Food Safety Analyst

Are you passionate about food safety and ready to make a real impact on product quality and consumer trust? Join our Quality & Food Safety team as a Food Safety Analyst. You’ll be responsible for leading and maintaining food safety programs at our Toluca Plant, ensuring compliance with corporate policies, regulatory requirements, and global standards while driving continuous improvement and risk prevention across manufacturing operations.

As a key food safety partner, you will support cross-functional teams by managing critical food safety programs, analyzing quality indicators, facilitating root cause investigations, and promoting a strong food safety culture throughout the plant. This role is based in Toluca, Mexico.

A Taste of What You’ll Be Doing

• Food Safety Program Management: Lead and maintain food safety programs including Foreign Material Control, GMPs, Chemical Management, allergen controls, and prerequisite programs to ensure product safety and compliance.
• Risk Assessment and Continuous Improvement: Analyze food safety and quality indicators, identify trends and risks, facilitate root cause analysis, and drive corrective and preventive actions.
• Audits and Compliance: Conduct GMP audits, prepare documentation and reports for internal, external, and regulatory audits, and support audit readiness and closure activities.
• Cross-functional Collaboration: Partner with Production, Maintenance, Engineering, EHSS, Procurement, and suppliers to strengthen food safety systems and support operational excellence initiatives.
• Training and Food Safety Culture: Coordinate food safety training programs, communicate risks and findings, support consumer complaint investigations, and promote a strong food safety culture across the facility.

We’re Looking for Someone With

• Bachelor's degree in Food Engineering, Food Science, Chemistry, Biology, Biotechnology, Laboratory Sciences, or related field.
• +1 year of experience in food safety, quality systems, auditing, or compliance within the food and beverage manufacturing industry.
• Strong knowledge of HACCP, GMPs, chemical management, foreign material control, and food safety risk assessment programs.
• Experience analyzing quality and food safety KPIs and supporting continuous improvement initiatives using problem-solving methodologies such as 5 Why's, DMAIC, or 6W2H.
• Advanced Excel skills and experience with data visualization and reporting tools such as Power BI, Power Apps, or similar platforms.
• Proven skills in communication, organization, problem-solving, risk analysis, and stakeholder collaboration.
• Desirable certifications: PCQI, HACCP, SQF, FSSC 22000, or equivalent food safety certifications.

What’s Next

After you apply, your application will be reviewed by a real recruiter, so it may take us a few weeks to get back with you by email or phone. Visit our How We Hire page to get insights into our hiring process and more about what we offer.

Need assistance throughout the application or hiring process? Email LA.reclutamiento@kellanova.com

If you join our team, you’ll be rewarded for the difference you make. Our comprehensive benefits offer you the support you need through your life events, big or small. Visit our benefits page & be sure to ask your recruiter for more specific information.

Get to Know Us

At Kellanova, we are driven by our vision to be the world’s best-performing snacks-led powerhouse, unleashing the full potential of our differentiated brands and our passionate people. Our portfolio of iconic, world-class brands include Pringles, Cheez-It, Pop-Tarts, MorningStar Farms, Special K, Krave, Zucaritas, Tresor, Crunchy Nut, among others.

Kellanova’s Culture of Best means we bring our best to all that we do in pursuit of our vision to be the world’s best performing snacks-led powerhouse. Our culture celebrates boldness and empowers our people to challenge the status quo, achieve results, and win together.

Our focus on Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (ED&I) enables us to build a culture of belonging where all employees have a place at the table and are inspired to share their passion, talents and ideas to work.

Mars, Incorporated has acquired Kellanova in a transaction that brings together iconic brands, storied legacies and outstanding capabilities with a view to shape the future of snacking. Kellanova will continue to hire business‑necessary roles while being fully integrated into Mars. You can learn more here: https://www.mars.com/news-and-stories/press-releases-statements/mars-completes-acquisition-of-kella…

You can learn more at www.futureofsnacking.com, and our hiring teams will be happy to discuss further questions if your application advances in the hiring process.

Let’s shape the future of snacking.

Kellanova is an Equal Opportunity Employer that strives to provide an inclusive work environment, a seat for everyone at the table, and embraces the diverse talent of its people. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, ethnicity, disability, religion, national origin, gender, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, sexual orientation, age, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. For more information regarding our efforts to advance Equity, Diversity & Inclusion, please visit our website here.