Quality Compliance Specialist

Company Overview:

Vital Proteins is an emerging, dynamic brand consisting of a team of passionate individuals who believe whole-food-based nutrition is essential for overall health, fitness, and wellbeing. Our team is comprised of intelligent and innovative talent who work collaboratively to ensure creativity, success, and global growth. At Vital Proteins, our mission is to empower our company, team, and customers to live a full, vibrant life. We seek to develop and support the right people, with the right chemistry, who continually ask questions, and in turn, will develop and tactically execute good ideas. We are looking for individuals to help us think smarter and put a lot of ideas on the table in a short amount of time. Building a great company is our goal. Quality individuals and getting the team right is our business plan.

Role:

The primary responsibility of this position is to lead the Quality Management Systems for both in house manufacturing and co-manufacturing locations. The Quality Compliance Specialist will be supporting externally produced products (compliance and release) and managing any corrective actions and non-compliance. This position will also have responsibility for Document Control, Incident Management, CAPA, Hold/Expiry Management, Food Safety, and Compliance (KPIs, Metrics, and Reporting). Reporting to the Sr. Quality and Food Safety Manager and located out of Vital Proteins production facility in Franklin Park.

What you will be responsible for:

• Assists the Sr. Q&FS Manager in supporting the company’s quality and food safety department goals and policies by leading and developing the compliance activities: Document Control, Internal Audit, Regulatory and Audit Compliance to NSF/SQF, Corrective Action CAPA Program management (KPIs, Metrics and Reporting).
• Leads and manages the Compliance Program for the facility to ensure compliance to Q&FS requirements outlined by NSF, SQF, and Vital Proteins through Document Control, Internal Audit and External Audit Management. Determine corrective actions and continuous improvement activities to ensure compliance with all aspects of the standards. Lead the CAPA program for the facility driving ownership and metrics to drive closure rate and effective change management.
• Leads and manages the Document Control program as an Intellect superuser, supporting the other functions across the facility to leverage document control and effective change management. Ensure Intellect is accurate, and changes are managed properly.
• Leads and manages the CAPA program ensuring incidents are properly escalated, root causes are determined, and corrective actions are implemented in a timely manner. Ensures CAPA/Non-Conformances follow company policies and issues/incidents are tracked and trended to eliminate repeat issues.
• Quality Systems: Document Control, Internal Audit, Regulatory and Audit Compliance Corrective Actions – CAPA

Who you are:

• BS degree in Chemistry, Food Science, Food Safety, Engineering or related technical field
• Advanced Degree in Chemistry, Food Science or related technical field preferred
• 2-4 years’ experience in Food or Pharmaceutical Industry experience required.
• SQF Practitioner Certification required
• Must have strong knowledge of food safety, dietary supplement, and quality management systems (NSF Certified Ingredient, SQF, FSMA, GFSI, etc.), statistical process. control, structured problem solving and continuous improvement concepts and practices.
• Must have demonstrated experience with driving change and motivating others and leading teams that are not direct reports.
• Experience in quality policy and program creation and implementation strongly desired.
• HACCP certification is required.
• FSMA PCQI certification preferred, must be obtained within 6 months of hire.
• Must be able to draw on personal experience and apply your own judgment to reach firm decisions
• A proven track record in thriving in a high pace and high change environment
• Prior knowledge and experience with HACCP, GMPs, SQF, NSF/NSF Sport quality and food safety management systems
• Manufacturing environment with experience in line management
• Certified auditor
• Statistics, Problem-solving and Lean Six Sigma methods
• High-stress resistance
• Ability to travel up to 10% of the time
• Must be able to read, write, and understand English 

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