SYGMA - Safety Manager

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Zip Code:
76115

Minimum Level of Education:
Associate's Degree

Minimum Years of Experience:
10 Years

Employment Type:
Full Time

Travel Percentage:
JOB SUMMARY
The regional director, food safety is responsible for providing overall leadership and oversight for corporate food safety programs across operating companies within an assigned region. This position supports the design, development, and implementation of a comprehensive, risk-based food safety system for the distribution segment. The regional director, food safety will oversee and manage the implementation of the expectations, policies, procedures, programs and training components of the food safety system. This position will develop, coach, train, and evaluate the performance of food safety program managers in their region. This position is also responsible to support establishment, tracking and communicating the food safety quality assurance (FSQA) key performance indicators (KPIs) in distribution and working with distribution centers to seek continuous improvement in KPIs.

This role manages operating company food safety strategy to mitigate risk through programs that provide safe food to customers, and ensures compliance with all applicable food regulations. This position frequently collaborates with corporate, market, regional and local leadership in operations, merchandising, finance, sales, human resource (HR), safety, as well as customers, and supplier personnel to provide food safety guidance and subject matter expertise.

RESPONSIBILITIES
Lead and manage multiple food safety program managers across multiple locations.
Directly manage, train, coach, and evaluate the performance of food safety program managers within a specified region.
Support determination of associate key food performance indicators (KPIs).
Monitor adherence, track and communicate progress frequently.
Oversee food safety policies, procedures, and training.
Develop and manage the overall implementation of standardized food safety policies and procedures to ensure compliance with applicable regulatory requirements (Federal, State/Provincial, and Local).
Create, maintain, and execute training content relevant to food safety.
Provide oversight to food safety program managers to implement and manage compliance with Sysco food safety programs.
Completes formal food safety program reassessment on an annual basis or upon any food safety system change and/or regulation that would mandate reassessment.
Work with the food safety program manager to communicate changes to operating company stakeholders and others as necessary.
Establish tools and reporting metrics for key food safety performance indicators (KPIs) to demonstrate compliance with Sysco's food safety programs.
Manage process improvement initiatives to further mitigate Sysco's food safety risks and to differentiate Sysco from its competitors.
Provide food safety guidance and direction to Sysco operating companies, customers, and suppliers as needed.
Collaborate with other distribution centers in their region as well as other functions within Sysco to ensure food safety preventive controls are consistently implemented.
Provide food safety guidance and direction to food safety program managers on internal and external audits or regulatory inspections as needed.
Provide feedback on action plans for non-conformance.
Maintain internal and external food safety relations.
Establish and maintain on-going relationships with customers and respond to issues as required.
Work with multi-unit account (MUA) customers and operating company stakeholders to evaluate and respond to customer-driven requests.
Maintain effective working relationships with regulatory authorities, industry trade groups, suppliers, owned companies, internal stakeholders and customers.
QUALIFICATIONS
Education
Associates degree required.
Preference will be given to candidates with a Bachelor's degree (Food Science, Animal Science, Biological Science or related)
In place of a Bachelor's degree, a combination of education and experience may be considered, provided that the candidate has demonstrated technical proficiency in the areas of food microbiology, food chemistry, animal science, biology, food safety, food defense, bacteriology, food processing technologies, and food regulations and policy.
Experience
10 years' experience in food safety or quality assurance roles responsible for perishable and/or durable consumer goods.
Environments may include food distribution centers, foodservice operating companies, food processing companies, product warehouse facilities or related industries.
7 year's accountability for enforcement of federal/state/local regulatory laws. Proven ability ensuring safety and quality of products.
5 years of management experience of staff members (remote staff management preferred).
Experience should include hire, terminate and performance management.
3 year's cross-functional business partnering at senior leadership levels.
3 years' experience development and management of standardized food safety policies and procedures.
Certificates, Licenses, and Registrations
HACCP and ServeSafe certification preferred
Valid driver's license.
Certifications in food safety and good manufacturing practices (GMP).
Requirements
Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the U.S. on a full-time basis without future employment sponsorship.
Background and drug screen. EOE.
Professional Skills
Excellent investigative and analytical skills, project management knowledge or skills
Technical acuity and confidence to act.
Time management and prioritization skills, ability to multi-task in a fast-paced environment.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the capacity to engage internal and external at all levels.
Prior recall experience/knowledge
Knowledge of product traceability
Expert understanding of Food Safety regulations, laws, and best practices including those from FDA, USDA, and other state/ local entities
Knowledge of food microbiology, food safety, and food defense
