Food Safety and Quality Specialist

Spectrum Brands•St. Louis, MO

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

This position will support the Spectrum Brands’ Global Pet Food Division Corporate Food Safety and Quality team ensuring compliance with internal, regulatory, and customers’ standards. As the Global Supplier Food Safety and Quality Specialist you will work directly with the Food Safety and Quality team to maintain the Quality Management Supplier Program. This position will monitor and maintain all food safety and quality assurance requirements and associated documentation for the Supplier Quality Management Program related to all the rawhide/alternate rawhide suppliers. This includes but is not limited to supplier certifications and customer documentation requirements. The role will collaborate with Sourcing, R&D, Regulatory, and other functional areas as needed.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in technical-related field (Food Science, Biology, Chemistry, Engineering, etc.) required
3+ years of experience in food safety or quality assurance required
Ability to perform requested tasks with minimal direction
Technical writing skills
Ability to communicate clearly and effectively with different functional areas
Excellent organizational skills
Computer knowledge of Microsoft Office applications
Effective interpersonal skills
Ability to perform in team environment

Nice To Haves

3+ years of experience in an FDA/HACCP environment preferred
Experience in ISO 9001, Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI) or other similar Quality Management System preferred
PCQI certified, preferred

Responsibilities

Maintain documentation for registrations, certifications, and other food safety, quality, and social compliance related requirements.
Support in the preparation, scheduling, and documentation coordination of all food safety related supplier’s approvals, risk assessments, and audits.
Track certification requirements, initiate and manage processes to obtain and or renew certifications.
Evaluate potential new suppliers as part of the new supplier onboarding process.
Perform risk assessments on finished goods.
Monitor and report on quality performance metrics, identifying trends and areas for improvement.
Initiate supplier corrective action requests: tracking timelines, approving corrective action, and verifying CAPA effectiveness.
Support FSVP requirements and verification activities, as applicable.
Initiate and complete first article of inspections for chews & treats product approvals.
Maintain and support quality customer documentation requirements.
Maintain supplier GA testing and inspection program related to all rawhide/alternate rawhide suppliers.
Ensure product meets all product specifications requirements outlined in the material declaration and label requirements.
Prepare detailed reports and action plans based on audit findings from third parties.
Collaborate with sourcing, production, operations and engineering teams to develop corrective actions.
Follow up on all outstanding corrective actions observed during each audit.
Lead customer complaint investigations for all Chews & Treat brands (including root cause analysis, corrective actions, trend analysis, and record keeping) including collaborating with consumer relations to gather all pertinent details related to the food safety and quality issue.
Analyze customer comments and product returns to identify trends.
Prepare and maintain investigation documentation, including inspection reports, test results, and corrective action plans (CAPA) if applicable.
Maintain all quality related retention samples.
Assist in developing, reviewing, revising, and improving standard operating procedures, templates, and inspection plans.
Comply with CFR 211 FDA Guidelines.
Create and distribute reports to internal and external stakeholders relating to areas of food safety and quality.
Stay current with training in PCQI, HACCP, SQF, etc.
Comply with all Company policies and procedures.
Other duties as assigned.