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PepsiCo

Makes salty snacks, sodas and sports drinks

Quality and Food Safety Coordinator

Validation, Compliance & Quality SystemsConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeSete Lagoas, Minas Gerais, BrazilNo salary listedIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

  • A mandatory academic formation in Food Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Production Engineering, Pharmacy, Chemistry, Biology, Food Technology, or a related area.
  • Required technical certifications: FSSC 22000 Internal Auditor 6.0; ISO 22000 Interpretation of the Standard 6.0; Advanced HACCP (for example, an international certificate from Codex, SGS, DNV, or Bureau Veritas); Food Defense and Food Fraud; Root Cause Analysis (RCA, 5 Whys, Ishikawa); and knowledge of Brazilian sanitary legislation (ANVISA).

Responsibilities

  • Coordinate the facility's Food Safety Management System, ensuring implementation, effectiveness, and continuous improvement of programs to prevent risks, protect consumers, and support business sustainability.
  • Serve as the primary technical Food Safety reference for Quality and plant leadership, informing strategic decisions through technical opinions, risk identification, investment prioritization, and structural improvements.
  • Coordinate Food Safety risk analyses, including sanitary design assessments, new engineering projects, and management-of-change processes that may affect food quality and safety systems.
  • Coordinate crises, emergencies, and critical deviations in the Food Safety Management System, including traceability, recalls, and quality or food safety incidents; ensure rapid response, root-cause investigation, and robust corrective and preventive actions.
  • Coordinate the facility management system to ensure compliance with the Quality and Food Safety Policy and adherence to corporate, regulatory, and market standards.
  • Lead strategies for meeting applicable regulatory requirements, ensuring full legal compliance and mitigating business risks.
  • Coordinate the facility's integrated audit schedule, ensuring compliance with corporate, regulatory, and certification requirements and company strategic objectives.
  • Coordinate maintenance of FSSC 22000 certification and ensure continuous conformity and annual facility renewal.
  • Coordinate strategies for maintaining official AIB certification and meeting program requirements and company excellence standards.
  • Coordinate facility Food Safety metrics and programs, meeting corporate targets for consumer complaints, microbiological programs, audits, preventive controls, and other key performance indicators.
  • Coordinate, develop, and engage the Food Safety team through technical training, performance management, strengthening critical competencies, succession planning, and developing future leaders.
  • Lead initiatives to strengthen the facility's Quality and Food Safety culture, improving organizational maturity metrics and Culture Excellence survey results.
  • Ensure operational and support functions are aligned and engaged in executing Food Safety programs and promote shared accountability and risk prevention.

Desired Qualifications

  • Postgraduate study, an MBA, or a specialization in Food Safety, Quality or Quality Management, Management Systems (ISO/FSSC), Risk Management/HACCP, Industrial or Process Management, People Management, and/or Quality Engineering 4.0.
  • Training in People Management and Technical Team Leadership, Change Management, Incident Analysis and Management/Recall Management, Lean/Six Sigma tools (Green Belt or equivalent), global quality requirements, and digitalization tools.
  • Intermediate Spanish and intermediate English.

About the Company

PepsiCo

Makes salty snacks, sodas and sports drinks

PepsiCo makes snack foods and soft drinks that supermarkets, convenience stores and restaurants sell around the world. It owns some of the most familiar grocery brands, including Lay's and Doritos chips from its Frito-Lay division and Pepsi, Mountain Dew and Gatorade on the drinks side, along with Quaker oats and cereals. The company runs its own plants and distribution network and earns most of its money selling finished products to retailers and foodservice customers, while partner bottlers produce some of its drinks under license. PepsiCo was formed in 1965 through the merger of Pepsi-Cola and Frito-Lay and is headquartered in Purchase, New York.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
Harrison, NY
Founded
1965

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