Food Safety & Hygiene Specialist (Sales-Driven)
2026-07-11T08:44:51+00:00
Summit Human Resource & Marketing Consultant
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FULL_TIME
Nairobi
Nairobi
00100
Kenya
Marketing, Sales and Service
Science & Engineering, Sales & Retail, Business Operations, Cleaning & Facilities
2026-07-24T17:00:00+00:00
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Company Overview
Summit HR & Marketing Consulting team brings more years of combined experience in human resources consulting, strategy and management. Our consultants become an integral part of your management team, providing hands-on assistance with a variety of human resource concerns.
Job Summary
We are seeking a dynamic and results-oriented Food Safety & Hygiene Specialist with a strong sales-driven attitude. This role involves ensuring high standards of food safety and hygiene within client facilities while also identifying and capitalizing on commercial opportunities.
Key Responsibilities
- Technical Training & Product Application: Educate customer staff on correct chemical applications and accurate solution dilution/constitution methods. Conduct mandatory training on chemical safety, hazard awareness, and the correct utilization of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE). Assess and log trainee knowledge to ensure practical compliance on the shop floor.
- Audit Execution & Reporting: Execute site audits strictly according to established schedules, ensuring zero missed dates or timing windows. Record factual field observations honestly, objectively, and backed by evidence, resisting any external bias. Generate and distribute comprehensive audit reports within tight timelines (e.g., 24–48 hours post-visit). Track, follow up on, and formally close out all identified major and minor corrective actions with the client.
- Sales Activities & Account Value Growth: Actively pitch and introduce new Hychem Hygiene and Healthcare Solutions Ltd. product lines, specialized cleaning tools, or dispensing equipment to existing clients based on audit needs. Audit stock rooms to ensure 100% exclusivity; instantly challenge competitive product presence and pitch the equivalent Hychem Hygiene and Healthcare Solutions Ltd. solution to win back account share. Meet or exceed designated field sales targets through account retention, consumption monitoring, and organic upselling.
- Compliance Documentations: Audit customer documentation to ensure current Safety Data Sheets (SDS) and Technical Data Sheets (TDS) are printed, filed, and easily accessible for internal or external auditors. Enforce local and international food safety standards and cleaning hygiene compliance without compromise.
Qualifications & Experience
- Degree: Bachelor’s Degree in Food Science, Food Technology, Microbiology, or a closely related scientific discipline.
- Certifications: Formally certified in Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP) principles.
- Training: Comprehensive and verified Food Safety training (e.g., ISO 22000, FSSC 22000, or equivalent global standards).
- Experience: Up to 2 years of experience in food manufacturing, hospitality hygiene, quality assurance, or auditing environments.
- Commercial Mindset: Must exhibit a strong sales-driven attitude with the capability to identify commercial opportunities, upsell products, and cross-sell solutions during routine customer interactions.
Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
- Sales Growth & Exclusivity: Percentage increase in account revenue
- Audit Schedule Compliance: 100% adherence to planned audit dates and timelines.
- Reporting Turnaround: Audit reports delivered to stakeholders within the agreed-upon 24–48 hour window.
- On-Site Documentation: 100% of assigned client sites maintaining accessible, up-to-date SDS/TDS binders.
- Action Closure Rate: Percentage of major and minor non-conformances successfully closed within deadlines.
- Technical Training & Product Application: Educate customer staff on correct chemical applications and accurate solution dilution/constitution methods. Conduct mandatory training on chemical safety, hazard awareness, and the correct utilization of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE). Assess and log trainee knowledge to ensure practical compliance on the shop floor.
- Audit Execution & Reporting: Execute site audits strictly according to established schedules, ensuring zero missed dates or timing windows. Record factual field observations honestly, objectively, and backed by evidence, resisting any external bias. Generate and distribute comprehensive audit reports within tight timelines (e.g., 24–48 hours post-visit). Track, follow up on, and formally close out all identified major and minor corrective actions with the client.
- Sales Activities & Account Value Growth: Actively pitch and introduce new Hychem Hygiene and Healthcare Solutions Ltd. product lines, specialized cleaning tools, or dispensing equipment to existing clients based on audit needs. Audit stock rooms to ensure 100% exclusivity; instantly challenge competitive product presence and pitch the equivalent Hychem Hygiene and Healthcare Solutions Ltd. solution to win back account share. Meet or exceed designated field sales targets through account retention, consumption monitoring, and organic upselling.
