Sr Manager, FSQA Corporate Sanitation Job at Ajinomoto Foods North America, Inc.

Sr Manager, FSQA Corporate Sanitation

Ajinomoto Foods North America, Inc.

Location:
United States

Category:
Manufacturing

Contract Type:
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Salary:

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Job Description:

The Senior Sanitation Manager is responsible for identifying and managing sanitation projects to ensure product quality and consistency, reduce food safety risk and eliminate waste at AFNA manufacturing sites.

Job Responsibility:

Identifying and managing sanitation projects to ensure product quality and consistency, reduce food safety risk and eliminate waste at AFNA manufacturing sites
Developing and implementing performance based sanitation and continuous cleaning of equipment across AFNA enterprise
Providing leaders/operational teams with contemporaneous reporting safety and sanitation key indicators
Ensuring third party audit sanitation compliance and success at AFNA manufacturing sites
Collaborate with AFNA corporate departments and plant leadership to carry out sanitation based holistic loss analysis and reduction responsibilities in accordance with AFNA procedures and applicable regulatory laws
Integrate Sanitation improvement projects into Plant Master Plan (TPM) activities in accordance with ANFA Way
Troubleshoots environmental positive results and ensures corrective actions are implemented
Provides technical sanitation support and feedback to the plant sanitation departments
Dotted line to plant Sanitation Managers
Manage sanitation improvement projects in the areas of: Quality and Consistency - Match the specification
Performance-based sanitation
Multi-plant comparative sanitation evaluations
Compliance to cleaning standards and practices
Improvement in sanitation efficiency KPIs
Meet goals for sanitation time frames
Statistical process control improvement
Reduce food safety and ensure product quality and consistency
Sanitation program compliance
HACCP/food safety plan prerequisite program compliance
Sanitation optimization
Third party audit compliance
Preoperational inspection compliance and improvement
Environmental monitoring and follow-up
Eliminate loss
Help improve Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) through on time startup of equipment
Held product loss reduction
Statistical Process Control
Mentorship/growth and development of future Sanitation leaders
Proper use and chemical concentration of chemicals
Reduction in labor metrics
Project to reduce total declared cost from a sanitation standpoint
Assist leadership in developing and maintaining information Architecture: Identify key indicators across manufacturing sites
Environmental monitoring and follow-up
Sanitation standards and timelines
Statistical Process Control
Overall Plant Effectiveness as following AFNA’s OEE definition
Preoperational and production startup
Develop contemporaneous data collection, i.e. the report is generated at the same time as the observation
Plant internal sanitation audits
Incident investigation and Corrective Action Reports
Preoperational and startup metrics
Environmental monitoring
Sanitation standards and timelines
Develop dashboards for plant and corporate leadership
Assist site leadership includes not only FSQA/Sanitation but also all plant leadership members in executing and utilizing dashboard information
Conduct follow up studies and calibrate data with a plant team periodically in order to maintain data integrity
Ensure Regulatory Compliance: Ensure AFNA manufacturing sites are compliant with FDA/USDA and GFSI requirements
Perform plant sanitation audits as necessary to prepare AFNA sites for third party audits
Assist with risk assessments and appeal letters to defend manufacturing sites from regulatory overreach
Collaboration and Integration with the AFNA Way: Collaborate with CI and FI pillar leaders to develop and maintain information architecture
Support root cause analysis and problem solving using “See Think Plan Do” methodology
Assist plant leadership (TPM pillar leaders) to utilize the key indicators
Integrate Sanitation improvement projects into plant master plan

Requirements:

Minimum 7 – 10 years of experience in Food Manufacturing Sanitation with at least half of the experience being in a supervisory capacity is required
BS or higher degree in Food Science, Meat Science, Microbiology, Biology or other related science. Experience may be considered in the absence of a higher degree
TPM (Total Performance Management) /OEE based Food Manufacturing knowledge and experience preferred
Budget/Cost Control – general understanding of Sanitation budgeting and cost control functions, with ability to perform budgeting/cost control processes
Presentation Ability – ability to make clear, concise and convincing business presentations
Analytical – ability to independently perform, mentor and manage others in conducting complex technical analysis of sanitation data, and statistical process control (SPC)
Leadership – ability to act as team leader for special task assignments and manage suppliers through influence
Communication Skills – excellent verbal and written communication skills, including technical writing and presentation skills
Interpersonal Skills - must have strong interpersonal skills and ability to manage internal and external support through influence. An outgoing personality with the ability to work individually and in a team environment successfully
Organizational Skills – must have excellent organizational skills to prioritize multiple projects with various simultaneous deadlines. Must be detailed and accurate
Judgment/Decision Making – ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, draw valid conclusions and make appropriate business judgment and recommendations independent of supervisor. Ability to work under pressure and short time lines
Computer Skills – working knowledge of Microsoft based software, including Excel, Word and Outlook
Travel – Approximately 40 – 60%

Additional Information:

Job Posted:
January 06, 2026

Employment Type:

Fulltime

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Sr Manager, FSQA Corporate Sanitation

Ajinomoto Foods North America, Inc.

Location:
United States

Category:
Manufacturing

Contract Type:
Not provided

Salary:

Job Description:

Job Responsibility:

Requirements:

Additional Information:

Job Posted:
January 06, 2026

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