Sanitation Lead

Act as the site’s subject matter expert (SME) in sanitation, providing direction, coaching, and technical oversight to sanitation operators, contractors, and cross-functional stakeholders.

Lead continuous improvement and best practices initiative within the site sanitation program.

Standards Deployment & Lead Program Governance Ownership

Ensure the Kerry Sanitation Standards are deployed and executed by operations and engineering by working collaboratively with the Regional Sanitation Head and Team, oversee development, implementation, and maintenance of sanitation policies, ensuring alignment with food safety, quality, and HSE requirements.

Assess and monitor site compliance with Kerry’s corporate sanitation, food safety, and HSE standards; drive corrective and preventive actions (CAPA) to closure.

Develop and maintain the Master Sanitation Schedule (MSS) for the facility; track execution (ie lead the governance of the sanitation program) and collaborate with cross functional team production accordance to Kerry standards requirement.

Procedure Development & Lead Validation

Develop, review, and validate Sanitation Standard Operating Procedures (SSOPs) for all process lines and sanitation-related activities. Ensure standardization to best practice with other APMEA sites.

Lead the cleaning validations for Clean-in-Place (CIP), Assisted Cleaning Systems (ACS), Clean-Out-of-Place (COP).

Be the ‘owner’ of the product category standard SAP data, cleaning matrix and scheduling order for the site. Review these data regularly for existing products and NPIs to ensure they are up to date. Verify adherence to using these data in the right processes (eg NPI) and all production is planed via SAP (planned and unplanned requests).

Ensure documentation supports all time audit-readiness.

Lead Sanitation Training & Capability Building

Provide coaching, guidance, and continuous capability-building to ensure site sanitation staff and cross functional teams achieve proficiency and sustain high performance.

Facilitate continuous learning culture related to hygiene, sanitation, and food safety.

Risk Assessments & Change Management

Conduct facility sanitation assessments to identify risks, prioritize gaps using risk-based methodologies, and support development of corrective action plans.

Ensure preventive controls are robust, documented, and verified regularly.