Senior Quality Food Safety Coach

At WK Kellogg Co, we exist to create joy and connection to inspire Gr-r-reat days. We believe that doing good is always good for business and we have stood for this since Kellogg Company was founded more than 120 years ago. We are passionate about doing our part to make nutritious foods, create social connectivity and respect natural resources. Together, these actions create positive progress for people and the planet – today and for years to come. We have big plans for how we are going to accomplish this, and we would love for you to join us in this effort. JOB OVERVIEW Are you passionate about quality and food safety? It’s at the heart of what we do. Join us as a Senior Quality Food Safety (QFS) Coach where you will use your knowledge in quality and food safety systems, you will enable capability building, drive decision making, and provide leadership to business partners across the WK Kellogg ready-to-eat cereal food category. You will connect people together by developing tools, identifying and deploying strategic initiatives. Come work for a company that delights the world through foods and brands that matter. This is a Hybrid role that requires some days onsite at our Battle Creek, Michigan Headquarter Office. KEY RELATIONSHIPS Reports to Senior Director, Quality Business Partner Member of our Extended Quality Leadership Team Collaborate with cross functional stakeholders HERE IS WHAT YOU WILL BE DOING Multi-Plant QFS Subject Matter Expert (SME) –You will serve as the SME for assigned facilities to coach individuals on executing the QFS Kellogg Integrated Work Systems (KIWS) programs. Build technical, leadership, and critical thinking capabilities to become a strong well-rounded team. Identify opportunities for improvement and provide training needs based on health check assessments. Capability Building –We grow together every day. Be a partner within plant operations, quality, food safety, sanitation, and other programs. You will develop thetalent of current and future Quality leaders at plant and corporate levels. Additionally, you will build capability within the plant teams through the development of quality processes, tools, training, communication, and health checks. Lead by coaching on quality or food safety incidents; enabling appropriate risk assessment and corrective preventative action plans. Programs, Policies, and Projects –Participate in the development and improvement of Corporate Quality and Food Safety Programs, Policies, and Procedures. Ensuring standardization of plant policy, procedures, align with corporate policy.You will also be a system/program owner for KIWS QFS and actively participate and lead in Community of Practices (COPs) to provide learning and continual executional improvements utilizing the Plan Do Check Act (PDCA) cycle. Provide oversight to compliance against company and regulatory standards and requirements. And you will lead and be part of teams that will identify projects, strategies, and execute action plans across functions to meet key performance indicators (KPI’s). Technical Guidance –You will apply Kellogg global policies and compliance to plant-driven Kellogg KWS initiatives. You will partner with the plants to develop their Quality Center of Excellence (COE). QUALIFICATIONS Required: Bachelor’s Degree in technical discipline or related field and/or strong experience applying broad knowledge of Quality Food Safety in a manufacturing environment. Ability to travel a minimum of 50%. Mix of experience in quality operations, sanitation, food safety, materials management, innovation quality, regulatory, leadership, and business acumen. Demonstrated problem solving skills including critical thinking, root cause analysis, risk assessment and corrective/preventive action. Communication skills and technical capability that will promote good relations with manufacturing operators, management and other technical and scientific disciplines in the effective execution of projects to accompl…

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