Sanitation Director

Mondelēz International

Sanitation Director at Mondelēz International developing sanitation programs for food safety and quality assurance. Ensuring compliance with sanitation standards across the production facilities.

Posted 6/7/2026full-timeRemote Worker • New Jersey • 🇺🇸 United StatesLead💰 $142,700 - $235,455 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Develop and implement a strategic sanitation program, policies, plans and processes to ensure sanitary performance meets Mondelez standards.
Support Manufacturing facilities, process engineering, environmental and Maintenance personnel in addressing sanitary design issues thru a risk-based prioritization of Capital projects related to sanitation and Food Safety addressing the main risks incl allergens / micro and chemicals
Provide Technical Leadership and guidance to Operations Quality and Manufacturing facilities in areas of Sanitation.
Provide support to R+I and Quality in the innovation / renovation process by defining the correct validation and sanitation protocols.
Conducting periodic sanitation audits against the consistent application and execution of procedures and related sanitation practices.
Implements Danone corporate standards & specifications for Sanitation and cleaning.
Develops and support plant sanitation operating procedures.
Interface with learning and development and plants to deliver sanitation program training for example Neptune, creating resource materials and SSOP’s.
Proposes and implements the improvements to increase the effectiveness of equipment and to reduce quality and food safety risks.
Participates in focus improvement teams for finished goods losses reduction and improving equipment and sanitation effectiveness.
Leverage Chemical vendor and other internal/external expertise to implement effective sanitation programs incl but NOT limited to, design and testing of new improved sanitation methods, best practice sharing between plants, Sanitation compliance / practices and identification of operational improvement opportunities.
Participates in quality / food safety incidents investigation and fosters a CI culture as it pertains to effective sanitary systems in ALL facilities.
Acts as an expert in cleaning parameters and related quality & food safety risks for Manufacturing HACCP teams.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor's Degree
Food Technology knowledge
Food Safety knowledge
Micro and allergen knowledge
Minimum of 5 years of food plant operational experience
Quality tools including RCA/CAPA and Continuous Improvement
Thorough knowledge and experience with diverse sanitizing applications

Benefits

Comp & perks

health insurance
wellness and family support programs
life and disability insurance
retirement savings plans
paid leave programs
education related programs
paid holidays and vacation time

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Hard Skills & Tools

sanitation program developmentsanitation auditssanitation protocolssanitizing applicationsrisk-based prioritizationHACCPRCACAPAContinuous Improvementfood safety

Soft Skills

technical leadershipguidancecommunicationcollaborationtraining deliveryproblem-solvinginnovationteam participationresource material creationfostering CI culture

Certifications

Bachelor's Degree