FSQR Facility Lead UK

Cargill is a family company committed to providing food and agricultural solutions to nourish the world in a safe, responsible, and sustainable way. We sit at the heart of the supply chain, partnering with producers and customers to source, make and deliver products that are vital for living. By providing customers with life's essentials, we enable businesses to grow, communities to prosper, and consumers to live well.

This position is in our specialized portfolio enterprise where we serve diverse businesses who support unique customers or markets, including animal nutrition and health, bioindustrial, road safety salt and Cargill joint ventures.

Job Purpose and Impact

The Food Safety Quality and Regulatory Manager will plan, develop and maintain all food safety quality and regulatory systems in a location. In this role, you will lead on site implementation of policies, continuous improvement processes and systems, shaping the location's food safety and quality culture and leading talent management practices. You will partner closely with the onsite and local leadership team.

• Ensure implementation and compliance of all food safety quality and regulatory policies and practices at assigned location.
• Implement predefined customer and supplier standards, address customer needs and act as liaison between customer and operations to ensure standards and expectations are met.
• Support local leaders by building a strong culture of food safety, quality and regulatory compliance.
• Monitor regulatory activities and act as liaison with regulatory authorities at local level.
• Analyze, review and interpret food safety quality and regulatory policies and practices to identify and drive continuous improvement efforts.
• Develop plans and deliver results in a fast-changing business or regulatory environment, while leading and developing a team of experienced professionals and supervisors, coaching and making decisions related to talent management hiring, performance and disciplinary actions. You will also collaborate with managers and supervisors in your organization to ensure staff selections align with current and future needs.
• Other duties as assigned

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• Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent experience
• Risk management skills
• Proven cross functional leadership and collaboration abilities
• Experience in microbiology, food safety, and quality assurance

• Demonstrated supervisory experience
• British Retail Consortium (BRC) or Safe Quality Food (SQF) audit experience