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Job Category: Quality Job Family: Enterprise Quality and Food Safety Job Description:
The Supplier Food Safety and Quality Manager is responsible for managing and enhancing the food safety and quality performance of suppliers. This role ensures compliance with both internal and external standards, conducts audits, facilitates the onboarding of new suppliers, and collaborates with suppliers and internal business partners to implement best practices and drive continuous improvement in food safety and quality.
This position will be located in Green Bay, Wisconsin.
What you'll do:
Supplier FS&Q Improvement and Optimization
- Partner with suppliers to ensure compliance with expectations and drive improvements in food safety and quality.
- Enhance the performance and consistency of raw materials across various applications.
- Lead the development of supplier food safety and quality processes, including continuous improvement of supplier procedures, internal processes, records, and references.
- Act as the primary contact for supplier support, performance, and optimization initiatives.
Supplier FS&Q Troubleshooting
- Lead and coach investigations, root cause analysis, and corrective actions.
- Track out-of-spec raw materials and provide recommendations on their disposition.
Supplier Performance Reporting
- Monitor, track, and report supplier performance against FSQ expectations and specifications.
- Develop high-level metrics to demonstrate improvements to various organizational levels.
- Participate in supplier meetings and provide feedback in coordination with the Supply Chain team.
Auditing and Risk Assessment
- Evaluate raw material and supplier risk.
- Conduct virtual and onsite supplier audits to ensure program compliance and effectiveness.
- Review and monitor procedures for receiving sampling, grading, and testing programs.
Onboarding New Suppliers
- Participate in the selection, assessment, and onboarding of new materials and suppliers.
- Collaborate with home office and plant teams to support the onboarding and commercialization of new items and suppliers.
Cross-Functional Participation and Training
- Foster strong connections between suppliers, supply chain, operations, and other business functions.
- Lead cross-functional efforts within the department and the broader organization.
- Assist in the development and execution of Supplier FSQ and Audit Training programs.
Together with the leadership team, ensures compliance with Food Safety and Food Quality Plans, in addition to customer requirements. Interprets and communicates customer requirements to plant production and/or support groups. Establishes and Audits PCPs, CCPs and Standard Operating Procedures to define and monitor processes, to ensure customer requirements are met. Reviews incidents during which the procedures are not met and determines appropriate corrective action for partners failing to follow standard procedures.
What you need to succeed:
- Bachelor's degree in Food Science or related field
- 7+ years of Manufacturing Food Safety and Quality experience
- Excellent written and oral communication skills.
- Proven leadership skills – both direct and indirect.
- Proficient auditing skills coupled with food manufacturing experience.
- Mid-level understanding in microbiology and food science.
- Proficiency working in a variety of software and computer programs.
- Proven ability to assess risk and make decisions.
- GFSI (SQF) and dairy PMO experience preferred.
- Get not one, but TWO retirement benefits. When you join our employee-owned company, you'll be part of our Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) from day one. That means in addition to an 8% 401(k) match into the ESOP, Schreiber will contribute an extra amount – about 10% of your earnings – toward your retirement every year. That's a company contribution of around 18% in retirement savings annually!
- Earn bonus pay. You'll have an opportunity to earn incentive pay twice a year when we meet our company goals.
- Earn $ for focusing on your health. Get up to $1,200 for your health savings account each year, plus get reimbursed for fitness membership, equipment or classes.
- Pursue development that's relevant to your role, career goals and the company. Plus, we offer tuition reimbursement if you want to further your education to grow in your role at Schreiber.
- Get access to medical, prescription drug, dental and vision benefits starting day one. This includes an onsite nurse and mental health counselor.
- Experience caring like you've never experienced it before. We have a program that's completely organized by and for other partners who need extra help. It's called Partners Helping Partners. We have hundreds of examples of partners organizing fundraisers to help out others going through a hard time.
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Need extra assistance with the application process? Contact recruiting@schreiberfoods.com or call 920-437-7601.
For positions that require any amount of travel: Valid driver's license, auto insurance (at least state minimum- more might be required), acceptable driving record per Schreiber Foods discretion, and vehicle that will ensure applicant can meet the travel necessities of the position are required.
Schreiber requires that an employee have authorization to work in the country in which the role is based. In the event, an applicant does not have current work authorization, Schreiber will determine, in its sole discretion, whether to sponsor an individual for work authorization. However, based on immigration requirements, not all roles are suitable for sponsorship.
An Equal Opportunity Employer, all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.
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