Sr. Manager Global Food Safety and Sanitation

You may know McCormick as a leader in herbs, spices, seasonings, and condiments – and we’re only getting started. At McCormick, we’re always looking for new people to bring their unique flavor to our team.

McCormick employees – all 14,000 of us across the world – are what makes this company a great place to work.

We are looking to hire a Sr. Manager Global Food Safety and Sanitation in a Hybrid (60/40) capacity for our site in Mexico City. This is 3 days in the office and 2 days remote.

Please submit your CV in English.

What We Bring To The Table:

The best people deserve the best rewards. In addition to the benefits, you’d expect from a global leader (health insurance, paid time off, etc.) we also offer:

• Competitive compensation
• Career growth opportunities
• Flexibility and Support for Diverse Life Stages and Choices
• We prioritize our communities and the planet we share
• Wellbeing programs including Physical, Mental and Financial wellness

Position Overview:

Reporting to Senior Director of Quality and Food Safety Governance, this position provides leadership and governance for global food safety and sanitation management system. This role provides expertise in the design, implementation, maintenance, and improvement of the food safety sanitation program, pest control program, hygienic design program, Hygienic zoning program, risk management, system metrics, audits, incident escalations, training and site design and evaluation. The role collaborates cross functionally with owners of regulatory, food safety and quality systems at global, regional, and specifically with leaders of sanitation and hygiene program at sites to drive governance.

Key Responsibilities:

• Strategic Leadership and Deployment of global sanitation systems and Pest control programs by developing and managing processes and procedures to support excellence in food safety hygiene practices and comply with established food safety regulations.
• Provide leadership and deployment of global hygienic design program by implementing processes to ensure Hygiene by Design principles are executed in major facility changes in collaboration with key stakeholders such as engineering and project leaders. Lead processes to ensure facilities meet sanitary design requirements.
• Partner with sanitation and pest control providers to achieve value, efficiency, and elevated service levels. Investigate and execute harmonization of service providers. Reviews CIP validation data for all facilities and provides guidance for improvements.
• Drive digitization and automation of sanitation aligned with Quality 4.0 roadmap to modernize pest control system, digitalize management of sanitation system, emerging new technology into sanitation, CIP and pest control program for the application of predictive data analytics and Artificial Intelligence (AI).
• Develop and monitor standardized Global KPI’s to measure sanitation, pest Control and sanitary design performance and improvements. Establish and drive continuous improvement strategy to improve the sanitation, pest control, hygienic design and hygienic zoning program using industry best practices, trade association knowledge, and technological advancements.
• Design and execute training programs to support proper education of sanitation, pest control and hygienic design, create the culture of Hygiene by Design and develop talent and talent pipeline to support hygiene management programs.
• Participate in the design, improvement and execution of risk management tools including McCormick Quality Management Assessments and Food Safety assessments for global quality functions to assure monitoring and health of sanitation, pest control and hygienic design program.
• Create and lead community of practices for owners of sanitation and hygiene programs to collaborate, receive training, drive change, and support sanitation process efficiencies.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Biology, Chemistry, Food Safety, or related fields.
• 5+ years leading sanitation and hygienic design in manufacturing facilities.
• 8+ years of relevant food safety and quality experience in the Food/Beverage/Flavor Industry.
• Knowledge and experience in managing pest control program.
• Auditing proficiencies through training or certification (i.e., ASQ, CFSQA).
• PCQI and/or HACCP certification.
• Team leadership experience.
• Project Management/ Change Management experience.
• Ability to analyze, evaluate, develop, and communicate global Quality and Regulatory Strategy based on standards, cross functional stakeholder feedback and inputs.
• Advanced/fluent English (spoken and written).

Preferred Qualifications:

• Masters/ Graduate degree.
• Hygienic Design Certifications.
• Pest control certifications.
• Certification within the Quality field (ASQ, CHA, CQE, etc.).
• Experience working in JTE/TPM environments.
• International or Multi-regional experience.

Dimensions:
This position provides leadership and governance for global food safety and sanitation management system. This role provides expertise in the design, implementation, maintenance, and improvement of the food safety sanitation program, pest control program, hygienic design program, Hygienic zoning program, risk management, system metrics, audits, incident escalations, training and site design and evaluation. The role collaborates cross functionally with owners of regulatory, food safety and quality systems at global, regional, and specifically with leaders of sanitation and hygiene programs at sites to drive governance. 

As an Equal Opportunities employer, McCormick is committed to an inclusive workforce.