Position Summary...
What you'll do...
Join our team in a pivotal leadership role ensuring the highest standards of food safety and quality assurance. You'll oversee compliance with federal, state, and local regulations, lead strategic planning, drive enhancements, and collaborate across teams to integrate safety and quality standards into all aspects of our operations. Harness your expertise to make a difference in our plant's operations and contribute to Walmart's commitment to providing safe, high-quality products to our customers. What You'll Do...
Ensure Compliance: You'll ensure the plant meets quality and federal, state, and local food safety standards by conducting an in-depth review of the production process, leading routine testing and analysis, and leading investigations into incidents, quality issues, and complaints.
Partner Across Teams: You'll partner across the plant and organization to ensure quality and food standards are incorporated into training and processes. You'll also collaborate with plant sanitation leadership to monitor, validate, and trend performance and processes.
Lead Food Safety and Quality Programs: You'll lead the development, implementation, and maintenance of quality and food safety standards, policies, controls, and guidelines. You'll evaluate data from government-mandated third-party testing laboratories and regulatory inspections to identify areas of focus.
Communicate Trends: You'll communicate trends and data regarding quality and food safety issues to relevant stakeholders. As a subject-matter expert for quality and food safety, you'll collaborate with stakeholders to reduce food safety and health risks and enhance compliance and product quality.
Lead Strategic Plans: You'll lead the development and implementation of strategic plans by developing new, enhanced processes and procedures to manage risks. You'll also monitor new metrics, trend reports, and tracking tools, and create new training tools.
Drive Enhancements: You'll drive food safety enhancements by reviewing food and health safety audits and regulatory inspection reports. You'll lead the development of processes, standards, and policies to ensure compliance with all regulatory and Walmart corporate expectations.
You'll Sweep Us off Our Feet If You...
Have extensive experience in a senior food safety and quality assurance role, preferably in a food processing environment.
Possess strong analytical skills and have a proven ability to ensure compliance with food safety standards.
Have excellent communication skills and have a proven ability to influence and persuade others.
Can expertly lead strategic plans and drive food safety enhancements.
Are committed to promoting and supporting company policies, procedures, mission, values, and standards of ethics and integrity.
Benefits & Perks: ? Beyond competitive pay, you can receive incentive awards for your performance. Other great perks include 401(k) match, stock purchase plan, paid maternity and parental leave, PTO, multiple health plans, and much more.? Who We?Are: Join Walmart and your work could help over 275?million global customers live better every week. Yes, we are the Fortune #1 company. But you'll quickly find we're a company who wants you to feel comfortable bringing your whole self to work. A career at Walmart is where the world's most complex challenges meet a kinder way of life. Our mission spreads far beyond the walls of our stores. From day one, you'll be empowered and equipped to do the best work of your life.? careers.walmart.com At Walmart, we offer competitive pay as well as performance-based bonus awards and other great benefits for a happier mind, body, and wallet. Health benefits include medical, vision and dental coverage. Financial benefits include 401(k), stock purchase and company-paid life insurance. Paid time off benefits include PTO (including sick leave), parental leave, family care leave, bereavement, jury duty, and voting. Other benefits include short-term and long-term disability, company discounts, Military Leave Pay, adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement, and more. You will also receive PTO and/or PPTO that can be used for vacation, sick leave, holidays, or other purposes. The amount you receive depends on your job classification and length of employment. It will meet or exceed the requirements of paid sick leave laws, where applicable. For information about PTO, see https://one.walmart.com/notices . Live Better U is a Walmart-paid education benefit program for full-time and part-time associates in Walmart and Sam's Club facilities. Programs range from high school completion to bachelor's degrees, including English Language Learning and short-form certificates. Tuition, books, and fees are completely paid for by Walmart.
Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to a specific plan or program terms.
For information about benefits and eligibility, see One.Walmart (https://one.walmart.com/) .
The annual salary range for this position is $89,500.00 - $192,500.00 Additional compensation includes annual or quarterly performance bonuses. Additional compensation for certain positions may also include :
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Minimum Qualifications...
Outlined below are the required minimum qualifications for this position. If none are listed, there are no minimum qualifications.
Option 1: Bachelor's degree in food science or related area (with a minimum of 8 credit hours each in microbiology and chemistry and 5 years' experience in food or dairy quality assurance .
Option 2: 10 years' experience in food or dairy processing quality assurance.
1 year's supervisory experience, preferably in a manufacturing lab environment.
2 years' Safe Quality Food (SQF) process experience or 2 years Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI) process experience.
1 year's experience utilizing Microsoft Office (for example, Excel, Word, PowerPoint), as well as SPC Programs and SAP.
Preferred Qualifications...
Outlined below are the optional preferred qualifications for this position. If none are listed, there are no preferred qualifications.
Additional training and/or certifications (for example, Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP), Statistical Process Control (SPC))., Manufacturing (for example, food processing, dairy processing), including laboratory and/or sanitation responsibilities., Master's degree in Food Science, Biology, or related area.
Primary Location...
20200 W 167th St,, Olathe, KS 66062-0000, United States of America
Walmart and its subsidiaries are committed to maintaining a drug-free workplace and has a no tolerance policy regarding the use of illegal drugs and alcohol on the job. This policy applies to all employees and aims to create a safe and productive work environment.
Walmart, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer- By Choice. We believe we are best equipped to help our associates, customers, and the communities we serve live better when we really know them. That means understanding, respecting, and valuing diversity- unique styles, experiences, identities, abilities, ideas and opinions- while being inclusive of all people.
