Job Description:
Company: Mars Wrigley- Albany, GA
Title: Quality Conformance Coordinator
Required Shift:
8 Hour Day Shift
Monday - Friday
(This role may also have rotational coverage.)
Job Purpose:
As Food Quality Coordinator at Mars, you will collaborate with the operators in the value stream on root cause analysis and escalates to support departments or areas as required, use existing procedures to solve standard problems, analyze information and standard practices to make judgements and recommendations.
What are we looking for?
- High School Diploma or GED
- 3 years of demonstrated success in manufacturing/ quality experience
- Knowledge of food safety regulations including local, state and federal guidelines.
- Knowledge of Good Manufacturing Practices and sanitation knowledge in food processing.
- Advanced computer skills
Physical Requirements:
- Frequent lifting/carrying pushing (10-50 lbs) and pushing/pulling (50-300 lbs)
- Frequent bending, stooping, twisting, handling, and gripping.
- Ability to work at elevated heights, climb stairs, leaning over equipment and work in confined spaces.
- Ability to stand and/or work on feet for extended periods (minimum eight hours in one shift).
- Ability to understand, communicate, read, and write basic work-related English.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Technical degree or certifications related to Food Science, Food Safety, Engineering, Chemistry
- 3-5 years of experience in a manufacturing site managing quality and food safety management systems responsible position related to food safety or quality and food safety management system
- Advanced understanding of Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP's), Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point Systems (HACCP)
- Knowledge of food microbiology, food safety, manufacturing processes and food laws
- Strong understanding of all GMP’s, PPE’s and quality checks
What will be your key responsibilities?
- Key interface between R&D related activities and the value stream, including communication of value stream initiatives to site R&D community
- Accountability for managing an effective corrective/preventive plan, including verification of effective implementation
- Quality lead in value stream routine management meetings and quality reviews
- Collaborate with a cross-functional team to deliver best in class GMP and Sanitation practices.
- Continual process confirmation of the GMP and Sanitation programs
- Support Kleanz use and management.
- Support Continuous Improvement of the Quality, GMP and Sanitation programs.
- Coverage for shift rotational QCCs and Sample Processors.
- Support cross-functional team with internal, technical, LRQA, Pest and other audits.
- Support site 5S program
- Member of the AM and FMOS Pillars.
What do we Manufacture?
- Your favorite COMBOs brands
- *Additional compensation and total rewards details below
What will be the Interview Process?
- Application> resume review > recruiter phone screen > Situational Judgement Assessment (online) > onsite panel interview> Interview team decision
Compensation:
- Competitive pay based on experience.
- Annual variable bonus pay out
- Annual merit increases
Total Rewards:
- Medical, Vision & Dental- Starts day one!
- Up to 6% 401K match
- Vacation time
- Tuition reimbursement
- Short/Long Term disability
- 18 weeks parental leave
What can you expect from Mars?
- The opportunity to learn, develop and take charge of your own career.
- An industry-competitive salary and benefits package
- To be respected and valued
- The Five Principles are at the center of every decision we make.
- The opportunity to work cross-functionally, add value and impact a better world for generations to come.
Skills Required
- High School Diploma or GED
- 3 years of demonstrated success in manufacturing/quality experience
- Knowledge of food safety regulations (local, state, federal)
- Knowledge of Good Manufacturing Practices and sanitation in food processing
- Advanced computer skills
- Frequent lifting/carrying (10-50 lbs) and pushing/pulling (50-300 lbs)
- Ability to work at elevated heights, in confined spaces, climb stairs, and stand for extended periods
- Ability to understand, communicate, read, and write basic work-related English
- Technical degree or certifications related to Food Science, Food Safety, Engineering, or Chemistry
- 3-5 years experience managing quality and food safety management systems (preferred)
- Advanced understanding of GMPs and HACCP
- Knowledge of food microbiology, manufacturing processes and food laws
- Strong understanding of PPEs and quality checks
Mars Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Mars and has not been reviewed or approved by Mars.
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Healthcare Strength — The benefits package is positioned as comprehensive, with broad medical coverage and additional protections like life insurance and short- and long-term disability. Mental health support is emphasized, including free mental health services and wellbeing programming under initiatives such as Mars Be Well.
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Parental & Family Support — Paid parental leave is highlighted as market-leading in the U.S., with an example of 18 weeks fully paid for both parents. Additional family-related leave types such as sick time for caregiving and bereavement leave are also described as part of the overall package.
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Retirement Support — Retirement offerings are described as strong, including 401(k) matching (with a 6% match cited) and pension plans in some cases. The broader package also references retirement savings options and contributions aligned to local market practice, supporting long-term financial security.
Mars Insights
What We Do
For more than a century, Mars, Incorporated has been driven by the belief that the world we want tomorrow starts with how we do business today. This idea is at the center of who we have always been as a global, family-owned business. Today, Mars is transforming, innovating and evolving in ways that affirm our commitment to making a positive impact on the world around us. Across our diverse and expanding portfolio of confectionery, food, and petcare products and services, we employ 133,000 dedicated Associates who are all moving in the same direction: forward. With $40 billion in annual sales, we produce some of the world’s best-loved brands including DOVE®, EXTRA®, M&M’s®, MILKY WAY®, SNICKERS®, TWIX®, ORBIT®, PEDIGREE®, ROYAL CANIN®, SKITTLES®, WHISKAS®, COCOAVIA®, and 5™; and take care of half of the world’s pets through our pet health services AniCura, Banfield Pet Hospitals™, BluePearl®, Linnaeus, Pet Partners™, and VCA™. We know we can only be truly successful if our partners and the communities in which we operate prosper as well. The Mars Five Principles – Quality, Responsibility, Mutuality, Efficiency and Freedom – inspire our Associates to take action every day to help create a world tomorrow in which the planet, its people and pets can thrive.
