Job Description

Job Location: ​Louisville​

Company description

Ferrero is a family-owned company with a truly progressive and global outlook and iconic brands such as Nutella®, Tic Tac®, Ferrero Rocher®, Raffaello®, Kinder Bueno® and Kinder Surprise®. As the love for our brands continues to grow, so too does our global reach. Represented in more than 50 countries, with products sold in more than 170, the Ferrero Group is loved by generations around the world. The secret to our global success? 40,000 dedicated employees who celebrate care and quality to craft a business, careers and brands we are proud of. Join us, and you could be one of them.

About the Role:

Ferrero, located in Louisville, KY, is looking for an experienced Supervisor to lead the sanitation department. The individual ensures that technical cleaning and sanitation programs are effectively implemented, validated, and maintained to ensure that all products are manufactured in a sanitary environment. This includes assessment of the cleaning and sanitation of the processing and supporting equipment. Comprehensive cleaning and sanitization procedures (SSOP) that includes the cleaning and sanitization of all equipment, and surfaces that come into contact with food. Proper cleaning and sanitization procedures are crucial to preventing the contamination of food products in a manufacturing plant. By maintaining a clean and hygienic environment, food manufacturers can improve the quality and safety of their products, reduce the risk of foodborne illness outbreaks, and ensure compliance with food safety regulations and standards.

Main Responsibilities:

• Develop together with the Sanitation Manager the procedure for each equipment

• Shall provide a comprehensive description of all cleaning and sanitization steps to be performed, in accordance with the cleaning and sanitization methods applied.

• Ensures compliance with all food safety policies and procedures. Ensures plant is in proper sanitary condition at all times, including allergen control and pest control

• Evaluates facility sanitary conditions visually and analytically, assesses risk based on food safety and public health principles and prioritizes corrective actions

• Troubleshoots persistent sanitation issues to identify deficiencies in sanitation program or facility / equipment design

• Maintains and updates master cleaning schedule for plant according to GMP and Ferrero guidelines

• Conducts clean up inspections and verification /validations of sanitation and allergen cleanings using swabs and/or samples collected for analysis

• Routinely interfaces with vendors for cost savings and arranging special services in plant - pesticide applications, contracted cleaning and painting, new dust collection filter technologies

• Assigns and monitors plant wide sanitation areas of responsibilities to hourly employees

Who we are looking for:

• Experience in a food manufacturing environment

• Current Good Manufacturing Practice, Hazard Analysis, and Risk-Based

• Preventive Controls for Human Food

• Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA)

• Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP) regulation

• Knowledge Cleaning and Sanitization, Sanitization preventive control

• Knowledge of Hygienic Design

• Educational background in Food Safety/Microbiology/Food Science or related field is an asset

• Knowledge of Ferrero Quality and Food Safety processes

• Food borne pathogens

• Verification and validation methods

• US food laws and international regulations

• COP and CIP operations

• Wet and dry-cleaning methodologies

• Internal auditing experience is an asset

• Ability to conduct presentations and training sessions

• Excellent analytical and organizational skills

• Ability to prioritize and handle multiple tasks and deadlines

• Demonstrated ability to work effectively with others

• Strong communication skills in a multi-cultural environment

• Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint)

• Experience with SAP, UKG/Kronos and Kleanz

How to be successful in the role and at Ferrero:

Consumers, quality and care are at the heart of everything we do. So, to be successful at Ferrero, you’ll need to be just as consumer and product centric as we are - dedicated to crafting brilliant results for consumers around the world. 

Ferrero N.A. provides   equal   employment  opportunities  (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetics.

Diversity Statement

Ferrero is committed to building a diverse and inclusive culture in which all employees feel welcomed and appreciated and have the same opportunities. We believe all of our people are equally talented in their own way. In nurturing the curiosity and natural abilities of our employees, we provide them, generation after generation, the means to succeed personally and professionally, enabling them to craft their journey at Ferrero. The diversity of our talents is what makes our work environment multicultural, innovative and highly rewarding.

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