Brand: 8th Ave Food & Provisions

Categories: Quality

Locations: St. Louis, Missouri

Position Type: Regular Full-Time

Remote Eligible: Yes

Req ID: 24331

Job Description

Business Unit Overview

8th Avenue Food & Provisions is a growing organization made up of businesses that produce and sell quality products including pasta, peanut butter, granola, and fruit and nut trail mixes to retail, foodservice and ingredient customers. The company was formed in October 2018 through a combination of Post Holdings’ private brands businesses and is owned by Post Holdings and funds affiliated with Thomas H. Lee Partners, L.P. (“THL”), a private equity firm.

Responsibilities

Position Summary:

The Corporate Sanitation Sr. Manager provides critical leadership in sanitation and sanitary design. This position is instrumental in the development and implementation of standards and policies designed to ensure 8th Avenue Food & Provisions processes, equipment, and facilities may be cleaned and sanitized in order to maintain product safety and quality. This position will collaborate closely with Operations, Quality/Food Safety, Engineering, and Procurement to align objectives and activities with 8th Ave requirements. Additionally, this position will drive vision, purpose and communicate effectively the expectations to ensure that leaders manage 8th Ave sanitation and food protection efforts at facilities and are given proper tools and guidance to produce desired results.

Duties and Responsibilities:

Sanitation Leadership Develop and maintain industry-leading corporate sanitation standards and policies for dry cleaning operations as well as wet cleaning as needed. Work cross functionally and collaboratively with all Plant Operations, Corporate QFS, Product Development, Chemical Vendors, 3rd party sanitation providers and others to implement, direct and continuously improve sanitation programs and policies. Establish and monitor key sanitation metrics (such as chemical usage, water usage, MSS completion percentage (Periodic Equipment Cleaning [PEC], Periodic Infrastructure Cleaning [PIC]) and sanitation effectiveness) at all manufacturing facilities to identify, react to emerging issues and implement preventive actions. Track, analyze, and develop improvements of plant sanitation, pest elimination and food protection programs Lead Sanitation business initiatives across the enterprise Creates and directs Sanitation Strategy for 8th Ave based on detailed site and product risk assessments. Manages the sanitation cycle-time with efficiency targeted metrics, extended cleaning request validations, sanitation chemical cost controls (cutting overall costs where there are opportunities), sanitation assurance/effectiveness programs, integrations of new facilities/acquisitions to ensure sanitation standards are documented, communicated and effectively implemented. Develop and conduct assessments (deep dives, audits, and inspections) of sanitation systems, procedures, and manual cleaning practices at plants for compliance to standards and identification of opportunities for improvement. Assesses/Audits any identified Sanitation Preventive Controls in Food Safety Plans. Collaborate with EH&S to ensure sanitation procedures and activities are thorough and protect our employees while establishing compliance to regulatory entities such as OSHA. Provide strategic leadership and build collaborative teams for projects aimed at managing chemical contaminants in incoming raw materials and finished products Provide Guidance and insights into selection of pest control services for all facilities Sanitary Design Leadership Develop programs/standards to ensure equipment and facilities are designed to be effectively and efficiently cleaned and sanitized. Ensure sanitary design standards are current against relevant industry practice. Collaborate with R&D, Engineering, Maintenance, Operations, and others as needed to ensure new processes and equipment installations/modifications are designed to provide proper sanitation and prevent compromises to food safety or quality. Intentionally collaborate cross functionally with Operations, Engineering, EH&S, and Maintenance in addressing sanitary design issues and risk-based prioritization of capital projects related to sanitation and food safety. Operations Support Support recruitment and onboarding of sanitation managers/supervisors at manufacturing plants. Provide education/training to these positions as needed. Influences site sanitation through dotted line reporting of plant sanitation managers and supervisors and identification of developmental opportunities for these positions. Support the development of robust environmental monitoring programs and support corrective/preventive actions and root cause analyses when environmental issues are detected. Collaborate with Sourcing to ensure Chemical Vendors are contracted to provide adequate support to all manufacturing plants. Work directly with Chemical Vendors should service issues emerge. Collaborate with Plants and Sourcing (Procurement) to identify third party sanitation services as needed to enable operational excellence at facilities. Other duties, as assigned by management. Competencies / Skills/ Abilities: Advanced knowledge of FDA, USDA, HACCP, HARPC, Chemical Types & Efficacy and Pest Control. Excellent understanding of sanitary design, sanitation procedures and pest management in food processing, with particular emphasis on dry cleaned environments. Strong interpersonal and communication skills (written and verbal). Excellent knowledge of food manufacturing processes and food safety Advanced knowledge in using a full range of statistical and analytical tools and fundamentals. Strong relationship building skills. Excellent understanding of microbiological organisms and their impact on process design, sanitary design and sanitation. Proficient knowledge of food safety systems. Intermediate proficiency in Microsoft Office suite.

Education and Experience Required:

Bachelors’ Degree (BA/BS) from a four (4) year college or university, along with 10-15 years of related sanitation management experience in food manufacturing, or equivalent combination of education and experience. Multi-plant site management preferred. 10 years of food manufacturing experience, with at least five years in food sanitation. Experience with government regulatory requirements in the processing of food. Intermediate experience with automated CIP systems. Certification / Licenses: Must possess a valid U.S. Driver’s License. HACCP/PCQI certification (Preferred).

Physical Requirements: This position is regularly required to communicate with others, both oral and written. This position is occasionally required to stand, walk, use hands handle or feel, reach with hands and arms, climb or balance, and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. This position regularly must stand and walk for up to 10 hours at a time. This position may work in hot, cold, or wet environments. Specific vision abilities required by this position include close vision, color vision, and the ability to adjust focus. Travel: This position may travel up to 70% of the time.

Post Holdings provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, status as a covered veteran and any other category protected under applicable federal, state, provincial and local laws.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)