Senior Manager, Food Safety Culture
Reckitt
full-time
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Location Type: Office
Location: Evansville • United States
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Salary
💰 $140,000 - $210,000 per year
Job Level
About the role
- Develop and execute a multi-year global Food Safety Culture strategy aligned to corporate Quality & Food Safety priorities.
- Define the organization’s Food Safety Culture framework, maturity model, and metrics.
- Partner with senior leaders to embed food safety expectations into company values, leadership behaviors, and performance objectives.
- Serve as the subject-matter expert on food safety culture science, behavioral change, and organizational psychology as it relates to food safety.
- Strengthen site-level ownership through coaching, workshops, and capability-building initiatives.
- Develop materials and communication campaigns that reinforce key behaviors and drive cultural consistency.
- Design and deliver food safety culture training, learning pathways, and behavioral tools for all levels-from frontline to executives.
- Create recognition and incentive programs to celebrate best practices and promote a positive food safety mindset.
- Lead recurring culture maturity assessments across manufacturing sites, R&D, and supply chain partners.
- Develop KPI dashboards and reporting mechanisms to measure mindset, behavior, and performance outcomes.
- Analyze trends and partner with sites to close culture gaps through targeted action plans.
- Benchmark internally and externally to ensure the organization maintains industry-leading culture standards.
- Collaborate with Quality Teams, Operations, R&D, Procurement, HR, Learning & Development, and Communications teams.
- Support integration of food safety culture expectations into onboarding, leadership development, and operations excellence programs.
- Engage with suppliers, co-manufacturers, and external partners to ensure alignment with the company’s food safety culture expectations.
- Support root-cause analysis and incident reviews with culture insights related to behavior, training, and environmental factors.
- Ensure compliance with global food safety standards
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Food Science, Microbiology, Quality, Behavioral Science, Organizational Development, or related field.
- Master’s degree in Food Safety, Organizational Psychology, or related field, preferred.
- 8+ years of experience in Food Safety, Quality Assurance, or Operational Excellence in the food or consumer goods industry.
- Proven experience leading large cultural, behavioral, or change-management initiatives.
- Strong knowledge food safety culture expectations.
- Excellent communication, facilitation, and leadership presence.
- Ability to influence at all levels of the organization, including executives and frontline employees.
- Certification in change management or leadership development, preferred.
- Experience in global roles with multi-site manufacturing environments, preferred.
- Strong project management and data-driven decision-making skills, preferred.
Benefits
- medical, prescription, dental, vision, and life and disability insurance
- paid time off for vacation, sick and Company recognized holidays
- 401(k) plan
- 16-week paid parental leave or 26 weeks for the birthing parent
- adoption and fertility support
- tuition reimbursement
- discounts
- Employee Assistance Program to promote mental health
- life insurance for all employees globally
- competitive benefits including medical, prescription, dental, vision, and life and disability insurance
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
food safety culturebehavioral changeorganizational psychologyKPI dashboardsdata-driven decision-makingproject managementcultural assessmentstraining developmentcommunication campaignscapability-building initiatives
Soft Skills
leadership presenceinfluencecommunicationfacilitationcoachingcollaborationorganizational developmentchange managementproblem-solvingcultural consistency
Certifications
change management certificationleadership development certification