Sr. Corporate Quality Specialist

Are you looking for a new role? Do you have a passion for Quality? The Krusteaz Company is looking for a Sr. Corporate Quality Specialist to join the team! This position supports the Corporate Quality and Food Safety Manager regarding key corporate quality systems initiatives and programs for ensuring compliance to standards and industry best practices across its manufacturing facilities and co-manufacture partners. Provides support and technical knowledge to internal and external manufacturing facilities to enhance problem-solving and continuous improvement opportunities and maintains communication to cross-functional groups. Collaborating with internal and external partners in the development and implementation of quality standards and conducting onsite visits to ensure compliance with food safety and quality standards.

Essential Functions: Other duties, responsibilities, and activities may change or be assigned at any time.

• Coordinate cross-plant alignment activities to ensure compliance and sharing of best practices of the environmental monitoring, integrated pest management and sanitation standards.
• Provide help driving effective solutions and internal cross-plant improvements based on customer and consumer contact data. Including communicating to key parties, working with the facilities on conducting investigations and implementing corrective actions for continuous improvement.
• Lead the initial quality approval process for new co-manufacturers and support the implementation of new product start-ups or project improvements.
• Responsible for the review and creation of quality documentation for co-manufacture partners to ensure all aspects of food safety and quality requirements meet The Krusteaz Company, third party and regulatory expectations.
• Represent The Krusteaz Company for quality and food safety issues or concerns with co-manufacturing facilities. Provides feedback on customer contact information to co-manufacturers and works with them on investigations and problem solving.
• Partner with R&D and Procurement on the completion of internal reviews and assessments for food fraud risks that may impact The Krusteaz Company; provide training as required.
• Serve as back up to Corporate Quality and Food Safety Manager and lead trace actions of mock recall activities, including trace reporting across internal facilities, Outside Warehouses, and co-manufacturers to identify continuous improvement opportunities.
• Collaborate with internal cross functional teams on project support and provide technical support to operations and quality teams on escalated issue resolution.
• Assist in providing support, as needed, for internal, third party and regulatory audits at internal facilities to ensure compliance with standards.

Position Requirements

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with qualified disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Ability to lead technical initiatives and provide clear and decisive direction with the ability to work effectively across functions.
• Strong problem solver, implementing solution to solve root cause problems.
• Work well within team structure, can influence without direct supervisory control
• Technical knowledge of food safety, quality systems, sanitation practices, processing, packaging systems as well as federal regulations and government agencies
• Industry-specific knowledge of ingredients, food allergens, pest control and environmental monitoring
• Strong written, oral and facilitation skills. Ability to maintain communication composure with internal and external customers.
• High integrity and honesty, promoting trust and a strong food safety culture in all actions.
• Enjoys working in a results-oriented, customer focused, team environment.
• High energy, assertive, and a self-starter. Works well under pressure situations and tight timelines.
• Willingness to travel as needed (Approximately 15%-20% of the time).

Education and/or Experience:

• BS in Food Science, Biology, or related degree.
• 5 years of food industry experience with plant related experience.
• PCQI/ HACCP/Internal Audit Certified.
• Experience with conducting audits.
• Technical knowledge of food safety, quality systems, sanitation standards, processing, and packaging systems.
• Knowledge of federal regulations and government agencies (FDA, USDA), state and local agency experience.

Physical Demands and Work Environment:
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, sit, talk, hear, and use hands and fingers to operate a computer and telephone along with reaching. Specific vision abilities include close vision requirements due to computer work. Moderate noise, ability to work in a confined area, and ability to sit at a computer for an extended period of time are also included.

The policy of The Krusteaz Company is to hire, train, and promote all persons in all job groups in accordance with law, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, marital or military status, national origin, gender identity, the presence of any sensory, mental or physical disability, genetic information, or any other status or characteristic protected by local, state, or federal law.

Get to know us:

• A people-focused company that cares: We're a 90-year-old company with the entrepreneurial spirit of a startup and a focused eye on the future. As a midsized, privately held company with a portfolio of beloved food and beverage brands, our people are the most important ingredient in our success.
• A valued and supported workforce: We place tremendous value in our employees and provide competitive pay and comprehensive benefits to ensure our employees can create the best life for themselves. Benefits include a top tier health insurance plan with lower-than-average employee cost share, generous PTO, 401(k) match, and more.
• An engaged and energized culture: At The Krusteaz Company, collaboration and ingenuity drive our fierce commitment to creating extraordinary product experiences that people love.
• A place to grow and make a difference: An entrepreneurial spirit has been at the core of our company since the beginning, attracting self-starters who are curious and love to learn and to share ideas.

Hybrid Work Model: At The Krusteaz Company, we have in-office "core days" of Tuesdays and Wednesdays where all corporate employees are expected to be onsite. Mondays, Thursdays, and Fridays are flexible remote days to allow for work/life balance. You may be asked to come in outside of a core day from time to time, based on business needs. We have found aligning our scheduled in-office days provides opportunity for employees to build connections and collaborate together.

Benefits: We are proud to offer generous benefits including comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance (starting at $50/month for employee-only coverage on the PPO Plan or starting at $25/month for employee-only coverage on the HDHP), 401(K) matching, 3 weeks of paid vacation, 10 paid holidays, 1 paid personal holiday, company provided life insurance and disability insurance, flexible spending account, healthcare saving account, voluntary accident insurance, voluntary critical illness insurance, and tuition reimbursement.

Salary Information: An employee in this position can expect a salary range between $81,581 and $134,600. We typically pay out between $92,000 and $115,000. The actual salary offered will carefully consider a wide range of factors, including internal equity, experience, education, certification, training, and location. All positions are eligible for additional incentives based on business performance.

We hope you'll take the time to get to know us!

The Krusteaz Company is not sponsoring new applicant employment authorization at this time and please, no third-party recruiters.

Salary : $81,581 - $134,600