Sanitarian Analyst

Are you passionate about food safety, sanitation, and continuous improvement? Join our Quality & Food Safety team as a Sanitation Analyst. You’ll be responsible for ensuring the effective execution, sustainability, and continuous enhancement of Sanitation Programs, including Cleaning & Sanitization, Integrated Pest Management, and Foreign Material Control, helping maintain the highest food safety and quality standards across the plant.   In this role, you will collaborate closely with Operations, Maintenance, Quality, and external service providers to drive compliance, support operational excellence, and lead key sanitation and food safety initiatives. This position is based in Bogotá, Colombia, within the Quality & Food Safety organization.     A Taste of What You’ll Be Doing   • Sanitation Program Management: Update, monitor, and improve the Master Cleaning Plan, sanitation procedures (SSOPs), and pest management activities, ensuring full compliance with food safety requirements.  • Audits and Compliance Verification: Conduct inspections, audits, and verification activities across manufacturing and packaging areas to identify risks, ensure execution standards, and drive corrective actions.  • Training and Capability Building: Develop training materials and deliver sanitation, pest control, and foreign material prevention training programs to employees across the organization.  • Data Analysis and Continuous Improvement: Monitor KPIs, analyze trends, investigate food safety incidents and customer complaints, and lead improvement projects to strengthen operational performance.  • Cross-functional Partnership: Work closely with Operations, Maintenance, Quality teams, and external providers to ensure successful execution of sanitation programs and regulatory compliance.     We’re Looking for Someone With   • Bachelor’s degree in Food Science, Food Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Chemistry, Microbiology, or a related field.  • Minimum 2 years of experience managing sanitation, integrated pest management, and/or foreign material control programs, preferably within the food industry.  • Strong problem-solving, analytical, and decision-making skills, with the ability to influence and collaborate across multiple organizational levels.  • Experience working with digital tools such as Power BI, Power Apps, and advanced Excel for KPI tracking and reporting.  • Ability to create engaging training materials and facilitate learning sessions for diverse audiences.  • Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, including experience working with external service providers.  • Knowledge of Continuous Improvement methodologies such as Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, Industry 4.0, or OKRs is a plus.       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