Job Description

Description

The Vernon, CA facility is one of General Mills' 5 internal flour mills. This facility produces bakery flour in sacks for small bakeries and distributors, and also bulk flour for large wholesale bakeries. Vernon is located in the heart of Southern California's bustling LA Metro area. This facility offers a great opportunity to diversify learnings in new platform, to utilize and enhance sanitation skill sets, as well as offer great opportunities for people management and plant leadership. This role reports to the plant manager and is critical to the success of the facility. This role offers a great deal of breadth, depth and accountability.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES

* Accountabilities Lead all aspects of Quality, Food Safety, Regulatory and Sanitation within the facility.
* Provide organizational and personal leadership for the plant and Quality organization to deliver against its core mission and key measurables.
* Motivate and empower quality staff. Lead development and performance management process of quality engineer
* Provide leadership in making quality & regulatory decisions that balance business and quality factors while ensuring consumer safety and compliance with regulatory requirements. Provide timely and appropriate risk assessment.
* Be the key regulatory contact for the plant with State and Federal regulators. Maintain positive and constructive relationship while ensuring full compliance with regulatory and GMI policies.
* Provide leadership and have accountability for sanitary performance of plant as measured by internal (FSRA) and external (AIB, Corporate, regulatory, customer) audits.
* Deliver on all core tactical accountabilities of a FSQ Manager: maintain balanced budget, manage lab, address personnel issues, ensure a safe & positive work environment, and manage QRO/Sanitation contractors, run analytical testing
* Provide leadership in food safety with management of FSRA, HACCP, FSMA, ZLC, and prerequisite programs
* Leadership and management of key sanitation programs. Manage all aspects of plant sanitation.
* Provide leadership and technical support in the areas of Quality Management with an emphasis on customer requirements, continuous product quality, and productivity improvement.
* Initiate product and process improvements through the use of CI tools.
* Recommend actions for improvement and assure resolution.
* Conduct sanitation and product safety inspections, including HACCP.
* Provide risk assessment analysis and facilitate decisions for all quality and food safety events.
* Manage issues with non-conforming product to assure proper control, minimize losses and provide analysis to eliminate future occurrences.
* Provide training in all areas of Food Safety, Regulatory and Quality.
* Provide technical expertise to resolve problem areas.
* nterface and communicate directly with the customer of your products.
* Provide technical expertise to resolve problem areas.
* Communicate at all levels of the organization

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
* Bachelors degree, Bachelors degree in Engineering , Engineering - Chemical , or Food Science preferred
* 2 years, 5 preferred
* Ability to work with a variety of styles and job levels. For example, developing the respect of operators and mechanics in a manufacturing facility; managing interactions with Leadership team, Team Leaders, Operations Business Managers, Sourcing, Suppliers, MPLS resources and R&D.
* Ability to travel < 10% of time. Ability to flex work schedule when required for Weekend on-call support and early/late work hours.
* Strong ability to properly assess risk and prioritize actions accordingly. Able to manage multiple priorities and know when to pull in resources.
* Understanding of product quality, risk management, food safety and GMI policy and procedures.
* Demonstrated ability to apply the tools of statistics, problem solving and decision making.
* Flexibility and motivation to wear many hats and able to create innovative solutions to problems with limited resources.
* Ability to lead teams and to drive culture change.
* Ability to develop people
* Ability to lead constructive, positive change within a plant environment
* Strong collaboration skills and the ability to build relationships and get work accomplished with and through people at all levels of the organization, differing styles, and multiple functions
* Clear, concise, well-directed communication.
* History of creative, innovative solutions to problem

COMPANY OVERVIEW

We exist to make food the world loves. But we do more than that. Our company is a place that prioritizes being a force for good, a place to expand learning, explore new perspectives and reimagine new possibilities, every day. We look for people who want to bring their best -- bold thinkers with big hearts who challenge one other and grow together. Because becoming the undisputed leader in food means surrounding ourselves with people who are hungry for what's next.