Food Safety Coordinator

POSITION DESCRIPTION SPECIFICATIONS

DEPARTMENT: Quality Department

POSITION TITLE: Food Safety Coordinator

DIRECT REPORT: Food Safety/Continuous Improvement Supervisor

Job Summary

The Food Safety Coordinator is responsible for developing, enforcing, and maintaining all aspects of food safety, regulatory programs for our company. This includes leading the Food Safety Team, monitoring and ensuring compliance with Codex, FSSC, ISO 9001 GFSI, and H.A.C.C.P audits standards by all departments, and customer driven vendor audits. Other areas of responsibilities may be included. Performs, records various food safety checks and inspections. Writes and maintenances SOP's.

Essential Job Functions

• Oversee all aspects of the FSMS, and updates as needed.
• Regularly review legislative, customer, and requirements in relation to the Food Safety Program via notifications from, FSSC, FDA, ISO, Codex websites and emails etc.
• Lead the Food Safety Team, Food Defense, and HACCP Teams
• Must participate in the Coalition Team, make recommendations on improving the company’s culture.
• Schedule all necessary meetings and audits relating to the FSMS, including GMP, FSSC, ISCC, IMS recertification audits.
• Perform, oversee and/or delegate the company’s internal audits.
• Work with management and employees to ensure FSMS Awareness
• Ensure all training and refresher training related to the Food Safety Program take place as scheduled.
• Ensure that all CAR’s and PAR’s are completed, closed and are verified.
• Ability to perform both HACCP and Internal Audit training to Food Safety Team Members

Requirements

• Must be able to work with employees at all levels, including top management.
• Proficient computer knowledge, experience with MS Office including Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint
• Ability to understand complex and ever-changing laws and regulations and apply it to company.
• Actively participate in sharing & promoting Best Practices across plants
• Ability to collaborate and maintain Garlock's commitment to a Food Safe environment.
• Must be able to plan Food Safety training as and track compliance.

It is the responsibility of all Employees to ensure that the product produced by Garlock Printing meets or exceeds the expectations for quality of Garlock Printing and their Customers. It is also the responsibility of all employees to ensure that the Hygiene of their work area meets or exceeds the Standards set in Garlock Flexibles Good Manufacturing Practices Manual at all times.

THE DESCRIPTION ABOVE REPRESENTS THE MOST SIGNIFICANT DUTIES OF THIS POSITION BUT DOES NOT EXCLUDE OTHER OCCASIONAL WORK ASSIGNMENTS NOT MENTIONED, THE INCLUSION OF WHICH WOULD BE IN CONFORMITY WITH THE FACTORS ASSIGNED.