In the Quality Assurance Team Advisor position, you will lead the efforts of a quality team. Duties include planning, organizing, training, coaching, and compliance with various customers, company, government requirements and guidelines
What you’ll do:
- Oversee the activities of milk powder lab and QA activities in the production related to milk and milk-based derivatives
- Follow and maintain the GLP requirements, GMP and other lab activities
- Ensure that customers and supplier specifications are followed and met.
- Develop Schreiber Foods culture – train, coach, evaluate and reinforce process excellence principles with partners.
- Customer Requirements – work with Team Leaders in identifying and communicating customer requirements. Develop PCP’s to ensure customer requirements are met.
- Governmental Regulations – be knowledgeable of various government regulations that must be complied with, i.e., FSSAI, EHS, EIA, etc.
- Work with the team to make sure that daily production is evaluated to maximize efficiencies, making necessary adjustments as conditions change.
- Administer various company, plant or department processes in certification programs, assessment/feedback processes, document controls and product traceability.
- 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.
- Conduct customer complaint investigations using structured problem-solving methodologies to identify root causes and implement effective Corrective and Preventive Actions (CAPA)
- Participate in regulatory, customer and third-party audits and lead the team during the audit.
What you need to succeed:
- Bachelor’s degree in Dairy Technology/ Food science, Dairy Science, Microbiology or related field is required
- 8+ years’ experience in Quality Assurance, Food Safety or Production
- Proven leadership experience in a team environment
- Excellent interpersonal and problem-solving abilities
- Ability to make good business decisions quickly
- Desire to grow and take on new challenges and opportunities
- Internal Partners: Must be in current role a minimum of 2 years
- Ability to travel up to 20%
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Dairy Technology, Food Science, Dairy Science, Microbiology or related field
- 8+ years' experience in Quality Assurance, Food Safety or Production
- Proven leadership experience in a team environment
- Knowledge and application of GLP and GMP and other lab quality practices
- Knowledge of customer and supplier specifications and experience developing PCPs, CCPs and SOPs
- Experience conducting customer complaint investigations and implementing CAPA
- Experience participating in and leading regulatory, customer and third-party audits
- Excellent interpersonal and problem-solving abilities
- Ability to make good business decisions quickly
- Must be in current role a minimum of 2 years (internal partners)
- Ability to travel up to 20%
- Desire to grow and take on new challenges and opportunities
Schreiber Foods Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Schreiber Foods and has not been reviewed or approved by Schreiber Foods.
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Retirement Support — Retirement programs are described as notably strong, combining a substantial 401(k) company match with employee ownership through an ESOP. Company-funded retirement contributions are highlighted as a distinctive advantage that materially elevates total rewards.
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Healthcare Strength — Healthcare coverage is presented as comprehensive, including medical, dental, vision, and life insurance with eligibility often starting on day one. Wellness resources, screenings, and access to clinics at some sites reinforce the perceived depth of coverage.
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Strong & Reliable Incentives — Incentive structures include performance-based bonuses paid periodically, with additional off-shift and extended-week bonuses in certain roles. Overtime opportunities and shift premiums are commonly cited as meaningful income enhancers.
Schreiber Foods Insights
What We Do
Schreiber Foods strives to do good through food every day. Based in North America, we’re a customer-brand leader in cream cheese, natural cheese, process cheese, beverages and yogurt. Our more than 10,000 employees and presence on five continents enable us to be an essential ingredient in our customers’ success. With annual sales of more than $7 billion, we partner with the best retailers, restaurants, distributors and food manufacturers around the globe. We also recognize our responsibility to do good in the world and are driven to make a difference in everything we do. We’ve come a long way since our start as a small cheese company in 1945. Today, our team is more than 10,000 strong at locations across North America, Europe, South America, Asia and Africa. But our commitment to providing safe food the right way has never changed. At Schreiber, we call ourselves partners, not employees, and there’s a good reason behind that. Our work is more than just a job. We make the company grow. We help each other grow and take care of each other along the way. And, we all share in the rewards. Our people are truly the heart of our company, and we're on a journey together. We work hard to find great people with diverse backgrounds, experiences and perspectives, and provide opportunities to help them grow. But it’s about more than a career at Schreiber. Like a family, we care deeply about each other. We strive to foster an inclusive work environment where all our partners can thrive. We've increased our commitment to diversity and inclusion by creating an overarching Diversity and Inclusion Council, as well as resource groups for women, African Americans, Pride, Vets and more groups that give a voice to all of our partners. We're always looking for passionate partners to join our team and bring to life our culture of being customer obsessed and brilliant at the basics. Want to learn more about our company? Visit us at www.schreiberfoods.com.
