Corporate Food Safety Director

Blommer has been providing delicious, high-quality chocolate and cocoa products to customers since 1939. Built as a family business, we are continuing to grow and are looking for motivated and reliable associates to help in our mission of Bringing Chocolate to Life!

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Oversees corporate food safety programs and manages a corporate supplier approval and sanitation team.
• In collaboration with Operations, develops strategies for continuous improvement of sanitation and hygiene programs and people development.
• Works with internal and external facilities to implement best practices and procedures on programs, cleaning methods, designs, pathogen controls, allergen management, and other food safety challenges.
• Utilizes statistical methods, data analysis, and reporting to oversee environmental monitoring and allergen management programs and assist the manufacturing plants in sanitation practices.
• Provides subject matter expertise to Quality and Operations Teams at the manufacturing plants.
• Demonstrates cross-functional collaboration with senior/cross-functional team members on project concepts to achieve strategic projects and effectively communicates with personnel at all levels of responsibility within the organization.
• Leads and supports supplier and co-manufacturer onboarding and management processes by providing technical consultation to internal stakeholders for qualifying new and existing suppliers and co-manufacturers.
• Ensure supplier verification programs and parameters critical to food safety and associated regulatory compliance are appropriate based on risk assessment.
• Reviews, monitors, and measures supplier and co-manufacturer food safety key performance indicators by understanding food safety standards, determining appropriate action steps to ensure compliance, as well as proactively predicting potential risks and developing mitigation alternatives.
• Supervises key performance indicators for food safety-related programs.

Note: The employer reserves the right to change or assign other duties to this position.

Physical Requirements:

• General office environment with majority of time using computer
• Regular exposure to plant floor, including noise, dust and variation in temperature (hot/cold)
• Requires frequent travel (30%-50%)

Safety, Quality and Hygiene Requirements:

• Maintain compliance with all company policies, procedures, and code of conduct
• Comply with workplace uniform requirements and safety gear, when on the plant floor v. office

Performance Expectations:

• Manage product operation with a high set of standards to produce consistent, quality-driven results
• Ensures work hours and schedules, timely attendance, and notice requirements for absences or lateness are met
• Promote a positive attitude and a sense of curiosity in learning new roles and responsibilities
• Instill a culture of leadership and engagement of team to achieve performance expectations

Skills and Work Experience Requirements:

• Ten (10) years’ experience in food safety experience; sanitation and microbiology experience is strongly preferred
  • Comprehensive knowledge of food safety systems and requirements for HARPC / HACCP / allergen management / EMPs; experienced in food safety auditing
  • Knowledgeable of FDA and other governing body regulatory guidelines related to food
• Training experience in a Global Food Safety Initiative
• Experience in:
  • Designing & implementing food safety programs
  • Project management
  • Analytical and leadership skills
  • Development of short and long-range goals/planning/designing and implementing a vision that leverages unique company traits
  • Development and analysis of budgets
• Demonstrated ability to develop relationships at all levels in the organization
• Prioritize and assess risk to the business and adapt to rapidly changing situations
• Ability to establish and build trusting relationships at all levels of the organization
• Expected to identify, communicate/escalate and problem-solve as issues arise
• Strong negotiation and conflict resolution skills
• Effective in both verbal and written communications, with strong proficiency in delivering presentations and executive reports
• Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree required in Food Science, Microbiology, Biology, or related field; Master's or Doctorate degree is preferred

A reasonable estimate of the current base salary range at the time of posting is below. The base salary does not include other forms of compensation or benefits. The actual base salary within the specified range is based on several factors, including but not limited to applicant's skills, prior relevant experience, education, certifications, job responsibilities, market considerations and, if applicable, the location of the position.

This role is eligible for either a discretionary annual bonus (based on company, business unit and individual performance) and/or commission-based incentives.

Salary Range $180K-205K

Benefits: Blommer understands that our employees are our biggest assets. With this in mind we offer a generous benefits package. 

• Health, Dental & Vision- eligibility begins day 1 of hire!
• 401(K)
• Pet insurance
• Tuition reimbursement
• 10 pounds of free chocolate for your birthday

Blommer Chocolate Company provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.

Note to External Recruiters / Search Firms: Blommer Chocolate Company does not accept unsolicited resumes and will not pay for any placement resulting from the receipt of an unsolicited resume. Any unsolicited resumes received will not be considered as a valid submission.