- Compliance Documentations: Audit customer documentation to ensure current Safety Data Sheets (SDS) and Technical Data Sheets (TDS) are printed, filed, and easily accessible for internal or external auditors. Enforce local and international food safety standards and cleaning hygiene compliance without compromise.
- Sales-driven attitude
- Commercial opportunity identification
- Upselling and cross-selling
- Technical training delivery
- Audit execution and reporting
- Corrective action follow-up
- Pipeline generation
- Competitor analysis and strategy
- Account retention and growth
- Documentation management
- Compliance enforcement
- Bachelor’s Degree in Food Science, Food Technology, Microbiology, or a closely related scientific discipline.
- Formally certified in Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP) principles.
- Comprehensive and verified Food Safety training (e.g., ISO 22000, FSSC 22000, or equivalent global standards).
JOB-6a5202839fd37
Vacancy title:
Food Safety & Hygiene Specialist (Sales-Driven)
[Type: FULL_TIME, Industry: Marketing, Sales and Service, Category: Science & Engineering, Sales & Retail, Business Operations, Cleaning & Facilities]
Jobs at:
Summit Human Resource & Marketing Consultant
Deadline of this Job:
Friday, July 24 2026
Duty Station:
Nairobi | Nairobi
Summary
Date Posted: Saturday, July 11 2026, Base Salary: Not Disclosed
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Company Overview
Summit HR & Marketing Consulting team brings more years of combined experience in human resources consulting, strategy and management. Our consultants become an integral part of your management team, providing hands-on assistance with a variety of human resource concerns.
Job Summary
We are seeking a dynamic and results-oriented Food Safety & Hygiene Specialist with a strong sales-driven attitude. This role involves ensuring high standards of food safety and hygiene within client facilities while also identifying and capitalizing on commercial opportunities.
Key Responsibilities
- Technical Training & Product Application: Educate customer staff on correct chemical applications and accurate solution dilution/constitution methods. Conduct mandatory training on chemical safety, hazard awareness, and the correct utilization of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE). Assess and log trainee knowledge to ensure practical compliance on the shop floor.
- Audit Execution & Reporting: Execute site audits strictly according to established schedules, ensuring zero missed dates or timing windows. Record factual field observations honestly, objectively, and backed by evidence, resisting any external bias. Generate and distribute comprehensive audit reports within tight timelines (e.g., 24–48 hours post-visit). Track, follow up on, and formally close out all identified major and minor corrective actions with the client.
- Sales Activities & Account Value Growth: Actively pitch and introduce new Hychem Hygiene and Healthcare Solutions Ltd. product lines, specialized cleaning tools, or dispensing equipment to existing clients based on audit needs. Audit stock rooms to ensure 100% exclusivity; instantly challenge competitive product presence and pitch the equivalent Hychem Hygiene and Healthcare Solutions Ltd. solution to win back account share. Meet or exceed designated field sales targets through account retention, consumption monitoring, and organic upselling.
- Compliance Documentations: Audit customer documentation to ensure current Safety Data Sheets (SDS) and Technical Data Sheets (TDS) are printed, filed, and easily accessible for internal or external auditors. Enforce local and international food safety standards and cleaning hygiene compliance without compromise.
Qualifications & Experience
- Degree: Bachelor’s Degree in Food Science, Food Technology, Microbiology, or a closely related scientific discipline.
- Certifications: Formally certified in Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP) principles.
- Training: Comprehensive and verified Food Safety training (e.g., ISO 22000, FSSC 22000, or equivalent global standards).
- Experience: Up to 2 years of experience in food manufacturing, hospitality hygiene, quality assurance, or auditing environments.
- Commercial Mindset: Must exhibit a strong sales-driven attitude with the capability to identify commercial opportunities, upsell products, and cross-sell solutions during routine customer interactions.
Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
- Sales Growth & Exclusivity: Percentage increase in account revenue
- Audit Schedule Compliance: 100% adherence to planned audit dates and timelines.
- Reporting Turnaround: Audit reports delivered to stakeholders within the agreed-upon 24–48 hour window.
- On-Site Documentation: 100% of assigned client sites maintaining accessible, up-to-date SDS/TDS binders.
- Action Closure Rate: Percentage of major and minor non-conformances successfully closed within deadlines.
Work Hours: 8
Experience in Months: 24
Level of Education: bachelor degree
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