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Food Safety Manager ( 12 months contract) Etobicoke, ON, Canada Job Overview As a Food Safety Manager, you will be responsible for ensuring the deployment of a risk-based food safety management program from design to execution as well as conducting food safety risk assessments, HACCP validations, setting acceptance criteria and performing food safety monitoring. Responsibilities - Maintain proper documentation relating to QA reports, KPIs and ensure trends identified in audits and HACCP validations are tracked and preventative actions are developed. - Design, development, and deployment of Food Safety programs - Support the business quality policies and capture operational feedback to keep them up to date - Establish food safety scorecard with defined criteria to assess food safety risk factors, implement improvement strategies and communication to all applicable stakeholders - Develop Food safety strategy for the company and work with plants to ensure objectives are met - Responsible for Food Safety Assessments - Ensure risk assessments are used as a key decision-making approach for product, process and package design safety - Provide risk-based food safety verifications for suppliers, manufacturing sites, warehouses, and transportation and customer - Conduct HACCP validations (planning and execution) - Food Safety Risk Assessments to support plant notifications and critical business issues (Crisis Management) - Assess, review, and approve R&D, Engineering and Supply Chain projects - Support the effective management of operational food safety challenges at factories (including disposition decision making based on risk assessment and advice on risk management interactions with authorities) - Partner with factories on improvement strategies for quality and food safety compliance - Development of capabilities and competencies in the short and long term to the plant quality teams and HACCP coordinators - Governance and support for CAPA plans in the full Supply Chain related to Food Safety - Support for QCMS audits and other compliance requirements FS policies - Provide cross-functional leadership with QA, R&D and Commercial functions - Develop and provide training on company food safety management requirements - Participate in GFSI, customer and supplier audits as required - Influence and partner with cross-functional peers, effectively communicating how food safety supports our company values and implement a food safety culture across the organization Qualifications - Completion of Bachelor of Science degree or equivalent work experience - 8 years in Food Safety and Quality in the food industry - Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) certification(s) - Proficient with office 365, Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, SharePoint, Teams. Ability to run analytics and use database systems to create reports - Possess strong customer service, interpersonal skills, an approachable demeanor, and an active listener - Demonstrated cross-functional leadership skills with an effective ability to coach and influence others - Strong knowledge of CFIA/Health Canada/FDA/USDA/GFSI/HACCP Benchmarks Auditing an asset - Ability to manage and communicate sensitive and confidential information with professionalism and discretion - Excellent ability to focus and prioritize in a fast-moving environment - Attention to detail, strong technical knowledge and analytical capability Benefits - Competitive benefits, along with work, life balance! Give and Go is committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all applicants and employees regardless of race, ancestry, place of origin, color, ethnic or national origin, citizenship, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, record of offences (for which a pardon has been granted), disability, marital or family status, or any other characteristic protected by law. If you require an accommodation to participate in the recruitment process, please contact us at [email protected], citing /'AODA/' in the subject line, along with your request and contact information. #J-18808-Ljbffr