Regional Sanitation Program Manager

Job Title: Regional Sanitation Program Manager

Company: Foremost Farms USA

Location: Middleton, WI

Description:

Position Overview:
The Regional Sanitation Program Manager will ensure alignment across sanitation through cross functional collaboration to develop and implement policies and standards to ensure the highest levels of product safety, quality and regulatory compliance. This position will partner with key leaders across the organization to align sanitation with manufacturing excellence initiatives and business goals.

Key Accountabilities:
Design, implement, and verify sanitation strategies, best practices and process improvements.
• Provide guidance and assist in the development and maintenance of Sanitation programs (MSS, SSOPs, Sanitation Work Guides, ATP, standard work, etc.).
• Provide leadership and training for production personnel to complete and verify facility sanitation.
• Initiate and execute cleaning verification and validation programs to prove effectiveness of sanitation program.
• Manage and review the Environmental Monitoring Program.
• Support the manufacturing excellence initiatives by developing and monitoring sanitation non-negotiables.

Streamline operations, enhancing regulatory compliance and driving continuous improvement through unified processes.
• Establish and maintain effective relationships with third-party sanitation providers serving as technical liaison between manufacturing sites, corporate teams and third-party sanitation providers.
• Develop and implement an adequate frequency for validating all sanitation systems in assigned manufacturing sites.
• Conduct ongoing evaluations of sanitation systems, perform risk assessments, and support plants in reducing gaps.
• Facilitate / assist in determining root cause of sanitation and microbiological challenges at all facilities.
• Conduct comprehensive site audits to identify current practices, assess gaps, and recommend improvements.

Lead innovation, serving as our in-house expert on sanitation, chemistry, cutting edge equipment and advanced cleaning technologies.
• Develop processes for approval of new sanitation equipment and SSOPs.
• Evaluate new and existing equipment to meet regulatory and Foremost Farms’ sanitation requirements.
• Establish relevant sanitation KPIs and monitor progress toward goals.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure Foremost Farms’ preventative maintenance, downtime, special situation, hygienic design, etc. programs are effectively implemented.
• Develop standardized protocols for sanitation-related escalations and incidents to ensure consistent response across sites.

Job Setting: Hybrid – corporate office, manufacturing sites, work from home with travel up to 75%

Experience, Skills and Abilities:

Minimum Requirements:
• Bachelor’s degree in biology, chemistry or other related field.
• Minimum of 5 years of sanitation experience within food manufacturing environment.

Preferred Qualifications:
• Experience directly leading projects from concept to completion.
• Experience working collaboratively among operations, supply chain and quality departments.
• Progressive, hands‑on experience in sanitation practices, ranging from routine cleaning to advanced sanitation and disinfection protocol.

Hours/Employment Type: Full Time

Salary/Wages: Based on experience

How to Apply: Visit our online posting

Questions? Please contact Katey Bittner at katey.bittner@foremostfarms.com or (608) 355-8795