This role serves as the microbiology and allergen subject matter expert for our facilities across Europe (including the UK) and South Africa. The region currently includes 10+ production sites, and the successful candidate will partner with each facility, as well as the cross functional business, to provide expertise and guidance on:
Microbiology and allergen testing practices, including GLP implementation and compliance
Management of third-party laboratories
LIMS rollout, utilization, and data analysis
Troubleshooting microbiology and allergen-related incidentsPareNCAJA
Developing routine and non-routine testing plans
Documenting programs, policies, and procedures
Supporting Pathogen Environmental Monitoring (PEM) and special events
Providing technical input for HACCP risk assessments
Formula safety evaluations
🛠️ Key Responsibilities:
Perform internal lab audits and necessary training to ensure they are producing accurate, precise data following GLP’s.
Microbiological
Allergen
LIMS rollout, implementation, and Subject Matter Expert for micro and allergens in EU for LIMS
Provide training, mentoring, and recommendations for microbiological and allergen program modifications.
Develop and/or adjust micro and allergen sampling plans. Analyze data and provide feedback.
Primary contact for 3rd party labs microbiological & allergen testing.
Perform 3rd party audits.
Ensure labs are doing the correct testing in the right way.
Provide directions on analysis.
Work with labs on contracts, pricing, and relationship maintenance
Interface with operations and EQFS (EU and corporate in Green Bay, WI) to
Document programs and policies for microbiology and allergen topics. Aligning on what needs to be EU-specific and global (minimum expectations, addendums, and exceptions). Work with plants on implementation and execution.
Troubleshoot microbiology and allergen issues.
Work with Field Managers and Sanitarians on Micro and Allergens policies implementation/incident investigations.
With others in EU and global EQFS, evaluate PEM and special events containment and CAPA actions.
Perform risk assessments (process, ingredient, finished product)
Evaluate routine and event sampling plans as necessary.
Perform HACCP and quality risk assessments
Formula, ingredient, and process approvals in systems
Assist in setting up challenge studies or special testing plans as needed.
Interface with other Areas of Business (AOB)
Customer facing to explain programs and policies; testing requests and analysis.
Sourcing - provide sourcing recommendations to leverage our testing volume to obtain the best price for testing materials and equipment.
Finance - write business cases and appropriation requests (ARs) as needed.
R&D - evaluate the food safety of new products and processes for food safety and quality risks and shelf life studies .
Develop Food Safety and Quality and Culture: train, coach, evaluate, and reinforce continuous improvement principles with partners. Personal, people, business, and process leadership.
10+ years of experience Microbiological technical/laboratory & personnel leadership.
Lab management, microbiological analysis, hazard analysis, quality assurance.
Fluency in English & Spanish (oral & written)
Lab management and auditing
Working in a fast-paced food manufacturing & lab environments
Leadership and customer-facing professionalism
Data analysis & ability to problem-solving ability
Capable of working in systems (LIMS, Product Lifecycle Management, Enterprise Quality Management System, etc.), statistical data analysis, creating BI dashboards
Schreiber Foods is an Equal Opportunity Employer, all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or national origin and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.