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Your role at Clorox:
The position will manage the Sanitation functions at the Food BU Reno, NV manufacturing facility. This position will focus on providing sanitation, cGMP, and microbiological expertise to the Plant Management Team. This role will be part of the Plant Quality Team and will establish, maintain, and continuously improve the policies and procedures to ensure that our cleaning and sanitation programs are robust. They will provide support to all departments including quality, operations, maintenance, engineering, logistics, and learning management. Focus areas include identifying and eliminating conditions to prevent contamination and non-compliance to regulatory requirements. This role will need to effectively interface with all levels of the plant workforce to effectively communicate and align on product and operations risks. This role requires the ability to apply standard quality and troubleshooting principles and practices to assigned projects. The Sanitation Supervisor / Manager can coordinate other technical and functional disciplines, as needed, to effectively solve problems. This role will provide training in functional areas of expertise and will require communication of technical material to non-technical people, both oral and written.
In this role, you will:
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Operations Support – Ensure that the plant cleaning and sanitation procedures are effective and efficient. Provides operational support and analytical problem-solving at the Food BU Reno, NV manufacturing site, drawing on internal and external experts as appropriate, and managing improvement plans and activities. Ensure practices are in place and standardized to ensure that stable conditions exist that ensure product safety and quality assurance standards are maintained in compliance with Federal regulations. Performs plant environmental, and sanitation audits and testing. Manages plant master sanitation schedule (MSS). Ensures documentation adherence and compliance. This position manages 3rd party suppliers and is accountable for the chemical and pest control services. The sanitation team reports to this position.
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People Management and Development – Provides strategic leadership and direction for site sanitation roles and responsibilities. Identifies current gaps and develops long and short-term plans to serve the team’s development and future.
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Drive Continuous Improvement - Supports the continuous improvement of the Sanitation function by identifying and resolving gaps/waste in systems, tools, and processes. Identified as the SME for key Sanitation processes to ensure they are effectively managed, standardized, maintained, and continuously improved.
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Training and Support – Ensures plant personnel are appropriately trained on sanitation methods. Provides approval for the cleaning and sanitation validation aspects of new equipment, products & processes. Ensures sanitation of lines for new or changes to formulations meet plant and Federal standards for documentation.
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Strategic Leadership – Provides strategic leadership and functional vision to help develop the plant and quality journey milestones. This role identifies key leverage points within organization to drive sanitation improvements. Lead processes to improve sanitation by establishing credibility with business management team.
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Foster a strong food safety culture by emphasizing that food safety is everyone's responsibility.
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Ensure teams are in compliance and accountable to food safety and GMP requirements.
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Emphasize continual improvement and open communications about food safety concerns.
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What we look for:
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5 plus years’ experience in FDA regulated (Cosmetics, Food or Beverage) in a combination of Quality and/or Sanitation – Direct manufacturing, operations, sanitation, and product testing preferred.
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FDA audit experience
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Sanitarian certification - preferred
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Lean manufacturing experience
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Knowledge of cGMP's, FDA regulations, microbiology and analytical testing.
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Knowledge of government regulatory documentation requirements for Food Manufacturing
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Knowledge of sanitation in a FDA regulated plant
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Knowledge of microbiology
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Knowledge of pathogen environmental monitoring
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Knowledge of sanitation practices and procedures in a Food Manufacturing plant
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Knowledge of analytical testing requirements and test methodologies preferred.
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Strong problems solving skills, issue resolution and root cause analysis.
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Strong written and verbal business communication skills
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Strong independent leadership skills.
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Excellent organization, time management and project management skills
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Proven experience on cross-functional teams- R&D, Manufacturing, Quality Control, and Technical Services
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Highly Flexible and Adaptable. Able to work independently in a fast-paced multitasking environment.
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Work Schedule must be flexible throughout work week and some weekend work.
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Ability to travel if necessary
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Bachelor’s degree or a combination of education/industry experience indicating an ability to successfully perform the essential functions of the position.
Workplace type:
Onsite - 5 Days a week
Our values-based culture connects to our purpose and empowers people to be their best, professionally and personally. We serve a diverse consumer base which is why we believe teams that reflect our consumers bring fresh perspectives, drive innovation, and help us stay attuned to the world around us. That’s why we foster an inclusive culture where every person can feel respected, valued, and fully able to participate, and ultimately able to thrive. Learn more.
[U.S.]Additional Information:
At Clorox, we champion people to be well and thrive, starting with our own people. To help make this possible, we offer comprehensive, competitive benefits that prioritize all aspects of wellbeing and provide flexibility for our teammates’ unique needs. This includes robust health plans, a market-leading 401(k) program with a company match, flexible time off benefits (including half-day summer Fridays depending on location), inclusive fertility/adoption benefits, and more.
We are committed to fair and equitable pay and are transparent with current and future teammates about our full salary ranges. We use broad salary ranges that reflect the competitive market for similar jobs, provide sufficient opportunity for growth as you gain experience and expand responsibilities, while also allowing for differentiation based on performance. Based on the breadth of our ranges, most new hires will start at Clorox in the first half of the applicable range. Your starting pay will depend on job-related factors, including relevant skills, knowledge, experience and location. The applicable salary range for every role in the U.S. is based on your work location and is aligned to one of three zones according to the cost of labor in your area.
–Zone A: $90,900 - $170,100
–Zone B: $83,400 - $155,900
–Zone C: $75,800 - $141,700
All ranges are subject to change in the future. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your location during the hiring process.
This job is also eligible for participation in Clorox’s incentive plans, subject to the terms of the applicable plan documents and policies.
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