation management for the site. Manage programs and support effective and compliant implementation of changes within the site quality system. Collaboratively support Directors, Quality Subsystem Owners, and other internal and/or external stakeholders with organizational, project/program management. Direct responsibility for Food Quality and Food Safety Plans and risk management lifecycle process through the evaluation of site processes, assessing risk based on food safety and public health principles, prioritizing corrective actions, and verifying activities and validation testing. Ensure all HACCPs are appropriate and records are complete and accurate. Monitor CAPA Programs to ensure Root Cause analysis is performed and timely closure. Assure that product food safety is monitored via appropriate metrics and effectiveness of actions through all phases of sanitation, pest control, microbiological and cleaning programs for the site. Work with site departments to develop and implement programs to continuously improve food safety risk reduction, enhance cGMP best practices and requirements to achieve desired performance results. Provide management and development of the quality personnel. Support implementation of Divisional initiatives as identified by management and in support of Quality Management Systems (QMS), Environmental Management Systems (EMS), and other regulatory requirements. Develop and support a successful compliance strategy that supports Abbott’s growth objectives, including coordination and facilitation of external and non-site internal audits of the facility, provide inspection administration support during these inspections/audits/ and coordinate the development and implementation of applicable CAPA's. Required: Bachelor’s Degree in Biology, microbiology, chemistry or technical field; 10 years Food manufacturing industry experience; Minimum 5 years thorough knowledge of and experience in application of FDA/GMP regulations; Understanding and application of microbiological principles with in-depth food borne pathogen knowledge; In depth knowledge of HACCP, Sanitation principles and Food Safety Preventive Controls (FSPC); 5 years supervisory experience. Preferred: Master’s degree.

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