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Responsible for providing quality and Food Safety leadership to the Cedar Rapids plant through developing, managing and administering quality and Food Safety processes. To effectively lead and continually improve the Quality and Food Safety Management System. This position is responsible for ensuring the appropriate quality policies and procedures are utilized in the manufacture of products in order to meet regulatory, customer and consumer requirements.
Responsibilities:ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
- Use appropriate quality and Food Safety management tools to ensure compliance with corporate and plant procedures and specifications
- Ensure adherence to applicable FDA, FSMA and state/local regulations in all processes at the Cedar Rapids facility
- Develop action plans with Production, Engineering, R&D and Division Quality Assurance to insure that product specifications, analytical procedures, sampling programs and sensory evaluations are appropriate and meet system capability and key consumer requirements
- Manages the Quality Department and provides direction to quality personnel
- Supports the development of the strategic quality and Food Safety plans for the Cedar Rapids plant
- Internal Quality Audit Systems and F22K Leader. Ensures compliance to required program elements
SCOPE OF POSITION:
- Provide support to a facility that produces an approximate annualized volume of 42 million cases
- Directly lead four to six salaried supervisors within the Quality department
- Indirect supervision of 15 quality technicians within the bargaining unit
- Manage an annualized budget of $4.2 million
- Leads the following programs for the site:
- Formulas, In- Process and Finished Product Specs, Ingredient & Pkg Materials, Non-conforming Products, Document Control, Sensory, Traceability, Food Safety Management System, Quality Digitization, Analytical Methods, Allergen Management
Compensation & Benefits:
- The expected compensation range for this position is between $81,000 - $135,600 based on a full-time schedule
- Location, confirmed job-related skills and experience will be considered in setting actual starting salary
- Bonus based on performance and eligibility; target payout is 10% of annual salary paid out annually
- Paid time off subject to eligibility, including paid parental leave, vacation, sick, and bereavement
- In addition to salary, PepsiCo offers a comprehensive benefits package to support our employees and their families, subject to elections and eligibility: Medical, Dental, Vision, Disability, Health and Dependent Care Reimbursement Accounts, Employee Assistance Program (EAP), Insurance (Accident, Group Legal, Life), Defined Contribution Retirement Plan
Qualifications:
- Possess strong leadership and people skills along with team building capabilities.
- Education/Work experience: Bachelor’s degree in Food Science/Technology, Chemistry, Biology or other related technical field.
- Minimum five to seven years of progressive management experience in Operations, R&D or Quality.
- Drive accountability at all levels of the organization to ensure quality and Food Safety metrics are delivered and enhancing our Food Safety Culture.
- Leadership/Independent Work: Able to provide direction and align resources appropriately; persevere in times of crisis and handle adverse circumstances effectively. Manage people through change and transformation effectively.
- Risk Assessment/Problem Solving/Decision Management: Able to evaluate various alternatives and risks and communicate recommendations based on strategic considerations using data.
- Regulations/Policies: Effectively implement/maintain FSMA/Food Safety/HACCP knowledge, FSSC 22000 standards (allergens, cross-contamination, HACCP and Food Safety Plan elements, plan development and implementation, training development and delivery, documentation, GMP’s, pesticide residues). Understands GMP requirements and Federal laws. Demonstrates understanding of quality and Food Safety systems and can translate into practical solutions for plant location.
- General Effectiveness Skills: Display the ability to communicate clearly in both oral and in written form; able to effectively problem solve; able to read conflict situations quickly and appropriately; resolves differences with others effectively and in a timely manner.
- Process Quality: Understanding, use of and demonstrated success with process quality tools including DoE, SPC, data analysis, business process and value analysis. Ability to utilize appropriate measurement systems. Able to draft plans and tactics that synchronize commercialization and manufacturing from product concept, to process optimization, to product manufacture.
- Innovation/Creativity/Change Ability: Generates and champions new ideas and initiatives; goes beyond the status quo; evaluates new or modified approaches and ideas with an open mind; accepts and integrates diverse approaches and ideas, combining them in creative ways. Promotes a culture of transparency.
- Coaching/Developing Others: Recognizes promotable talent and provides opportunities for development to ensure people are ready for critical assignments. Manages performance issues through feedback and proper corrective action.
- Strategic Agility: Ability to formulate a strategic direction and translate it into action; communicates the big picture so people understand current state, future state and existing gaps.
- Must be willing and able to travel 5% of the time.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, or disability status.
PepsiCo is an Equal Opportunity Employer: Female / Minority / Disability / Protected Veteran / Sexual Orientation / Gender Identity
If you'd like more information about your EEO rights as an applicant under the law, please download the available EEO is the Law & EEO is the Law Supplement documents. View PepsiCo EEO Policy.
Please view our Pay Transparency Statement
