What are the responsibilities and job description for the Regulatory Specialist position at KLN Family Brands?
Regulatory Specialist – Kenny’s Candy & Confections
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Our Story
KLN Family Brands is a 3rd generation family-owned business that started in 1964 with its corporate headquarters located in Perham, MN, in the heart of MN lakes country. Together, our companies manufacture a diverse and expanding range of high-quality human and pet food products.
At KLN Family Brands, our vision is that “We are a proud people-first company. We are successful because of trust-based relationships and first-rate products for our families and friends. We better the world by caring for others. We challenge. We grow. We inspire.”
Some companies have to “fudge the story” a little. Some need the extra “spin” to shine a positive light on themselves. That’s not who we are at KLN Family Brands, and that’s not what we do. We tell the story of our brand – our people, the quality of our products, our spirit & moxie, our tradition, and the way we treat our community & beyond. We do it in a genuine way because we genuinely believe we’re a pretty amazing company.
What We Are Looking For
We’re now hiring a Regulatory Specialist to support our Perham, MN Kenny's Candy and Confections facility. The full-time employee in this position will be responsible for developing and maintaining a system to assure that all products manufactured by Kenny’s Candy & Confections are safe, legal, and meet customer and company food safety standards. This person will report to the Quality Manager.
Essential Responsibilities:
- To perform, direct, and assist in the food safety program development and implementation to ensure that raw materials, packaging materials, in process products and finished products conform to all regulatory requirements.
- Provides leadership and technical assistance to operations by management of food safety and compliance systems.
- Instills regulatory awareness and commitment.
- Manages performance and development of the Food Safety Specialist in their assigned job duties.
- Performs and ensures required training is maintained.
- Must obtain knowledge and be trained as a HACCP Coordinator and PCQI with certificate.
- Facilitate regulatory visits and inspections.
- Manages preparation and facilitation of GFSI, NSF Supplement cGMP, Kosher, Gluten Free, Social Compliance, Organic, RSPO and any other certification audits.
- Preparation of finished product certification submissions.
- Assist in maintaining the corrective and preventive action program.
- Responsible to assist in establishing internal sanitation and housekeeping and monitoring them via inspections, environmental swabbing, and allergen testing programs.
- Responsible for overseeing new item entry into ERP systems, specification databases, and customer websites.
- Responsible for the recall program, including the execution of mock recalls and any recalls as necessary.
- Manages all label and box printing systems to support production and ensure proper information is printed.
- Update communication/performance boards, communicate/participate in Safety inspections, GEMBA walks (observe, engage & improve), BRC reviews and other reviews/audits as assigned.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in a related field or 5 years QA or Regulatory work experience in food or a related industry.
- Working knowledge of QA procedures, statistical analysis, process capability study, process control and analytical measurement.
- Well-developed written and oral communication skills.
- Well-developed people and team skills, must show leadership ability.
- Must be self-motivated, proactive and flexible.
- Basic computer skills; knowledge of Microsoft Word and Excel.