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Mars

Global confectionery, food, and petcare company

Food Safety Technologist

Validation, Compliance & Quality SystemsConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeRostov-on-Don, Rostov Oblast, Russia

About the Job

Requirements

  • A higher education degree in food, pharmaceutical, chemical, or biotechnology.
  • Knowledge of food safety and hygiene standards, including GMP/GHP, 5S, HACCP, and ISO 22000.
  • Knowledge of technical and conversational English.
  • Training, auditing, and presentation skills.
  • More than two years of experience in food production quality.
  • Proficiency in using computers.

Responsibilities

  • Implement global standards, including ISO 22000 and Mars manufacturing standards, and lead projects to improve factory compliance.
  • Direct risk management for changes to existing products, processes, and practices as part of change management.
  • Coordinate the factory HACCP and food-defense teams.
  • Participate in validation and verification of critical control points, operational prerequisite programs, equipment, and new processes.
  • Investigate nonconformities and serious incidents involving finished-product safety, and decide whether to release or block products.
  • Lead preparation for and execution of internal and external quality and food safety audits, and prepare and implement corrective action plans.
  • Assess factory hygiene, identify and report nonconformities, and plan corrective actions.
  • Coordinate factory pest-control activities with the external pest-control service provider.
  • Analyze factory food safety system data and prepare periodic reports.
  • Develop and update quality and food safety documentation, including procedures, instructions, presentations, and training materials.
  • Participate in handling customer complaints about finished-product safety; track complaints, lead root-cause investigations, organize and facilitate meetings, monitor action-plan completion, and prepare required reports.

About the Company

Mars

Global confectionery, food, and petcare company

Mars makes confectionery, food, and petcare products and also operates pet health services through networks like Banfield, VCA, BluePearl, and Royal Canin. Its products are marketed under familiar brands such as M&M’s, Snickers, Milky Way, Skittles, Dove, Orbit, Pedigree, Royal Canin, Whiskas, and Cocoavia, sold globally to consumers and pet owners. The company differs from competitors by combining a broad, diversified portfolio with a global, family-owned structure guided by the Mars Principles (Quality, Responsibility, Mutuality, Efficiency, Freedom), which drives its operations and partnerships. Mars aims to help communities prosper and to grow its business while improving social and environmental outcomes, using its scale to support responsible practices across the world.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
Debt Financing
Total funding
$27B
Headquarters
McLean, VA
Founded
1911

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