Global Sanitation & Hygienic Design Lead - H&W

• Develop and oversee the H&W sanitation and hygienic design strategy for both internal sites and external manufacturing partners.
• Lead and resolve day-to-day sanitation challenges while driving continuous improvements in procedures and hygienic design.
• Design and implement sanitation protocols, leveraging advanced technologies and methods to reduce water usage, enhance cleaning efficiency, and lower sanitation costs.
• Evaluate sanitation and hygienic design practices at H&W manufacturing sites, identify areas for improvement, and address gaps to ensure food safety and production quality.
• Provide technical expertise to manufacturing sites, fostering capability development, knowledge-sharing, and a robust quality culture.
• Establish standards and lead the hygienic restoration of new production lines and post-incident operations.
• Develop and execute sanitation validation and verification processes to define sanitation frequency requirements.
• Conduct comprehensive audits to assess compliance with sanitation procedures, safety standards, and teardown practices.
• Analyse performance, provide consulting, and deliver training to enhance the skills and performance of sanitation teams.
• Respond to sanitation emergencies, guiding the implementation of corrective and preventive actions.
• Define and manage KPIs, implementing data-driven approaches to monitor sanitation and food safety program performance.

The Global H&W Sanitation Lead is primarily responsible for defining H&W requirements and implementing a comprehensive sanitation and hygienic design strategy. This role involves close collaboration with the H&W platform, business units, manufacturing sites, and sanitation teams across Mars Divisions and Segments to ensure alignment of global and business strategies with operational needs and expectations.

Key responsibilities include:

• Serve as the primary liaison for managing relationships with external sanitation providers and consultants.
• Act as the central point of contact between business units, manufacturing sites, sanitation chemical providers, and consulting firms.
• Develop and maintain communication channels to ensure effective collaboration among stakeholders, addressing daily operational needs and sanitation-related issues.
• Function as a strategic partner to business units, providing education, consultation, and influence to align with priorities and drive initiatives.
• Provide on-site support, supervising and coordinating contractors and associates involved in food safety, cleaning, and sanitation activities (e.g., PRIMP support, hygienic restoration).
• Enhance business profitability by optimizing sanitation efficiency through improved cleaning methods, standard practices, training, validation processes, extended production runs, and identifying cost-saving opportunities.
• Act as a subject matter expert in GMP, sanitation, and hygienic design to guide best practices.
• Represent H&W requirements at Mars Corporate and Mars Snacking, contributing to sanitation and hygienic design decision-making processes and ensuring consistency in approaches and practices.
• Collaborate with Operations and Engineering to support new line initiatives and modifications to existing equipment, ensuring food safety, prolonged production runs, and improved operational efficiency.