Supply Quality Manager, Ingredients & Packaging

Chicago, IL (http://maps.google.com/maps?q=540+West+Madison+Street+Chicago+IL+USA+60661) • Quality

Job Type

Full-time

Description

TITLE: Supply Quality Manager, Ingredients & Packaging

REPORTS TO: Senior Manager, Supply Quality

LOCATION: Chicago, IL

Lactalis Heritage Dairy is currently seeking candidates to join our team in Chicago, IL.

Lactalis Group, the world leader in dairy, is a family-owned business with more than 85,000 pragmatic and ambitious professionals worldwide, committed to providing healthy and delicious dairy products that bring people together every day. At Lactalis, our core values of AMBITION, ENGAGEMENT, and SIMPLICITY are at the heart of everything we do.

If you’re looking for a unique experience with a company that offers strong brands, professional expertise, and a dynamic work environment that champions entrepreneurial spirit, hands-on responsibility, and real opportunity for career development, we want to hear from you!

Lactalis Heritage Dairy: inviting you to share with us your STORY, your PASSION, and your EXPERTISE.

From yourPASSIONto ours

TheSupply Quality Manager, Ingredients & Packagingis responsible for the compliance of incoming ingredients, packaging, and chemical products and their perspective suppliers, with the Quality and Food Safety Standards of Lactalis Heritage Dairy (LHD). The Supply Quality Manager, Ingredients & Packaging reviews, assesses, and approves ingredients, packaging, and chemicals against Food Safety and Quality standards at onboarding and on a continuous basis. In addition, this position conducts sanitation and GMP audits in plants to maintain and improve quality standards, as needed. In addition, the Supply Quality Manager, Ingredients & Packaging works closely with the Purchasing Department, assisting with the onboarding of new ingredients, packaging, chemicals, and suppliers.

From yourEXPERTISEto ours

Key responsibilities for this position include:

• Schedules, plans, and executes food safety & food quality audits for existing and potential ingredients/packaging/chemical suppliers.

• Utilizes the principles of GFSI, HACCP & ISO 9001/22000 in audits to assess food safety/quality risks & recommends mitigation strategies.

• Monitors and follows up with manufacturing plants to ensure the full implementation of corrective actions.

• Provides technical input on food safety of ingredients and packaging materials on product development teams.

• Reviews, approves, and files all ingredient/packaging/chemical supplier documentation against LHD expectations.

• Organizes and plans a detailed schedule to ensure supply/facility audits are efficiently conducted. Produces audit reports and distributes internally in a timely manner, after each visit.

• Completes monthly, quarterly, and annual reports.

• Maintains a close partnership with the Purchasing Department to facilitate communication with suppliers as needed.

• Provides support on projects as needed, and accomplishes tasks as appropriately assigned.

• Partners cross-functionally to achieve overall company objectives.

• Shares and promotes best practices throughout the organization.

Requirements

From yourSTORYto ours

Qualified applicants will contribute the following:

• Bachelor’s degree in microbiology, food science, dairy science, life sciences or equivalent or combination of education and experience.

• Experience in food manufacturing is required.

• 1+ years of experience auditing food manufacturing locations is required.

• 5-7 years related experience, including active involvement in Quality Programs in a Food and Beverage manufacturing environment.

• Solid knowledge of GFSI, HACCP, US food regulations.

• Proficiency with data management portals, Microsoft Office applications, specifically Excel is required.

• Strong analytical, problem-solving and decision-making skills.

• Strong communication skills, as well as the ability to work independently.

• Strong organizational skills and proven attention to detail.

• Ability to prioritize and manage projects in a changing, complex environment.

• Ability to travel up to 50% and work extended/off-work hours.

Lactalis Heritage Dairy is an equal employment opportunity employer. We will not discriminate against applicants with regard to any legally-recognized basis including, but not limited to: veteran status, race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, sexual orientation, and physical or mental disabilities