At Bel, we are not just a company—we are a company on a Mission, built on 160 years of bold innovation, family values, and a commitment to social purpose. With beloved brands like Babybel®, GoGo squeeZ®, The Laughing Cow®, and Boursin®, our snacking solutions bring more than joy; they want to serve as a force for good. Our U.S. Mission? To help close the critical 80% nutrition gap by making it easier for Americans to eat more fruits, veggies, and dairy as part of their daily lives.

The company has headquarters in Chicago and New York City and operates 4 manufacturing plants in Little Chute, WI; Brookings, SD; Traverse City, MI; and Nampa, ID.  #IWorkForAllForGood

Job Description Summary

This position is responsible for the planning, instructing, and directing overall cleaning and sanitation of the Little Chute location. 

This position works on 3rd shift Monday-Friday 10pm-6am and may require some Sunday evening work 8pm-Midnight.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Lead and direct Sanitation team of up to 20 hourly employees, includes training, assigning work and employee development and coaching.
• Manage and follow all GMPs (Good Manufacturing Practices) to maintain and improve the cleaning of the facility and the production equipment.
• Maintain and improve sanitation program in order to comply with Federal and State inspections, including maintaining the proper paperwork required by state and federal sanitation regulations.
• Follow, maintain and update SSOPs (Sanitation Standard Operating Procedures) in order to comply with OSHA regulations.
• Lead Bel’s continuous improvement process for the Sanitation team to improve efficiency and develop corrective actions.
• Manage chemicals, pest control and sanitation of equipment for facility.
• Maintain sanitation supply inventory.
• Provide back-up support as needed to Production Supervisors.
• Oversee ATP testing to ensure passing results.
• Monitor the proper functioning of the CIP process.
• Keep all equipment used for cleaning in optimal working order.
• All other duties as assigned.

Safety, Environmental and Quality

• Follows all safety rules and procedures by working safely and ensuring safety of others.
• Follows all environmental protocols as applicable to the job.
• Follows all Good Manufacturing Practices as stated within the policy.
• Follow all food safety procedures.
• Maintains a sanitary and safe work area; performs housekeeping duties as necessary and/or required.
• Detects potentially hazardous conditions and problems and takes appropriate action to report and/or correct.

Knowledge and Education

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Industrial Management or other related field with at least 1 year of experience in sanitation supervision is preferred.
• In lieu of a Bachelor’s degree, requires a High School diploma or General Education Degree (GED) with a minimum of 3 years of food or dairy industry experience, with an emphasis in sanitation.  
• Bilingual (English/Spanish) is strongly preferred.
• Experience working with chemicals, pest control and sanitation equipment preferred. Including knowledge of clean in place (CIP) and clean out of place (COP) equipment, manual foamers, basic hand tools, operation of production equipment, basic electrical, hydraulic and pneumatic equipment knowledge.
• Intermediate computer skills required with SAP and MS Office/Excel experience a plus.
• 3rd shift work required including Sunday work. Hours of work may vary depending on business need.

Competencies and Abilities

• Ability to communicate and develop good working relationships with team members.
• Strong management skills with the ability to clearly communicate expectations and motivate peers, and other interested parties.
• Excellent communication skills; understands audience and adjusts communication to drive desired results.
• Must be able to accurately and efficiently perform all job duties with a sense of urgency.
• Exhibit Bel’s core values of:
• CARE
  •  Inspire and grow self and others by developing yourself and others through challenge and support with honest constructive feedback
  •  Act with people and planet front of mind in all decisions and actions.
• DARE
  • Think bold, act fast by being ambitious with ideas and initiatives.  Make decisions and deliver quickly.
  • Simply and focus by prioritizing what delivers the most value.  Promote simplicity and remove complications.
• COMMIT
  • Play to win as a team by taking accountability to deliver on results and maximize impact by actively collaborating.
  • Make customers smile by improving internal and external customer satisfaction in everything we do.

Physical requirements (Amount of time in an 8 hour day)

Stand/Walk

☐ None ☐ 1-4 Hours ☐ 4-6 Hours ☒ 6 or more

Sit

☐ None ☒ 1-4 Hours ☐ 4-6 Hours ☐ 6 or more

Drive Forklift – Prime Mover

☒ None ☐ 1-3 Hours ☐ 3-5 Hours ☐ 5 or more

Repetitive Hand Motion

☒Simple Grasping: 25%

☒Fine Manipulation: 20%

☒Pushing and Pulling: 20%

Environmental Conditions

☒ Hot ☒ Cold ☒ Temperature ☒ Wet ☒ Dusty ☒ Noisy

Lifting Requirement

☐ Sedentary Work

Lifting 10 pounds maximum and occasionally lifting and/or carrying articles as dockets, ledgers, and small tools. Although a sedentary job is defined as one which involves sitting, a certain amount of walking and standing is often necessary in carrying out job duties. Jobs are sedentary if walking and standing are required only occasionally and other sedentary criteria are met.

☒ Light Work

Lifting 20 pounds maximum with frequent lifting and/or carrying of objects weighing up to 10 pounds. Even though the weight lifted may be only a negligible amount, a job is in this category when it requires walking or standing to a significant degree or when it involves sitting most of the time with a degree of pushing and pulling of arm and/ or leg controls.

☐ Medium Work

Lifting of 50 pounds maximum with the frequent lifting and/or carrying of objects weighing up to 25 pounds.

☐ Very Heavy Work

Lifting objects 100 pounds with frequent lifting and/or carrying of objects weighing 50 pounds or more. Team lift is required for objects weighing over 50 pounds.

Protective Equipment: Employees must wear safety glasses, non-slip safety toe shoes, protective gloves, hair net, Tyvex gown, and ear protection, as required.

Acknowledgement:  This job description describes the general nature and level of work performed by employee assigned to this position.  It does not state or imply that these are the only duties and responsibilities assigned to the job.  The employee may be required to perform other job-related duties as requested by management. All requirements are subject to change over time and to possible modifications to reasonably accommodate individuals with a disability.

Bel Brands is an equal employment opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, disability status or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws. Bel Brands also prohibits harassment of applicants or employees based on any of these protected categories. It is also Bel Brand’s policy to comply with all applicable federal, state and local laws respecting consideration of unemployment status in making hiring decisions.

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