Quality Assurance Specialist

This role will be responsible for implementing and continuously improving Food Quality and Safety Programs, managing New Vendor/Manufacture Qualification and facilitating audits that support both customer requirement and facility certifications (example: organic, NHP, GL, Kosher).

• Lead and manage the development, implementation, review, maintenance and continuous improvement of SQF Food Safety System, HACCP and GMP program.
• Manage training programs that ensure employee awareness of and compliance to Food Quality and Safety system requirements.
• Issue, control and maintain SOP’s, Quality Manual and Internal Audit Checklist.
• Prepare for, schedule and facilitate customer and 3rd party audits, which include annual certification audits such as SQF, NNHP, Organic, Kosher, Halal and unscheduled audits such as CFIA and FDA.
• Investigate and respond to customer complaints; review the investigation and resolution, prepare customer complaint summaries, assess deviation trends and recurrences for root cause and develop corrective actions to drive continuous improve improvement.
• Monitor effectiveness of allergen and sanitation control.
• Keep current on Candida and U.S. regulations pertaining to Food Safety and Quality Assurance