Compliance Officer – Food Safety & Quality

Job Description

Overview

Overview

PepsiCo is on the lookout for a Compliance office - Food Safety & Quality on a permanent basis. This role focuses on managing day to day activities in the compliance team, ensuring food safety and quality standards & regulations are met. The Compliance Officer – Food Safety & Quality will support the Compliance Manager in ensuring the compliance of the Little Island and Food Flavors site to relevant food safety and quality standards and regulations. This includes preparing for 3rd party audits 

Responsibilities

Responsibilities

  • Document controller for the plants: ensure documents are uploaded to on line document management system in accordance with document control procedure. Provide training on how to create new or revise documents are necessary. Communicate training needs to relevant parties as required.
  • Manage GMP internal self-inspection team for the plants. Train new members of the self-inspection team.
  • Work closely with Operations and Maintenance to drive closure of open items.
  • COA reviewer and approver: review and approve vendor COAs against PepsiCo specifications in a timely manner and report any non-conformances.
  • GMP training: complete GMP training with all new starters and also complete annual GMP refresher training.
  • Communication: provide clear updates on areas of responsibility at site meetings e.g.  Food Safety Meetings, Management Reviews etc.
  • Internal audits: complete internal audits as required.
  • Aid compliance manager with audit preparations and readiness (e.g. FSMA, AIB, FSSC ISO 22000, Organic, HSE, Halal, HPRA).
  • Provide cross plant support for counterpart where necessary.
  • Additional  - Finance: raise and receipt PO’s.

Who we are:

We are a Manufacturing Unit in PepsiCo, sourcing ingredients to manufacture more than 1,200 recipes for PepsiCo’s mega brands including Gatorade, 7Up and Pepsi.

We are a global organization offering careers in various functions from Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Procurement, Quality, Finance, R&D, HR and IT. At PepsiCo, opportunity is for everyone. Recognized as a Great Place to Work in Ireland, PepsiCo fosters a culture of diversity, equity and inclusion with acceptance and respect for all employees.‘ A space to be you’ is our initiative that creates a collaborative, equitable and inclusive space where everyone, regardless of what we look like, where we come from or who we love, has a voice. PepsiCo is a supportive work environment that provides a sense of community for employees. We work with our employees to ensure they have reasonable accommodations they need to be at their best.

Qualifications

Qualifications: 

  • Third level qualification in a science related discipline, food science, chemistry or equivalent, to Degree Level
  • Minimum of 2 years’ experience in a Quality Assurance related position.
  • Excellent communication skills 
  • Proficient in the use word, excel, PowerPoint
  • Full right to work essential

For the purposes of external advertising, we have called this role a Compliance Officer - Food Safety and Quality. However please note that the internal job title the successful candidate will have will be SC QC Sr Technician

How we do business matters

Global sustainability

To care for the future of the planet, PepsiCo sources crops and ingredients thoughtfully.

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

PepsiCo can only succeed when our associates and the society we serve flourish.

Our nutrition story

We’re constantly innovating, looking for ways to add whole grains, reduce sugar and make other recipe changes without sacrificing taste.

Healthy living

PepsiCo’s employee well-being programs help associates be well, find balance and get involved.

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