Tasty Brands is a well-established, fast growing national company that is focused on providing great tasting, nutritious food for K12 school foodservice customers and private brands of selected retailers. With a focus on collaboration, best practices, and continuous improvement, we are looking for people who want to join us for a long career and be part of a great success story. Our most successful people are self-starters, work well in collaboration with others, see the big picture and like to win.

We have an outstanding team of motivated professionals who work well together in a fun and team spirit type atmosphere. Our mission is driven by our core values – urgency, accountability, proactivity, teamwork, and integrity. We are looking for the next “great fit” to join our growing team!

Position Overview:

We are looking for a detail-oriented Quality Assurance Auditor to maintain and execute quality audits to keep Tasty Brands in compliance with USDA/FDA regulations. To ensure success as a quality auditor, you should possess in-depth knowledge of product standards and extensive experience as a quality auditor in a similar industry. An outstanding quality auditor will be someone whose quality assessment skills translate into products of exceptional quality.

Major Duties and Responsibilities:

• Auditing Tasty Brands plants/suppliers/copackers/warehouse for compliance to both Corporate Quality Management System policies and procedures, and the plant specific SOPs, programs.
• Schedule and prepare for audits, conduct audits, prepare and issue reports and monitor follow up CAPA.
• Responsible for all aspects of audit preparation and execution for all audits conducted at the plant/copackers/warehouse including GFSI, customer and corporate company audits.
• Ensure compliance with all corporate QA Policies and procedures and all customer specific program and document requirements.
• Ensure compliance to USDA/FDA regulations. Manage audit preparation and lead audits.
• Audit Food Safety, Quality & HACCP programs for compliance.
• Coordinate daily/weekly/monthly facility audits on a pre-determined schedule.
• Identify gaps and coordinate corrective action initiatives for findings and non-conformances.
• Responsible for assuring compliance with all Food Safety policies, procedures and regulatory criterion including the current SQF code, Good Manufacturing Practices, and the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) and associated Preventive Controls.
• Responsible for performing/assigning processing floor centric audits, maintaining records of results and analysis of results for report.
• Assist in handling customer food safety related complaints.
• All other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• 3-5 years’ experience in the food industry in a FSQA capacity
• 1-3 years of supervision in a FSQA capacity preferred
• Bachelor's degree in food science, Chemistry, or equivalent.
• HACCP and PCQI trained and demonstrated mastery of GFSI auditing requirements
• Previous experience working in a RTE (ready to eat) and processing plant environment.
• Must have supervisory and training skills
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills required
• Knowledge of USDA/FDA regulations
• Competency in Microsoft Office, and other software as applicable
• Excellent communications skills. Bilingual in Spanish/English is desirable
• Able to work in a dynamic, fast-paced environment
• Must have the ability to travel 50% of time.

We are an equal opportunity employer, and we value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status, or any other basis prohibited by federal, state or local laws.

*This position is not remote or hybrid - LOCAL CANDIDATES ONLY*