Cargill is a family company committed to providing food and agricultural solutions to nourish the world in a safe, responsible, and sustainable way. We sit at the heart of the supply chain, partnering with producers and customers to source, make and deliver products that are vital for living. By providing customers with life's essentials, we enable businesses to grow, communities to prosper, and consumers to live well.
This position is in our Food Enterprise where we are committed to serving food manufacturers, food service customers, and retailers with a complete range of innovative ingredients and branded products. Our portfolio includes poultry, beef, egg, alternative protein, salt, oils, starches, sweeteners, cocoa and chocolate.
Job Purpose and Impact
The Food Safety, Quality and Regulatory Site Supervisor is responsible for planning, developing, implementing, and maintaining food safety systems and programs in our Cargill chocolate plant in Antwerpen. In this role, the supervisor leads a team to support compliance with applicable food safety, quality, and regulatory requirements while promoting continuous improvement across site operations.
Key Accountabilities
- Day to day accountability to ensure compliance for all food safety and quality regulations, policies, standards and practices.
- Ensure factory standards are adhered to and support the reporting and completion of actions in the event of any deviations.
- Responsible for internal audit systems.
- Accountable for food safety related site improvements.
- Lead customer audits and visits including corrective action close outs.
- Engage and encourage a small site based team of food safety professionals.
- Responsible for personnel decisions related to hiring, performance and disciplinary actions for your direct reports. You will also spend time completing the same tasks as employees on your team.
- Other duties as assigned
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent combination of education and relevant experience
- Experience in a Food Safety, Quality and Regulatory (FSQR) role within a site-based operational environment (ideally in food production)
- Min. 1 year of experience in a supervisory or team coordination role
- Knowledge of global food safety standards and practices
- Advanced proficiency in Dutch and English
- Good knowledge of MS Office Suite
- Previous work experience with SAP or a similar ERP
- Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage and prioritize multiple responsibilities and support team objectives
- Demonstrated ability to apply practical and effective problem-solving approaches
- Strong communication and presentation skills
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Our Offer
We provide a fast paced stimulating international environment, which will stretch your abilities and channel your talents. We also offer competitive salary and benefits combined with outstanding career development opportunities in one of the largest and most solid private companies in the world.
We welcome applications from people with disabilities and are committed to providing an inclusive, accessible recruitment process and workplace. We encourage candidates to let us know if they require any accommodations during the recruitment or interview process so we can support them appropriately.
Interested? Then make sure to send us your CV and cover letter in English today:
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