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Mars

Sr Specialist Q&FS

Chicago, Illinois
USD 108,160.00 - USD 148,720.00 / year
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Join Mars as a Sr Specialist Q&FS (Quality & Food Safety Manager) in Chicago, IL for this full-time role. You will ensure compliance with quality management systems, food safety risk assessments, and local regulations while fostering a strong quality culture.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's or Master's degree in Food Science, Engineering, Chemistry, or equivalent is preferred.
  • Experience in quality assurance within a sizable organization.
  • Knowledge of ISO 9001, GMP, and Hygienic design.
  • Familiarity with legal food safety requirements and food process technology.
  • Strong problem-solving and systematic thinking skills.

Skills & Responsibilities

  • Quality Management Systems: Maintain and enhance Mars QMS, leading regional T4 feedback, T5 gap assessments, and managing CAPA system deviations.
  • Risk Assessment: Partner with SQA, RMCT, and PD teams to conduct quality and food safety risk assessments ensuring full compliance with standards.
  • Training & Culture: Lead quality capability training programs, build expert pools, and promote quality awareness through events like Quality Week.
  • Potential transition routes: People from Quality Assurance Engineer or Food Safety Specialist roles may bring relevant auditing, compliance, and process technology skills, alongside meeting the desired science degree requirements.

Job description

Job Description:

Exciting opportunity to join the site R&D team as the Quality & Food Safety Manager. The Purpose of the role is to ensure Mars QMP quality management system and food safety risk assessment & control, full compliance with ISO9001/ global standard/ China local regulatory.

What are we looking for?

Food science, Engineering, Chemistry or equivalent BSc/ MSc degree is preferred.
Experience of quality assurance from a sizable organization
Knowledge of quality management system – ISO 9001 and quality program GMP/ Hygienic design.
Familiar with legal food safety requirement, food process technology.
Problem solving skill and systematic thinking

What will be your key responsibilities?

Maintain and enhance Mars QMS – lead region for global standards T4 feedback and T5 gap assessment, follow up system deviation with CAPA and identify system opportunity.
Work closely with SQA/ RMCT/ PD team for quality & food safety risk assessment to ensure full compliance with China Food Regulatory and Mars standard.
Coordinate for annual verification activities
Promote quality culture and enhance quality awareness, coordinating Quality Week activity, leadership accountability to quality, quality KPI period review, quality council quality review and quality management review etc.
Lead quality capability training program and build up quality expert pool and quality capability for all associate.

What can you expect from Mars?

Work with diverse and talented Associates, all guided by the Five Principles.
Join a purpose driven company, where we’re striving to build the world we want tomorrow, today.
A strong focus on learning and development support from day one, including access to our in-house Mars University.
An industry competitive salary and benefits package, including company bonus.

The base pay range for this position at commencement of employment is between the range listed below, however, base pay offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, including but not limited to job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. The total compensation package for this position will include variable pay, medical and dental benefits, participation in 401k plan, and paid time off benefits. Details of participation in these benefit plans will be provided if an applicant receives an offer of employment.

The pay range shown is applicable to all US locations listed within the job posting:USD 108,160.00 - USD 148,720.00

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Working at Mars

  • Company employees
    4,000 In the UK
  • Gender diversity (m:f)
    57:43

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