Food Safety Quality Assurance Supplier Manager
Food Safety Quality Assurance Supplier Manager
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Archer Meat Snacks is seeking a proactive Supplier FSQA Manager to ensure product safety and quality by collaborating with suppliers and comanufacturers to meet rigorous standards. Reporting to the Director of FSQA the ideal candidate is a detailoriented independent problem solver with strong communication organizational and technical writing skills. They should excel in collaboration integrity and managing multiple priorities bringing a handson selfmotivated approach to drive FSQA program effectiveness.
Archer Meat Snacks is an awardwinning rapidly growing meat snack company with a highenergy collaborative work environment. We offer a generous timeoff package and comprehensive healthcare benefits including 100 companypaid medical insurance.
This fulltime firstshift hybrid position is based in downtown Chicago (River North) and requires approximately 50 travel primarily in the Midwest.
Responsibilities:
- Collaborate with the Director of FSQA to develop strategic and tactical FSQA plans that support business objectives and ensure safe highquality raw materials and finished products.
- Partner with internal and external stakeholders to develop implement maintain and improve Supplier FSQA programs ensuring consistent product quality.
- Serve as the primary FSQA liaison providing remote and onsite support to comanufacturers copackers 3PLs and suppliers to troubleshoot improve and ensure consistent production meeting regulatory thirdparty certification company and customer standards.
- Collaborate with internal (FSQA Procurement R&D) and external stakeholders (comanufacturers copackers 3PLs and suppliers). Developing implementing standardizing maintaining and improving FSQA programs.
- Conduct planned FSQA reviews/audits of key suppliers comanufacturers copackers and 3PLs collaborating with auditees to address findings via RCA and CAPA.
- Ensure suppliers/comanufacturers/copackers/3PLs maintain required thirdparty certifications (e.g. SQF Organic GlutenFree) and address audit findings via RCA and CAPA.
- Provide remote and onsite support to resolve raw material/ingredient/packaging/product FSQA issues via RCA and CAPA.
- Provide remote and onsite technical support for CAP R&D and special projects to ensure proper at all sites.
- Provide formal FSQA standards training to relevant internal and external stakeholders.
- Analyze FSQA data (e.g. consumer complaints) and communicate findings to stakeholders to drive continuous improvement.
- Collaborate with stakeholders to develop and track key FSQA metrics (e.g. KPIs) and goals proactively communicating these metrics and goals.
- Participate in special projects and assignments as directed by the Director of FSQA.
Education:
- B.S. Degree in Food Science Food Microbiology Food Engineering or related field.
- Current HACCP and/or FDA FSMA HARPC and PCQI certifications.
Experience:
- 8 years (including current experience) of FSQA supervisory and/or managerial experience in USDA and/or FDAregulated food/beverage manufacturing facilities. Experience with meat processing is preferred.
- Proven experience developing implementing maintaining and improving HACCP and/or FDA FSMA Food Safety Plans and prerequisite programs such as GMP Allergen Management Environmental Monitoring and Sanitation.
- Familiarity with current SQF BRC and/or other relevant GFSIbased certification requirements and handson experience implementing maintaining and improving SQF BRC or relevant GFSIbased food safety certification programs as an SQF/BRC Practitioner.
- Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively and collaborate with regulatory bodies and crossfunctional teams of internal and external stakeholders to ensure FSQA program effectiveness and resolve issues/conflicts.
Archer Meat Snacks is an equal opportunity employer embracing diversity and inclusion. We welcome applicants of all backgrounds and do not discriminate based on any protected status. We are committed to providing equal opportunities and fostering an inclusive workplace.
Required Experience:
Manager
Employment Type
Full-Time
