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Role Description

The Senior Manager, Food Safety Sanitor is responsible for all activities related to food sanitation in a powder infant formula manufacturing and packaging environment. This individual plays a pivotal role in establishing and documenting a proactive, formal, compliant sanitation program, and ensuring alignment across sites. The Senior Manager, Food Safety Sanitor must possess the background and technical aptitude related to food plant sanitation programs, cleaning validations, chemical handling, and Food Safety Programs and be able to enact this expertise through a multi-facility organization.

• Build and enhance strategic sanitation programs and processes to ensure plant operations meet sanitation requirements for machinery, equipment, facility, and effective monitoring.
• Oversee sanitation practices at a multi-facility organization with required travel minimum of 30%.
• Develop site sanitation managers and employees to achieve and maintain sanitation objectives.
• Work with sites to develop a proactive, evolving sanitation program based.
• Support sites in building, maintaining, and ensuring compliance with a Master Sanitation Schedule and related documentation.
• Audit sanitation effectiveness and cleaning frequencies in accordance with the Master Sanitation Schedule.
• Make recommendations for improvements and lead improvement teams.
• Work with site managers to maintain chemical inventory quantities on an ongoing basis and interact with the chemical supplier for advice on training or issues related to sanitation.
• Participate in the development and auditing of SSOP’s.
• Strictly enforce safety and GMP policies and maintain superior plant cleanliness.
• Responsible for directing the necessary activities required to maintain the site cleaning validation programs and improvements.
• Responsible for maintaining and ensuring compliance with Pest Management policies.
• Responsible for developing policies for site contractors / vendors activities as it relates to quality / facility GMP adherence.
• Effectively communicate expectations and requirements with chemical suppliers and third party consultants.
• Lead sanitation related non-conformities and investigations.
• Maintain good communication with subordinates, peers, and members of management.
• Effectively communicate plans, strategies, and goals with peers and executive team members.
• Oversee development of a strategic sanitation program, policies, plans and processes to ensure that sanitary performance meets cGMP / SQF standards as well as supports Food Safety requirement towards regulatory compliance.
• Participate in audits, facility inspections and pre-operational inspections.

Competency & Skill Requirements

• Knowledge of Database software; Internet software; Spreadsheet software and Word Processing software.
• Knowledge of the GMP, HACCP and Environmental sanitation program is preferred.
• Experience with third party regulatory agencies such as GFSI, SQF and FDA, preferred.
• Demonstrated knowledge with CIP & COP process.
• Experience developing and overseeing sanitation programs and teams, preferred.
• Demonstrated effectiveness in leading multi-site improvements.

Education and/or Experience Requirements

• Four-year college degree in food science or science related field, or five years’ experience working in food / pharmaceutical manufacturing and experience with facility and equipment cleaning and sanitation.

Physical Requirements

• This job requires the employee to be able to handle chemical storage containers utilizing lift equipment.
• Adhere to all safety policies and procedures, follow CGMP's, and work in a manner consistent with all corporate and regulatory, food safety, quality, and sanitation requirements.
• Will comply with all applicable federal, state, and local standards for the manufacture of infant formula and other non-infant nutritional foods.

The minimum annual salary for this position is $127,000 and the maximum is $140,000. The salary range for performing this role outside of New York City will differ. This is a remote role, requiring >30% travel. You will be eligible for a discretionary performance based annual cash bonus and to participate in our company’s equity program, plus our robust medical, dental, vision, retirement, and other benefits.