Director - Sanitation

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This role will be responsible for establishing and leading a Sanitation Center of Excellence for Tyson’s enterprise protein processing facilities in support of all Business Units. This role will be responsible for: (1) defining best practices on sanitation processes and procedures, (2) improving these processes and procedures as advancements in the market occur, (3) ensuring all Tyson facilities are following these processes and procedures, (4) ensuring external sanitation suppliers, when utilized, are following these processes and procedures, and (5) creating and leading a team to deliver these results. This position will work closely with the Food Safety Quality Assurance (FSQA) organization, Procurement organization, Business Unit operational leadership, and Senior Tyson leadership.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:


Establish sanitation best practices in support of a protein processing facility and incorporate into a policy to be used by all Tyson in-house sanitation teams and processing facilities.
Implement this policy at Tyson facilities that are moving to in-house or have in-house sanitation services.
Implement this policy with Procurement at external sanitation suppliers who service our processing facilities.
Create the process, monitor, and track adherence to the policy for in-house sanitation teams and sanitation suppliers.
Identify new best practices in sanitation from any company, assess, and if applicable, modify the existing policy for improvements. Deploy these changes within Tyson.
Monitor and report on progress towards achieving functional goals/target metrics; proactively address performance gaps or issues potentially impacting success as needed
Understand and manage Total Cost of Ownership for Plant Sanitation services with the objective to continually optimize to secure best value.
Drive and deliver continuous process improvement.
Oversee management of executive-level business stakeholder relationships on an ongoing basis to ensure customer satisfaction.
Work closely with FSQA and our processing facilities to mitigate food quality risk through the policy.
Participate as a team member in executive-level Sanitation Supplier Relationships and support Supplier Business Reviews.
Support senior-level FSQA management on any new developmental efforts.
Supervise and coach team members to drive continuous improvement of performance and further growth/development of individual skill sets and knowledge
Work collaboratively with other functional areas as appropriate to add value for Tyson


Requirements:

Education/Certifications: Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination or education and experience.

Experience: 15 years’ experience in Food Production and Quality. 5 Years leading teams.

Computer Skills: Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite. Experience in spreadsheet, database, and statistical analysis. Familiarity with eProcurement Source-to Pay-tools desirable

Communication Skills: Excellent verbal and written communication skills are required. Strong presentation and negotiation skills are required.

Special Skills: Senior leadership experience with exceptional interpersonal and communication skills to work effectively with the team and all levels and areas of the organization. Senior experience in Food and Quality a must. Strong analytical and interpretive skills to recognize, comprehend and assess data, complex issues, and industry information.

Strong ability to present complex topics in an effective and concise manner to broad-based audiences including various levels of management. Excellent customer service, problem solving and decision-making skills. Strong ability to identify, assess and mitigate risk. Effective and proven strategic planning ability. Demonstrated ability to handle multiple tasks and assignments simultaneously. Strong change management skills to promote a shared vision and inspires others to embrace new opportunities.

Supervisory: Responsible for managing and developing team of personnel. Demonstrated ability to influence without positional authority.

Travel: Required; amount is TBD

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Relocation Assistance Eligible:

No

Work Shift:

1ST SHIFT (United States of America)

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Tyson is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, national origin, color, religion, age, genetics, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or veteran status.

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