What are the responsibilities and job description for the Supply Chain Quality Assurance Manager position at Thrive Foods?
Job Title: Supply Chain Quality Assurance Manager
Department: Quality Assurance
Reports to: VP of Global Quality
Location: Texas, California, Utah, or Wisconsin – Must reside in one of these states
Essential Functions Include:
- Oversees processes to evaluate supplier approval requirements.
- Sets KPIs and other metrics to ensure suppliers are meeting food safety and quality requirements.
- Manage systems to identify, report, and resolve supplier quality issues.
- Lead food safety risk analysis for supply ingredients.
- Serve as food safety and quality subject matter expert by providing guidance and technical support to R&D, Operations, and Quality team
- Manage co-packer standards to ensure quality and food safety requirements are met.
- Approve supplier documents to ensure compliance with regulatory, food safety, and quality standards.
- Perform 2nd Party audits of suppliers and co-packers as needed.
- Help develop strategies to reduce food safety and quality risk.
- Other duties as assigned
Qualifications Include:
- Bachelor of Science in Food Science, Food Microbiology, or related technical field
- 5 years’ experience in Quality Management or Food Safety in a food manufacturing environment.
- Demonstrated ability to communicate professionally and effectively with internal and external customers.
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Strategic thinker with good organizational skills.
- Ability to travel domestically and internationally up to up to 60% of the time.
Physical Requirements – Must be able to perform the following functions with or without accommodations:
- Consistent and reliable attendance
- Occasional lifting, carrying, pushing, and/or pulling; occasional stooping, kneeling, crouching, and/or crawling; and frequent fine finger dexterity.
- 50% or more sitting, 50% or more walking, and 40% or more standing.
- The job is performed under occasional temperature variations and in a food manufacturing production environment.
- Unrestricted visual and audio abilities are required for the safety of all employees. The ability to lift to 40 lbs. is required.
Salary Range: Depending on location and experience: $120K - $140K
Salary : $120,000 - $140,000
