Food Safety Technician - Florence, KY (USA) 1

Job Location: ​Florence​

Florence, KY USA

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? 38,767  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.

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.

About the Role:

The Food Safety Technician ensures alignment of the system with Ferrero food safety and quality requirements as well as enforces and promotes all company guidelines, policies, and good manufacturing practices.

Pay rate: $25 / hour, eligible for performance based progression increases after 90 days, 6 months and 1 year

Main Responsibilities:

• Guarantee the yearly reviews and alignment of Food Safety Plans with Ferrero requirements
• Provide support to the facility to facilitate the implementation, maintenance, and audit of good manufacturing practices (GMPs)
• Manage the Control Documentation Management in the facility
• Monitor the results of glass, wood, and plastic checks and guarantee the closure of corrective actions
• Manage foreign bodies in the facility
• Support to Root Cause Analysis and Corrective and Preventive Actions 
• Manage CAPAs to guarantee improvements
• Supports operators to verify that the activities in the floor are aligned with Food Safety requirements  
• Assist with tracking  trending KPIs  

Who we are looking for:

Required

• Associates Degree or higher in Food Science or a related field with 1-3 years of relevant work experience in managing a food safety system
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, Word and PowerPoint
• Experience in using mathematics and statistical analysis on data and results trending
• Understanding of industry related documents

Preferred

• Knowledge of Good Manufacturing Practices GMP and HARPC
• Food manufacturing experience
• PCQI certification
• HACCP SQF FSSC 22000 experience
   

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.