About the Job
Founded in 2012, ByteDance's mission is to inspire creativity and enrich life. The Food and Beverage team at TikTok is committed to fostering a safe, healthy, and sustainable workplace across borders. This team promotes best practices and supports the business by elevating the employee and client food and beverage experience.
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The ideal candidate will develop a regional food safety strategy, policy, and processes, ensuring compliance and driving safety excellence at all levels of the organization. This role requires the ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment while managing multiple projects and developing large-scale safety programs with innovative and data-driven analytics.
Responsibilities
- Manage the regional food safety program, development, and implementation.
- Identify and ensure food safety regulatory compliance across the region.
- Implement and evolve risk management controls and procedures for food operations.
- Develop and direct the implementation of the regional audit and inspection program.
- Create and operationalize the regional food safety training program and guidance mechanisms.
- Partner with internal and external stakeholders to ensure adherence to food safety standards.
- Design, track, and present Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) to monitor program effectiveness and performance.
- Accelerate and drive innovative, forward-thinking programs and guidelines for new sites and changing food delivery models.
- Conduct investigations and root cause analysis for food safety incidents in collaboration with the Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) team.
- Manage relationships with regulatory agencies and third parties as required.
- Embed current, forward-thinking industry trends, regulations, and practices into data-driven insights, analytics, and program enhancements.
Qualifications
Minimum Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in food science, Microbiology, or a related field.
- At least 5 years of extensive food safety and quality assurance experience, preferably across various cities or countries in the region.
- Extensive knowledge of food safety regulatory frameworks and compliance.
- Certified in HACCP or other relevant food safety management programs.
- Strong leadership, communication, and organizational skills.
- Ability to manage multiple projects and priorities in a fast-paced environment.
- Experience in developing and implementing food safety management systems and quality assurance tools.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and data analysis skills.
- Auditing, inspection, and continuous improvement experience.
- Leadership experience to guide internal, vendor, and business teams.
- Able to travel internationally.
- Strong stakeholder, analytical, project, vendor, and product management skills.
- Attention to detail with strong oral and written communication and presentation skills.
Preferred Qualifications:
- International experience in the development and implementation of food safety programs.
- History of working within large-scale international businesses.
- Certified ISO 22000 Lead Auditor.
