Position Details
Qrc Specialist Innovation Pt Apply
Overview:
TekWissen is a global workforce management provider headquartered in Ann Arbor, Michigan that offers strategic talent solutions to our clients world-wide. Our client is an American multinational company and one of the largest chocolate manufacturers in the worldIt also manufactures baked products, beverages and many more that are produced globally
Position: QRC Specialist: Innovation PT
Location: Hershey, PA, 17033
Duration: 12 Months
Job Type: Temporary Assignment
Work Type: Hybrid (but the candidate needs to be local and to be able to help on-site as needed)
Shift: 1St Shift
Job Details:
- This role is designed to support Innovation with a focus on food safety, speed to market, including "atypical" approaches to develop, manufacture and market new products.
- As a result, this position needs to react quickly to changing business needs and maintain a "fluid" work environment.
- Under direction from the Mfg Quality Systems & Labs and in collaboration with R&D, Operations, Engineering, Packaging, and Commercial Teams, this role is responsible for all food safety, quality, and regulatory compliance of the Agile Innovation Process and traditional early-stage Innovation process.
- This includes, but is not limited to, identification and facilitating approval of ingredients and packaging, identifying and raising risks by conducting brainstorming sessions with project team, developing Food Safety and Quality plans and providing on-site support of manufacturing and distribution operations.
- Ensures compliance with government regulations, industry standards and Company's program and procedures.
- Prepare reports, presentations, and training modules.
- Work with QRC, Engineering, Packaging, and R&D team members to identify, standardize, and implement best practices, new technologies and methods related to these areas of expertise and any emerging issues.
- Work with COEs and SMEs to develop and implement global standards for food safety and quality at external manufacturing partners.
- Work with the Marketing, Sales, and Operations to ensure inclusion of Quality Requirements in Contractual Agreements.
- This position is meant to provide intermittent project support.
- Scheduled days and hours may vary.
Main Duties:
Time % Summary of major duties:
- 75 Represents QRC on Front-of-Funnel Innovation and other applicable projects.
- Assures that the food quality and food safety aspects of the projects are taken into account in planning and implementation.
- Conduct brainstorming sessions to identify risks.
- Effectively communicates and transfers knowledge on projects and product changes to regional QRC personnel.
- 20 Actively identifies and supports packaging and ingredient supplier approval process.
- Prepares documentation necessary to support FSMA, Foods Safety, Quality and Regulatory Compliance.
- Provides on-site support at manufacturing sites during trials and/or production runs.
- Conducts quality issue follow-up and resolution involving the manufacturing sites, distribution and logistics groups and manufacturing locations.
- Prepares reports for issue resolution, provides timely communication to partners upon learning any service-related issue from manufacturing locations.
- Keeps abreast of government regulations and enforcement, trends in food safety, pest control regulations and techniques and changes in PEP/HACCP policies and procedures.
- 5 Participates in continuous program improvement efforts using audit and KPI data, Gap analysis, and CPG benchmarking to establish yearly goals.
Typical Day:
Top Three Technical Skills:
- Thorough knowledge of Food Safety and HACCP, GMPs, FDA regulations, quality design principles.
- Capable of understanding varied manufacturing processes to include dairy, sweeteners, confectionery, cereal, peanuts and tree nuts, ground nuts, raisins, flour, snacks, baking, extrusion and warehousing.
- Manufacturing plant experience preferred
- Have an understanding of new product development steps and life cycle
- Must Haves (i.e., years of experience?) at least 5 years; Food Quality experience, food Manufacturing experience, FDA PCQI certification preferred
- Software Skills and Purpose (if applicable): MS OFFICE, Teams, SAP
Industry Experience:
- Food Quality experience
- Experience with new product development
- Manufacturing experience
TekWissen Group is an equal opportunity employer supporting workforce diversity
