This is an exciting opportunity to join a leading food manufacturing company that produces and distributes low-calorie nutritional products as well as innovative powders and low acid aseptic beverages targeting consumers who seek healthier alternatives. Your overall responsibilities will include:
* Leading Quality activities related to internal and external manufacturers and third parties by ensuring requirements are incorporated into quality systems.
* Leading risk assessment and quality improvement projects.
* Developing or revising corporate standards where needed and ensuring compliance across the company.
* Managing the Customer Connect platform, customer and consumer complaint metrics, investigation, and responses (when applicable).
* Overseeing the Corrective And Preventive Action program (CAPA), including development, training, implementation, and verification of its effectiveness as well as establishing appropriate metrics and routinely reporting on the program's health.
* Driving utilization, automation, and enhancement of the Food Safety Plans and Quality Monitoring Scheme (QMS).
* Driving traceability in the supply chain by establishing recall procedures to align with requirements (FDA/customer), including running trace exercises and maintaining knowledgebase and resources to perform tasks efficiently and effectively.
* Leading internal audits and compliance initiatives to ensure internal departments including Quality Control, Quality Assurance, Production, Manufacturing, Food Safety, Warehouse, Distribution, Procurement, Information Technology, and Research Development departments operate within cGMP and HAACP Compliance.
* B.S. in Biology, Food Science, Chemistry or related degree.
* Microbiology or Microbiological knowledge a plus.
* 5+ years of experience in Quality Assurance, Quality Systems, Quality Control, Microbiology or Plant hygiene related position.
* Previous experience manufacturing low acid aseptic beverages, aseptic processing and powder products, nutritional products, plant-based products or non-dairy alternatives a plus.
* Strong experience managing food safety, plant sanitation and hygiene compliance programs.
* Compliance expertise ensuring HAACP, cGMP and 21 CFR Part 11 compliance.
* Six Sigma, process improvement or SQF practitioner certifications a plus.
