Commercial Quality Specialist - Erlanger, KY

Archer Daniels Midland • Erlanger, KY

6d • Onsite

About The Position

The Commercial Quality Specialist is a technical position within the Quality organization, and reports to the Key Account Commercial Quality Manager for Flavors North America. This role will provide technical support and leadership for various project initiatives and process improvements within ADM Wild Flavors Business Unit.

Requirements

• Minimum bachelor’s degree in engineering, food science, or related field or equivalent
• 5 yrs experience in a Food Manufacturing environment
• Familiarity with Design of Experiments principles
• Ability to decipher, aggregate, and organize data, while ensuring attention to detail and accuracy.
• Ability to prioritize and work independently with minimal supervision: effectively plan, organize and execute own activities.
• Willing and able to spend time in plant as needed to understand manufacturing processes, execute studies and conduct verification activities.

Nice To Haves

• Excellent verbal and written technical communication skills
• Problem-solving and critical thinking skills
• Analytical aptitude
• Willingness to innovate and adapt best practices.
• Ability to encourage cross-functional collaborations and work processes

Responsibilities

• Contribute to cross-functional organization of new product launches, validation projects, and formula transfers
• Develop a thorough understanding of product lifecycle steps
• Evaluate existing processes using scientific principles to facilitate improvement while ensuring alignment to QFS principles
• Execute and document process studies in an active manufacturing environment.
• Actively contributes to plant efforts to support operations through critical process thinking and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Coordinate with regional and plant quality leaders, operation leaders, and supply chain leaders in all aspects of service and product complaint management
• Investigate manufacturing failures for true root cause and advise on potential mitigations.
• Remain current with industry trends, technology, and best practices as applicable.

Benefits

• medical/Rx
• dental
• vision
• on-site wellness center access or gym reimbursement
• flexible spending accounts
• health savings account
• 401(k) with matching contributions and cash balance plan
• discounted employee stock purchasing program
• life insurance
• disability
• workers’ compensation
• legal assistance
• identity theft protection
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Employee Resource Groups (ERGs)
• Colleague Giving Programs (ADM Cares)
• Paid time off
• paid holidays
• Adoption assistance
• paid maternity and parental leave
• Tuition assistance
• Company-sponsored training and development resources
• LinkedIn Learning
• language training
• mentoring programs

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level