Supplier Quality Manager

The Supplier Quality Manager is responsible for executing the strategies as established by Quality leadership within the established legal guidelines and internal standards to ensure the production of the highest quality products in the safety and most efficient manner.

This is accomplished by ensuring that the company, its suppliers, contract manufacturers, and third-party logistics companies have in place effective quality and food safety systems.  The role interacts extensively with Quality, Operations and R&D.

Functions and duties of this role include, but not limited to:

• Implements, enforces, and improves established policies, strategies, and procedures related to quality and food safety to achieve company quality-related goals and objectives
• Manages supplier audit program. Conducts audits of co-manufacturers, co-packers, and warehouses, and suppliers to ensure compliance of product safety, food safety standards, good manufacturing practices and specifications.  The audits will determine the suitability of various facilities to do business with the company
• Develops, monitors, and reports on relevant supplier KPIs and scorecards to drive continuous improvements
• Ensures effective risk mitigation management to reduce risk and interruption in supply and co-manufacturing operations
• Leads the investigation, containment, and closure of supplier-related quality complaints, non-conformances, and CAPAs
• Develops and maintains quality agreements for suppliers in support of the company’s specifications and standards
• Leads the notification, implementation, and proper documentation of change request, planned deviation, or rework
• Executes departmental staffing and people development strategies to ensure technical competence, creativity, teamwork and broad business knowledge leading to continued managerial and technical leadership for Quality and Food Safety
• Support the department and Health & Wellbeing QA-RA with other projects as required

**If you’d like to hear more about this opportunity and others we are currently working on, please contact Sam Kovacevic at skova@cps4jobs.com.

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Salary

$140,000 - $160,000

Qualifications:

• A minimum of a bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university in a related field or equivalent combination of education, training and experience that provides the required knowledge, skills, and abilities
• Master’s degree from an accredited university in a related field or equivalent combination of education, training and experience that provides the required knowledge, skills, and abilities preferred
• 8+ years of relevant Quality Assurance experience in the food/supplement industry. Manufacturing experience is required
• Strong understanding of FDA regulations for Foods FSMA (21 CFR part 117) and Dietary Supplements (21 CFR part 111)
• Working knowledge of plant layout and manufacturing operations to effectively troubleshoot and correct production related problems and recognize constraints and limitations affecting new product design and implementation
• Strong knowledge of Food Safety, Auditing, and Coman Management
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills
• Prior experience managing and developing others
• GFSI trained and PCQI certification is a plus
• Ability to represent the company needs when dealing with suppliers, contract manufacturers, regulatory agencies, and other departments with the corporation

**If you’d like to hear more about this opportunity and others we are currently working on, please contact Sam Kovacevic at skova@cps4jobs.com.

JO:  311.24KK
#LI-SK3