High level of integrity and accountability, specifically the ability to speak and act with complete honesty and trustworthiness.
Capable of working independently and adept at the identification of business and food safety risk priorities and collaboratively executing against them with others on the FSQA team.
He /She will be flexible and adaptable to promptly adjust to new circumstances.
Demonstrate active curiosity with a strong focus around proactively soliciting and acting on received feedback.
High level of executive maturity and be able to read an audience and adapt their communication and influencing style quickly and appropriately.
Have high energy and thrive on solving complex challenges.
Handle multiple assignments and stakeholders simultaneously, often with competing priorities.
Have detailed knowledge and insights into the business, including risk management performance and productivity metrics that ultimately drive results.
Ability to think and act in a forward-looking manner, including the demonstrated ability to anticipate challenges and opportunities and address them in a proactive, pragmatic, fact-driven manner.
Relentlessly focus on execution; holding team members fully accountable for the delivery on their commitments.
Superior communication, customer service, relationship building, and influencing skills.
Be open-minded, transparent and they will have exceptional listening skills.
Communicate arguments and ideas in a clear, practical and compelling manner.
Balance data, personalities and conflicting interests when influencing others and recognize nuances in reading others.
Collaborative leader with a high degree of emotional intelligence who inspires, manages, coaches and respects people.
Have an inclusive style; they will build trust, frank dialogue and respect, and foster teamwork.
A clear commitment to developing key talent and building future leaders with a proven track record of such.
Empower team members, foster a culture of accountability, and lead associates in a matrixed environment to achieve results.
Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations in English.
Write reports, business correspondence, policies, and procedures, as well as effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of associates, senior leaders, customers, and suppliers.
Demonstrate the ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide into all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals, as well as can compute rate, ratio, and percent and create and interpret graphs.
Able to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
Basic knowledge of Food Microbiology, Food Safety, Food Defense, FSMA, FDA, and USDA Regulations.
Work Environment
The work environment described here is representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
This position is located at the corporate office in Houston, TX or the position will be based at a Sysco owned company within the region assigned.
To fulfill regional management responsibilities, candidates must be able to travel frequently to Sysco facilities or operating companies.
The work is performed primarily indoors.
Occasionally some work may be performed for short periods in temperature controlled warehouse environments (freezer, cooler, and exterior environments).
The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.
Plant audits/inspections and working at remote in-transit warehouses and Sysco operating companies contain both moderate/loud noise and exposure to fumes and mechanical hazards.
Travel is required 30-50% of the time (average travel is 1.5 - 3 out of 5 days per week).
Physical Demand
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Sitting, finger dexterity for activities such as data entry.
Speaking, hearing, visual acuity, and mobility between departments.
Work may require bending, stooping, squatting, kneeling, and crouching.
Extensive telephone work.
Ability to receive detailed information through both verbal and written communication.
Able to express or exchange ideas using the spoken word.
Ability to lift to 50 lbs.
The use of both hands is required.
BENEFITS
Sysco is committed to providing comprehensive retirement and benefits programs, a stock purchase plan, product purchase discounts and much more.
NOTICE: The above statements are intended to describe the general nature of the environment and the level of work being performed by this job. This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only tasks to be performed by the associate in this job. He or she will be required to follow any other instructions and to perform any other job-related duties requested by his or her supervisor. This job description supersedes prior job descriptions.

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COVID-19 Precaution(s):
Personal protective equipment and masks provided
Temperature screenings
Social distancing guidelines in place
Sanitizing, disinfecting, and cleaning procedures in place
OVERVIEW:
Sysco is the global leader in foodservice distribution. With over 57,000 associates and a fleet of over 13,000 vehicles, Sysco operates approximately 326 distribution facilities worldwide and serves more than 625,000 customer locations.

We offer our associates the opportunity to grow personally and professionally, to contribute to the success of a dynamic organization, and to serve others in a manner that exceeds their expectations. We're looking for talented, hard-working individuals to join our team. Come grow with us and let us show you why Sysco is at the heart of food and service.

AFFIRMATIVE ACTION STATEMENT:
Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States.

We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer, and consider qualified applicants without regard to race, color, creed, religion, ancestry, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, veteran status or any other protected factor under federal, state or local law.

This opportunity is available through Sysco Corporation, its subsidiaries and affiliates.

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