Food safety specialist

About You

To be a successful Food Safety Specialist for IKEA F & B division, you should have higher education or advanced degree in quality assurance and quality control with focus on food or more than 3 years working experience in the areas of food quality and food safety.

You should have great communication and interpersonal skills and be able to work under pressure in a fast paced environment. You must be fluent in English and Arabic is a strong advantage.

What’s more, we believe that you have the following knowledge, capabilities and motivation:

• Live and share the IKEA values every day
• Food quality assurance
• Food quality control
• HACCP
• Auditing and investigation procedures
• Local food legislations and operational compliance standards
• Knowledge in a retail/food service environment
• Ability to organise, plan and prioritise
• Multi tasking skills
• Communication and interpersonal skills 

About the Role

 Key Specific Accountabilities

Operational

• Ensure that IKEA Food safety is compliant to IKEA standards and legal demands as well as valid food safety licenses are in place
• Develop, lead, document and follow up the risk based compliance plan for food safety
• Possess an in-depth knowledge regarding HACCP, Food safety standards and procedures
• Ensure food safety practices in the whole value chain, for customers and co-workers – from farm to fork
• Establish relations with relevant national and local authorities and stay updated on upcoming national food safety legislations
• Liaise with Food Authorities / Municipality on regular basis to get technical advice for new regulations and fulfil government requirements
• Handles complaints or enquiries from customers and local food safety and health departments on food hygiene matters
• Conducts regular vendor inspections in partnership with purchasing and culinary leadership
• Contribute in auditing & investigation procedures, instant traceability and recall management
• Provides in-house food hygiene training for all food handlers, (e.g. new hires and trainees)
• Ensures that equipment and facilities meet the IKEA Food safety standards and legal demands
• Ensure correct food safety information to customers & coworkers including but not limited to food allergens and nutrition facts
• Contribute to the range development process by ensuring IKEA Food safety standards and legal demands
• Prepare and implement efficient plans to eliminate and prevent any food safety risks according to the external Food safety audits
• Conduct internal Food safety reviews and checks on regular manners, and report to IKEA Food Manager & Regional Food Manager where needed
• Ensure that all IKEA Food Co-workers are following safety standards as per requirement
• Contributes to the IKEA Retail Food business plan, focusing on food safety compliance
• Familiar with global food certifications and play a vital role with Kitchen Production Manager while developing the menu to consider sustainable and certified resources where applicable e,g: Fairtrade, rainforest, GSO, GFSI, Organic, ASC, MSC, UTZ, etc…
• Introduce and develop long term sustainable practices, considering a positive environmental impact on people and planet

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Before you click “apply”: Please read the job description carefully to ensure you can confidently demonstrate why this opportunity is right for you and take the time to put together a well-crafted and personalised CV to further boost your visibility. Our global Talent Acquisition team members are all assigned to specific businesses to ensure that we make the best matches between talent and opportunities. We not only consider the requisite compatibility of skills and behaviours, but also how candidates align with our Values of Respect, Integrity, Collaboration, and Excellence.