Supply Chain Quality Assurance Manager

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