Senior Food Safety Coordinator

About The Company

Export Packers Company Limited is a multi-faceted, growth-oriented international food company. Since 1937, this privately owned family company based in Ontario, Canada, has built itself into a global food expert, providing exceptional service and innovative solutions to its industry partners. The company’s success is driven by its dedicated employees' professionalism and entrepreneurial spirit. Our Head office is located in Brampton, Ontario.

Role Summary

We are looking for a Senior Food Safety Coordinator to join our Trading Department. The Senior Food Safety Coordinator is responsible for ensuring food safety, quality, and regulatory compliance. This role is to create and maintain a food safety program to support trading divisions for various food commodities. The successful candidate will have an eye for detail, analytical, a self starter, quick learner, and will be reliable and committed.

Responsibilities

• Manage and maintain the food safety and compliance programs for FSMA (FDA) and SFCR (CFIA), ensuring ongoing regulatory adherence.
• Prepare and submit regulatory documentation requests, approvals, and filings with government agencies, ensuring accuracy and compliance.
• Administer and enhance the supplier approval program by coordinating risk assessments and leading monthly meetings with trading divisions.
• Oversee the tracking and verification of Certificates of Analysis (COAs) to ensure product compliance with regulatory and customer requirements.
• Monitor and interpret new regulatory requirements, providing timely updates and recommendations to internal stakeholders.
• Coordinate and manage third-party laboratory testing based on customer requests, ensuring proper documentation and follow-up.
• Support traders with technical guidance on regulatory and quality assurance matters for new and existing products.
• Ensure proper documentation control and record-keeping for all quality and regulatory files.
• Act as a key point of contact for customer QA inquiries, addressing concerns related to corrective actions, foreign material claims, and compliance issues.
• Communicate and follow up on customer QA requests, ensuring timely and effective resolution.
• Other duties as assigned.
  
  

Qualifications/Skills

• 5+ years of experience as a Food Safety Coordinator or similar role
• Bachelor’s Degree preferably in Food Science or related industry
• Excellent communication skills both written and verbal
• SQF/HACCP/GFSI/FSMA/SFCR knowledge is an asset
• Organized and have a strong attention to details
• Ability to multi-task
• This position is based in a professional office setting, with work primarily performed at a desk using a computer, phone, and other standard office equipment.
  
  

Benefits

• Hybrid- 1 day work from home per week
• Summer hours (half day off every Friday between Victoria Day weekend and Labor Day weekend)
• Competitive vacation and Sick day policy
• Employee Discounts on the consumables
• Employee Assistance Program
• Company Paid Benefits
• RRSP Match Program
  
  

Export Packers is an equal opportunity employer committed to promoting diversity of thought, ideas, perspective and people. We create an inclusive environment that attracts, retains and values people of all backgrounds by treating all people in a way that allows them to maintain their dignity and independence through inclusion, integration and equal opportunity. We are committed to meeting the needs of those who interact with Export Packers in accordance with Federal and provincial laws.

In accordance with the Ontario Human Rights Code, Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005, Export Packers has an Accommodation Policy as part of our hiring process. Should you require accommodation, please advise the People & Culture Department.

Please note: A criminal background check is required for all candidates and will be conducted in the final stages of the hiring process. This will be facilitated by our team, with full details provided during the selection process.