Audit and Compliance Specialist

Description

GELITA USA, Inc. is seeking a qualified individual to fill the position of Audit & Compliance Specialist. This role is pivotal in ensuring compliance with regulatory and quality standards, conducting thorough audits, and managing quality documentation and processes. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in quality assurance, auditing, and compliance, with a focus on internal and external standards. This position will report directly to the Quality Assurance Manager.

Key Responsibilities:

1. Auditing:

• Prepare internal audit agendas based on internal audit program.
• Conduct internal audits using a prepared audit agenda or checklist, write reports, and enter findings into CAR database.
• Coordinate planning and scheduling of supplier audits.  Conduct supplier audits using a standard audit agenda.  Prepare supplier audit reports and enter findings into CAR database.
• Coordinate planning and scheduling of certification and customer audits.
• Participate in certification, customer, and regulatory audits and inspections, explaining management system structure and function and presenting audit evidence.  Coordinate and facilitate interactions among external personnel and GELITA team.
• Provide support to team members responsible for RCA development and CAPA development for internal audits.
• Assist with developing RCA and CAPA plans with cross-functional team to address findings from external audits and inspections.

2. Compliance:

• Assist with development and implementation of programs, procedures, and practices needed to meet QMS, FSMS, and EMS requirements.
• Coordinate planning and scheduling of food safety team meetings.
• Participate in the review of customer specifications with a cross-functional team to ensure alignment QMS, FSMS, and applicable quality and food safety standards and regulations.
• Conduct batch record review for finished and semi-finished products to ensure accuracy, completeness, and that food safety controls have met all criteria.
• Conduct inspections of returned materials to assess compliance and quality status.
• Coordinate planning and scheduling of HACCP plan review.  Assist team in the review and updating of the HACCP plans.
• As needed, provide cross-functional support to other QA team members related to customer support, product release, pest control, document control and record retention.

Qualifications

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Technical or Scientific field (e.g., Chemistry, Biology, etc.) preferred.
• 3-5 years of experience in quality, preferable quality assurance, auditing, or regulatory compliance.

Skills & Capabilities:

• Must have strong knowledge of root cause analysis and FSSC 22000 / ISO 9001 / ISO 14001 standards.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, along with ability to relate to all levels within the organization.
• Must be thorough and detail orientated in approaching all duties relative to this position.
• Currently hold, or is able to obtain after hiring, certifications related to PCQI Human or Animal, Food Defense, and Internal Auditing.