Senior Specialist QRC

The Hershey Company • Hershey, PA

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About The Position

This role is designed to support Innovation with a focus on food safety, speed to market, including 'atypical' approaches to develop, manufacture and market new products. As a result, this position needs to react quickly to changing business needs and maintain a 'fluid' work environment.

Requirements

• Able to work in a dynamic environment with short deadlines and constantly shifting business needs.
• Thorough knowledge of Food Safety and HACCP, GMPs, FDA regulations, quality design principles.
• Ability to troubleshoot using Company-wide resources and evaluate quality systems.
• Capable of understanding varied manufacturing processes to include dairy, sweeteners, confectionery, cereal, peanuts and tree nuts, ground nuts, raisins, flour, snacks, baking, extrusion and warehousing.
• Solid communication skills in verbal and written form. Solid presentation skills.

Nice To Haves

• FDA PCQI certification preferred.
• Manufacturing plant experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for all food safety, quality, and regulatory compliance of the Agile Innovation Product Development Process and traditional early-stage Innovation by assuring the food quality and food safety aspects of the projects are taken into account in planning and implementation.
• Conducts Quality Design Reviews to determine risks and effectively communicates and transfers knowledge on projects and product changes to regional QRC personnel.
• Involvement includes identification and approval of ingredients and packaging, conducting quality system assessments (ingredient/packaging suppliers, manufacturing locations, distribution sites, etc.), policy and procedure development pertaining to Innovation, developing Food Safety and Quality plans and providing on-site support of manufacturing and distribution operations.
• Ensures compliance with government regulations, industry standards and Company's program and procedures through the new product innovation process.
• Work with Hershey's QRC, Engineering, Packaging, and R D team members to identify, standardize, and implement best practices, new technologies and methods related to new product innovation and any emerging issues.
• Provides on-site support at manufacturing sites during trials and/or production runs.

What This Job Offers

• Industry: Food Manufacturing
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree