Supplier Quality Specialist

Hawkins Careers•Roseville, MN

22h•Onsite

About The Position

Responsible for the quality of external businesses including suppliers, co-manufacturers and warehouses. Coordinates efforts to evaluate, select, qualify, rate, monitor and improve external quality.

Requirements

Bachelor Degree in scientific or related discipline.
Demonstrated knowledge of Microsoft applications - Outlook, Word, Excel
Problem solving, trouble shooting, time management and organization skills.
Ability to communicate well with all disciplines and levels at the facility and corporate.
Minimum three years’ experience managing quality and/or technical documentation.
Minimum three-years’ experience working in a regulated manufacturing environment (ISO, SQF, FAMI-Q5, IPEC, GMP, cGMP, etc.)

Nice To Haves

Audit experience preferred
Experience in Corrective Action Preventive Action programs preferred.

Responsibilities

Work with the External Quality Manager to identify supplier priorities for Food Grade materials.
Contact suppliers to gather critical quality data in TraceGains.
Conduct follow-up phone calls to unresponsive suppliers.
Work with internal business partners, such as Purchasing and Sales, to evaluate supplier performance.
Collaborate with the Quality Data Management team on new product setup.
Organize supplier data following a systematic process.
Lead external quality audits based on audit schedule to ensure compliance to Hawkins Quality Expectations
Manage supplier corrective action follow-up.
Document qualification of new suppliers and materials and submit for approval.
Document re-evaluation of existing suppliers according to Supplier Approval program and submit for approval.
Streamline the collection process for gathering supplier data.
Identify improvements in storing and communicating supplier data.
Perform other miscellaneous related duties, as needed.