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Blumen Café & Sweets Jobs in الرياض at Empowering Energy
Food Safety Officer / مسؤول سلامة الغذاء
Location: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Company: Blumen Café & Sweets
Employment Type: Full-Time
About Blumen Café & Sweets
Blumen Café & Sweets is a growing specialty café and sweets company in Riyadh, committed to providing high-quality coffee, beverages, desserts, and food products while maintaining the highest standards of quality, hygiene, and food safety.
We are seeking a qualified and experienced Food Safety Officer to ensure compliance with food safety and hygiene standards across our branches and food production operations.
Key Responsibilities
- Monitor and ensure compliance with food safety, hygiene, and sanitation standards across all branches and food production areas.
- Conduct regular inspections of kitchens, preparation areas, storage facilities, refrigerators, and other food-handling areas.
- Ensure proper food receiving, storage, preparation, handling, and serving procedures are followed.
- Monitor food temperatures, storage conditions, expiry dates, labeling, and product rotation.
- Conduct regular food safety and hygiene inspections and prepare detailed reports.
- Identify food safety risks and ensure corrective and preventive actions are implemented.
- Monitor employee personal hygiene and compliance with food-handling requirements.
- Ensure proper cleaning and sanitation procedures are followed across branches.
- Monitor pest control, waste management, and general sanitation practices.
- Investigate food safety incidents and assist management in implementing corrective measures.
- Provide food safety and hygiene training to employees and new staff.
- Maintain food safety records, inspection checklists, training records, and related documentation.
- Ensure compliance with applicable Saudi food safety regulations and relevant municipal requirements.
- Coordinate with branch managers, kitchen teams, and management to resolve food safety issues.
- Support the continuous improvement of food safety procedures and standards across Blumen Café & Sweets.
Qualifications and Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree or diploma in Food Science, Food Safety, Food Technology, Microbiology, Hospitality Management, or a related field is preferred but not mandatory.
- Minimum 2–3 years of experience in food safety, quality control, or a similar position, preferably within cafés, restaurants, catering, central kitchens, or food production facilities.
- Strong knowledge of food safety, hygiene, sanitation, and food-handling practices.
- Good understanding of HACCP principles and food safety management systems.
- Knowledge of Saudi food safety regulations and requirements.
- Relevant certifications such as HACCP, ISO 22000, or ServSafe are an advantage.
- Strong inspection, reporting, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
- Good communication and training skills.
- Ability to visit and inspect multiple branches when required.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications.
- Good command of Arabic and English.
- Ability to work independently and coordinate effectively with branch and kitchen management.
Key Competencies
- Strong attention to detail.
- High level of responsibility and professionalism.
- Excellent organizational and time-management skills.
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to identify food safety risks and take appropriate corrective action.
- Commitment to maintaining high standards of food quality, hygiene, and customer safety.
What We Offer
- Competitive salary package.
- Professional and collaborative working environment.
- Career growth and development opportunities.
- Opportunity to work with a growing specialty café and sweets company.
- Opportunity to contribute to the development and implementation of food safety standards across multiple branches.
Application Process
Qualified candidates who meet the above requirements are invited to submit their CV for consideration.
Join Blumen Café & Sweets and help us maintain the highest standards of food safety, quality, and hygiene across our operations.
Work Location: In person
Title: Blumen Café & Sweets
Company: Empowering Energy
Location: الرياض