Responsible for supporting and maintaining compliance with third-party food safety and quality certification requirements, including the implementation and continual improvement of the facility's food safety and quality management systems.
Access negative inventory
Stock and order lab and sanitation supplies and consumables.
Maintain laboratory equipment in good working condition to include scheduling preventative maintenance and calibration requirements.
Understands basic chemistry and have a broad understanding of laboratory equipment, root cause analysis, food safety and food quality metrics/limits.
Knowledge of all aspects of applicable regulations to include AIB, SQF, State, City, Federal, Kosher, Gluten Free and customer requirements.
Understands and is proficient with Lab Data Collection Program, SAP, Food Safety and Quality Plans, Water Treatment, Batching Process, Internal Sanitation, Microbiology, Environmental Monitoring Programs, and Product Testing Requirements.
Communicate Site Quality Objectives, Policies, and Procedures to employees across all functional departments and maintain accountability.
Responsible for the development, implementation, maintenance, and continuous improvement of the SQF System and ensuring compliance with all relevant food safety and quality requirements.
Adhere to and ensure compliance to all health and safety policies/procedures, Good Manufacturing Practices (GMPs) and PPE requirements.
Must be proficient with making in-process batch adjustments.
Track departmental KPI's to effectively manage daily requirements to budgetary deliverables.
The supervisor must practically understand how the quality data is achieved and must be proficient with laboratory testing methods, product standards/specifications, and demonstrate technical decision making.
Understands the details of SAP, specifically the Quality Module
Access PM's for printing and entering completed PM's
Prior inspection experience in a laboratory setting.
Access Finished Goods reports
Must be familiar with the local and corporate QMS Policies and Procedures, and respective SOPs.
Know how to post process orders
Experience using measurement tools and equipment (e.g., HPLC, densitometer, pH meters, etc) required.
Know how to perform a mock recall through the system
Adhere to and ensure compliance to food quality and food safety as per the standard(s) provided by corporate, customer, and/or governing bodies (ex. SQF).
Working knowledge of Excel, Word, and SAP required.
Audits and maintains records necessary for compliance requirements.
**Shift:** 2nd or 3rd (hours may vary based on production needs)
Skilled in using Lab Data Collection Programs to track, analyze, and trend data, enter new products, update specifications, and manage key metrics like product limits, hold product, employee benchmarks, and certificates of analysis.