Food Safety And Laboratory Coordinator

Overview:**We Are PepsiCo**Join PepsiCo and Dare for BetterWe are the perfect place for curious people, thinkers and change agents.From leadership to front lines, we're excited about the future and working together to make the world a better place.Being part of PepsiCo means being part of one of the largest food and beverage companies in the world, with our iconic brands consumed more than a billion times a day in more than 200 countries.Our product portfolio, which includes 22 of the world's most iconic brands, such as Sabritas, Gamesa, Quaker, Pepsi, Gatorade and Sonrics, has been a part of Mexican homes for more than 116 years.A career at PepsiCo means working in a culture where all people are welcome.Here, you can dare to be you.No matter who you are, where you're from, or who you love, you can always influence the people around you and make a positive impact in the world.**Know more**:PepsiCoJobs**Join PepsiCo, dare for better.****Responsibilities**:**The Opportunity**- Ensure the Quality of the measurements in the laboratories of physicochemical and microbiological analysis, through training, support, validation of the execution of analysis and decision-making of personnel, as well as, the validation of equipment, execution of the Non-Conforming Product protocol and Microbiological Program in each of the plant areas of the Savory, Biscuit, Food and Confectionary (LATAM) business units, for national and export products.- Define the roles and responsibilities of laboratory facilitators and analysts of physicochemical and microbiological laboratories.**Your Impact**As Laboratory Coordinator of LATAM your responsibilities would consist of:- Validate the quality of products along the value chain (suppliers, maquiladores, production lines, raw and semi-finished warehouses, finished product warehouses and consumers), through physicochemical and microbiological analyzes of raw materials, product intermediate, finished product, environmental sampling, process water analysis, personnel sampling, transportation, packaging, equipment and utensils.Following the corresponding Non-Compliant Product detected by the laboratory.- Ensure the execution of the Global PEM (Pathogen Environmental Microbiology program), trend analysis and corrective actions coordinated with LatAm operations for own plants and CoMans.- Continuity for the implementation of the Global microbiological analysis program in sensitive ingredients.- Coordinate the Global cleaning and sanitation program as well as the validation of cleaning protocols.- Develop and support sampling plans and physicochemical and microbiological analysis.- Standardize the physicochemical and microbiological analysis laboratories according to the national regulation in each region of LATAM.- Validation of water reuse processes.- Ensure compliance with the requirements for laboratories established by FSMA and FSSC *****.- Detect the service and analytical needs of the laboratories that are in the plants of all the Business Units, in order to define:- Technical capacity of suppliers for calibration and maintenance of measuring equipment.- Technical capacity of suppliers for the purchase of reagents and laboratory equipment.- Establish priorities for the purchase of national Capex equipment based on the needs of each plant.- Ensure compliance with microbiological specifications, generation of COA's, release in time and form of export products.- Support physicochemical and microbiological analysis to:- Pre-shipment samples.- Microbiological program for plant pathogens.- In the innovation projects of all Business Units.- In rejections as a third party laboratory.- Process water analysis based on the national regulation of each region and the World Health Organization.- Generate, implement and keep updated the documentary system of each of the laboratories of the plants of all the Business Units in LATAM.- Establish the guidelines, implement, validate the execution in a timely manner, as well as follow up the corrective actions generated for each of the Central Laboratory programs:- Participants of Inter Laboratory Tests (PIL).- BIAS Manager- YOUDEN national- YOUDEN PAF- Laboratory Audits- Microbiological Program- 5 ´s laboratory audits.- Water reuse in potato and corn lines.- Allergen validation in lines.- Food and industrial grade starch production.- Follow up on the implementation of new methodologies by analytical R&D and Food Safety, ensuring continuity in the correct execution of these methodologies.- Support in:- The validation of new methodologies to R&D Food Safety.- The reception, analysis, document system and storage of Flavor Heart and Finished Flavor.- Generation and update of risk analysis throughout the entire value chain.- Validation of the microbiological quality of the food in the dining rooms of the plants of all the Business Units.- Sampling Plan Definitions.- Corn collection centers in