Quality Assurance Associate
Entry to intermediate level position with primary role as direct support to the Director and/or Sr. Quality Manager. Insuring compliance with quality, regulatory, and product safety systems in a manufacturing environment. To provide targeted “Boots on the Ground” support, problem solving, spec/audit assessment, and training solutions to assigned location and teams for quality issue resolution. The position will be heavily focused on working with facilities to learn the pre-mix environment, implement preventative quality systems, and identify improvement opportunities.
Responsibilities:
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50% In support of Director and/or Sr. Quality Manager to insure product safety and quality systems implementation, maintain ingredient approval, training, assessment, and compliance.
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20% Proactively manage and resolve product safety and regulatory issues in collaboration with head office quality team, regulatory affairs insuring root cause identification and preventative actions. Provide targeted follow-up on claims and complaints.
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20% Develop a working knowledge of pre-mix Quality Control, systems, processes, and procedures as related to plant manufacturing. Act as the champion for product safety/quality; monitor and repost on trends alerting the Director and/or Sr. Quality Mgr.
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5% Lead assigned projects in critical process monitoring and capability; working with operations, QA/QC, and plants to establish new product/process measurements and preventative control at the source.
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5% Able to back up divisional formulator and create formulations in Brill software as needed.
Education and Experience Required:
- High school diploma
- 3+ months of Quality experience in a manufacturing setting or related experience
Education and Experience Preferred:
- Bachelor's degree in Agriculture, Food, Dairy Science, or related field.
- 2 years of progressive quality assurance experience
About Land O'Lakes, Inc.
Join us and be part of a Fortune 250, farmer- and member-owned cooperative that is reimagining the business of food. We have been named a Top Workplace by Indeed and LinkedIn, and to the TIME 100 Most Influential Companies list.
We provide a broad portfolio of benefits to keep you and your family at your best. Land O'Lakes is Where Your Future Takes Root.
Land O'Lakes, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE) M/F/Vets/Disabled. The company maintains a drug-free workforce, including post-employment substance abuse testing pursuant to a Drug and Alcohol Policy.
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What We Do
Land O’Lakes, Inc. is a 100-year-old farmer- and retailer-owned cooperative originally formed with the purpose of working together to create new market opportunities. Fast forward to today and we’ve built on that uniting spirit, developing a comprehensive and leading view of agriculture while maintaining an unwavering commitment to delivering strong annual performance and long-term, shared success with our member-owners.
Land O’Lakes believes farmers are the entrepreneurs who truly change the world for the better. By working together with our member-owners, we can continue to strengthen our system, champion farming’s true potential and place our farmer- and retail-owners at the heart of creating a better world for all.
