Quality Systems Specialist
Our client is an industry/global leader in fragrances as well as taste. This company is looking for a Quality Systems Specialist to join the team. This is an amazing opportunity to work with one of the biggest companies in the flavor and fragrances industry!
Location: Florence, KY
Schedule: 1st shift Monday – Friday 8-5
Pay: $25 - $28
Responsibilities:
- Maintain and improve the local Quality and Food Safety programs aligned with global policies, regulatory and customer requirements.
- Participate in local Vendor and Customer Quality Programs aligned with global policies.
- Manage Customer Complaints and drive performance improvement/compliance of Customer requirements.
Manage local Quality and Food Safety programs aligned with global policy
- Support the maintenance of the local quality/food safety documentation.
- Maintain the local quality, food safety and food defense programs along with the specific responsibilities for programs such as halal, kosher and organic.
- Lead and perform Internal audits and monthly food safety inspections.
- Lead the execution of internal and customer driven quality and food safety system requirements.
- Provide mentoring, coaching, and training on quality and food safety to all staff.
- Manage food safety non-conformances, including participation and review of the root causes, trend analysis and action follow-up
Implement Quality and Food Safety Programs aligned with global policies
- Support the implementation of globally agreed quality and food safety system requirements from customers.
- Support the implementation of globally new or updated global/regional quality and food safety system policies.
- Manage/support customer audits and resulting improvement plans.
- Manage/support regulatory audits and resulting improvement plans.
- Manage/support certification/program audits and resulting improvement plans.
- Perform and report on vendor audits.
- Participate, guide, or lead projects for quality and food safety improvements at the site.
- Drive quality notifications compliance.
Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree in chemistry, Microbiology, Food Service, or related field with minimum 3 years of experience in Quality Assurance/ Management/Control.
- Strong background in Quality and Food Safety Systems such as ISO 9001, ISO 22000, FSSC 22000, FDA requirements (PCQI), Food Defense. Lead/internal auditor experience.
- Demonstrated interpersonal and communication skills both verbally and written to properly address all levels within the organization as well as external customers, vendors, and suppliers.
- Strong computer knowledge with such systems as SAP, Databases, Microsoft Office products is preferred.
