Specialist, Food Safety

Job Description

Are You Ready to Make It Happen at Mondelēz International?

Join our Mission to Lead the Future of Snacking. Make It With Pride.

In this role, you implement programs and actions aimed at the base of the food safety pyramid including material, process and product food safety specification development, GMPs (good manufacturing practices), hygiene and sanitation.

How you will contribute

You will work with key partners to ensure that food safety requirements are accurately translated into raw material, process and product specifications in a timely manner, provide basic food safety requirements advice to key stakeholders, and direct detailed technical questions to the Food Safety Team experts.

What you will bring

A desire to drive your future and accelerate your career and the following experience and knowledge:

• Scientific grounding in food safety science
• Passion and desire for technical area and a continuous improvement mentality

Position Objective:

To ensure food safety across the plant's production lines through the design, implementation, and control of strict cleaning and sanitation programs and standards. The key purpose is to operationally lead the assigned team to guarantee facility continuity and compliance with quality regulations, mitigating contamination risks.

Key Responsibilities:

• Personnel Management and Supervision: Directly coordinate and lead a team of 19 unionized employees distributed across three work shifts.
• Food Safety Assurance: Execute, supervise, and control various cleaning programs (including routine facility cleaning as well as internal and specialized cleaning of operational lines).
• Standardization and Procedures: Develop, update, and implement internal procedures, work instructions, and operational controls focused on the Sanitation area.
• Quality Control and Regulatory Compliance: Ensure adherence to the plant's management system guidelines and standards, including HACCP, FSSC 22000, ISO 9001, allergen management, and basic microbiology.
• Infrastructure Monitoring: Oversee critical plant aspects related to sanitation, including sanitary design, pest control, and drainage systems.

Ideal Candidate Profile:

• Education: Bachelor's degree in Food Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Chemical Engineering, or related fields within the manufacturing sector.
• Required Experience: Minimum of 2 years of experience in industrial cleaning or sanitation supervisory roles within manufacturing plants. Strong, well-developed leadership skills are essential.
• Labor Relations Management: Proven experience and ability to lead and work in unionized environments.
• Essential Technical Knowledge: Certifications or proficiency in HACCP, FSSC 22000, ISO 9001, Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP), Sanitation programs, basic microbiology, allergen management, and pest control.
• Languages: Intermediate English.
• Soft Skills: Effective communication (verbal and written), analytical mindset, strong problem-solving orientation, and a high level of operational perseverance.

Location: Tlajomulco Plant. Carretera Tlajomulco a San Miguel Cuyutlán Km. 13 #320, C.P. 45660, San Miguel Cuyutlán – Tlajomulco de Zúñiga, Jalisco.

Work Arrangement: 100% on-site.

Schedule: Mixed shift from 8:00 AM to 5:30 PM. Working every Sunday is a mandatory requirement due to operational needs; the regular day off is scheduled on Saturdays or flexibly during the week.

No Relocation support available

Business Unit Summary

Mondelez México has been in the country since 1927 and currently employs 6,000 wonderful people. Our diverse portfolio includes iconic and mouth-watering global brands such as Trident, Oreo, Philadelphia, and local jewels like Clorets and Bubbaloo. We are leaders in the making of cream cheese, powdered beverages and confections—in fact, we make seven out of every 10 chewing gums consumed by Mexicans. Our growth is supported by our cutting-edge manufacturing facilities, such as our Puebla Plant and Nuevo León HUB, which are the largest gums, candies and biscuits factories in the world in terms of volume. You can buy are products in 900,000 places in Mexico. We are also home to one of the 11 technology centers Mondelez International has worldwide, a specialized gum and candy facility that places us at the forefront of innovation and development in the country and drives our purpose to lead the future of snacking. We are pioneers in the country in work-life balance practices such as extended maternity leave, open spaces, remote work and flexible working hours.

Mondelēz International is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation or preference, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Job Type

Regular

Food safety

Product Quality, Safety and Compliance