What are the responsibilities and job description for the Supplier Quality Specialist position at Chairmans Foods?
Chairmans Foods specializes in producing a wide range of high quality, consistent customer solutions - main courses, side dishes, queso, ready-to-eat protein salads custom solutions for foodservice operators and retail stores. Chairmans has succeeded over the years with open communication, integrity, and with a deep commitment to southern hospitality.
Driven by our mission, vision and values, employee and food safety are always our top priority. www.chairmansfoods.com
Job Description:
Reporting to the Director of Food Safety & Quality Assurance, this position is responsible for fostering a culture of quality excellence focused on supplier approvals, customer documentation, third party warehouse documentation and audits, and co-manufacturer documentation. This role will support the Quality Department and Corporate Director of Food Safety and Quality Assurance in other project activities as needed.
General Responsibilities:
- Reviews, maintains and approves documentation related to supplier approvals working with suppliers to assure completion of documentation and analysis of risk to processes.
- Maintains supplier defect program providing company feedback and driving completion on actions, and trending analysis for supplier performance across the company.
- Regularly review customer and consumer feedback identifying trends to determine continuous improvement initiatives.
- Provides technical support for resolution to issues relative to key process indicators in quality and food safety.
- Responds to and provides timely completion of customer requests for documentation.
- Manages co-manufacturer documentation to support company initiatives.
- Coordinate and collaborate with QA teams members to implement best practices.
- Partner with other departments to create risk mitigation programs.
- Other projects, as required.
Job Requirements:
- HACCP certification from a nationally recognized and accredited HACCP training firm required.
- Bachelor’s degree in food safety, Microbiology, Chemistry, Food Science, or other science related field required.
- 3 years of progressive food safety experience within a manufacturing environment under HACCP, USDA and/or FDA.
- Previous experience with Safety Quality Foods or SQF Expert Practitioner certification
- Preventive Controls Qualified Individual (PCQI) for Human Food
- Data analysis and statistical process control experience with attention to detail and accuracy
- Comprehensive experience with FDA and/or USDA rules and regulations.
- Must be willing to be located in Atlanta office daily.
- Must be willing travel up to 20% for projects as needed.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite and computer-based applications.
- Ability to handle multiple tasks simultaneously.
- Skill in organization and prioritization, and attention to detail.
- Ability to adapt to changing organizational and operational needs.
Preferred:
Experience in Trace Gains or other Laboratory Information Systems (LIMS) systems preferred.
