Supervisor, Sanitation

About The Role

The Sanitation Supervisor leads sanitation operations to ensure the facility and food processing equipment meet GMP, food safety, regulatory, and customer requirements. This role drives continuous improvement initiatives, supports non-conformance investigations, conducts sanitation gap assessments, implements corrective actions, and partners cross-functionally with Operations to maintain compliance with Barry Callebaut standards while promoting a strong culture of food and employee safety.

Key Responsibilities Include

• Lead and promote a strong food safety, employee safety, GMP, and sanitation culture throughout the plant.
• Manage all sanitation operations to ensure equipment, facilities, and warehouse areas are cleaned and sanitized effectively and on schedule.
• Develop, maintain, and continuously improve Master Sanitation Schedules, SSOPs, procedures, and sanitation programs.
• Supervise, coach, train, and develop sanitation team members while managing performance, attendance, vacation scheduling, and employee relations.
• Monitor sanitation effectiveness through inspections, audits, KPIs, and corrective actions to ensure regulatory, customer, and company compliance.
• Partner with Operations, Quality, Maintenance, and other departments to drive continuous improvement and operational excellence.
• Manage sanitation inventories, cleaning chemicals, supplier performance, and related purchasing activities.
• Lead sanitation investigations, root cause analysis, CAPA activities, and non-conformance follow-up.
• Support food safety programs through environmental monitoring reviews, audit participation, pest control oversight, and trend analysis.
• Ensure cleaning methodologies, tools, and sanitation practices align with global standards and industry best practices.
• Coordinate sanitation-related work orders and support equipment and facility improvement initiatives, including hygienic design recommendations.
• Use data and performance metrics to identify opportunities, improve efficiency, and strengthen sanitation performance across the site.

About You

• 5+ years of food manufacturing sanitation experience, including 3+ years in a leadership or supervisory role.
• Strong knowledge of GMPs, HACCP, food safety, sanitation, chemical safety, microbiology, and workplace safety requirements.
• Understanding of sanitation systems and cleaning validation processes, including wet and dry cleaning environments.
• Experience supporting regulatory, customer, and certification standards such as BRC, SQF, GFSI, or ISO.
• Strong leadership, team development, coaching, and performance management skills.
• Excellent planning, organization, communication, analytical, and problem-solving abilities.
• Self-motivated with a strong sense of urgency and the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office and other business systems; SAP experience is considered an asset.
• Ability to work flexible hours, including evenings, weekends, and varying start times to support a 24/7 operation.
• Comfortable working in a manufacturing environment requiring frequent walking, climbing, lifting up to 50 lbs occasionally, exposure to heat, and the use of appropriate PPE.

What You Can Expect From Barry Callebaut

• Competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package
• Environment that welcomes workplace flexibility
• An atmosphere where diversity is embraced, and inclusivity is second nature. We call it #OneBC! Just ask our champions with the Americas Women’s Forum and the Racial Equality Forum!
• Ability to grow personally and professionally within an organization that values development and internal career growth
• Be part of our mission in making sustainability the norm through Forever Chocolate with priorities centered around prospering farmers, zero child labor, carbon and forest positive, and creating 100% sustainable ingredients in all of our products.

Compensation: Annual Range: $69,850 - $87,300 CAD

Working Hours: 7:00am to 3:30pm, Monday to Friday

Shift Details: Day shift with flexibility to support and cover varying shifts as needed in a 24/7 operation

At Barry Callebaut, we are committed to Diversity & Inclusion. United by our strong values, we thrive on the diversity of who we are, where we come from, what we’ve experienced and how we think. We are committed to nurturing an inclusive environment where people can truly be themselves, grow to their full potential and feel they belong. #oneBC - Diverse People, Sustainable Growth.