Quality Specialist

OLIPOP · East Bay

Company

OLIPOP

Location

East Bay

Type

Full Time

Job Description

ABOUT US

OLIPOP was founded in 2017 by Ben Goodwin and David Lester. Ben and David have been working together for nearly a decade to find accessible solutions to bring the benefits of digestive health to as many consumers as possible.  OLIPOP is a deliciously refreshing tonic that is crafted with prebiotics, botanicals, and natural plant fiber to support your microbiome and benefit digestive health. We're on a mission to provide an affordable, delicious alternative to soda that delivers leading-edge health benefits to mainstream consumers.

OUR TEAM

Our team is a special bunch, with a unique way of working. We’re all fully remote, making us highly collaborative and resourceful. We share a mission to make the world a better place with a product that supports your health and is truly enjoyable. While we’re invested in our product, we’re equally invested in one another's personal development. We’re tightly knit, we’re genuine and we’re always pushing the envelope to do a better job than we did the day before.

At Olipop our values lead the way we create our products, engage with each other, and interact with our community.  Being a part of the OLIPOP team is about more than a career, and therefore we seek to recruit and include people with a diversity of abilities, backgrounds, and cultures to better serve our diverse community of customers.

WHAT YOU’LL NEED

Startup is as much a personal journey as it is a professional one. We can teach you functional skills, but we can’t change how you view and interact with the world. To succeed at a company like this, you must be able to fail, learn, adapt, and fail again. You need to be able to keep going when others would likely give up. You need to be able to find a way when it seems impossible. You must be humble enough to learn and confident enough to express yourself. If this is how you’ve lived your life, if these are the lessons your lived experiences have taught you, then we’d love to hear from you.

REPORTS TO

Quality Manager

COMPENSATION

$70K - $80K

THE ROLE

In this role, under the supervision of the Quality Manager you will be ensuring that all ingredients and components that go into making OLIPOP as well as ensuring product made at OLIPOP contract manufacturers meet our quality standards. This includes collecting the necessary supplier documentation and ensuring that the OLIPOP supplier approval systems are best in class and maintaining programs to communicate expectations to OLIPOP copackers by evaluating copacker performance to ensure all OLIPOP products meet the highest standards for quality and consistency.

The Quality Specialist will also manage the third-party certification programs for OLIPOP products including: Kosher, Non-GMO Project, Vegan, Paleo and Gluten Free by working closely with the Sourcing and Sustainability Manager to ensure all necessary supporting documentation is collected. This role will also assist the Quality Manager in developing and maintaining the OLIPOP master document control system including finished product and ingredient specifications, standard operating procedures, and internal policies.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Supplier Management

  • Maintain vendor approval forms and ingredient documentation
  • Review and approve new vendors by evaluating specifications, food safety documentation and certifications
  • Interact effectively with all supplier partners to maintain positive & responsive relationships
  • Based on risk assessment establish preventive measures to ensure consistency of ingredients across suppliers, crop year etc.
  • Create specifications for ingredients to communicate expectations to suppliers

Copacker Management

  • Manage copacker corrective action program by gathering all relevant documentation for investigations and incidents.
  • Interact effectively with all copacking partners to maintain positive & responsive relationships
  • Maintain processing, packaging, and finished product specifications

Finished Product

  • Interact effectively with all warehouse partners to maintain positive & responsive relationships
  • Coordinate with OLIPOP 3PL’s and the Supply Chain team to manage the positive release program for all OLIPOP products
  • Coordinate the collection and analysis of OLIPOP retention samples for the entirety of the products shelf-life

Document Control

  • Maintain OLIPOP document control systems (version, approvals etc.) for all supply chain documentation
  • Assist Supply Chain team members in the creation and proper formatting of documents
  • Organize and archive documents as necessary
  • Review all SOPs for completeness and accuracy with stakeholders on a regular basis

Skills/Experience Requirements

  • 3 - 5 years of experience in Supply Chain, Quality, or other related functions.
  • Experience developing and implementing document control processes.
  • Experience with third party certifications: Kosher, Organic, Non-GMO, Vegan, Paleo, Gluten Free is a plus
  • High level of proficiency in Microsoft Excel or Google Sheets are required, and prior experience with Google Workspace preferred.
  • Good organizational skills and ability to handle complex situations involving multiple SKU’s, channels, and distribution models.
  • Transparent, open/honest communicator - a great listener who can work independently while keeping other team members informed
  • Strong attention to detail and deadline oriented with the ability to organize assignments, set priorities, and carry out plans.

Other

  • 20% travel to copacker, supplier or team events as required.

We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.  Olipop does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity), national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, genetic information, age, membership in an employee organization, retaliation, parental status, military service, or other non-merit factor. Applicants and employees are protected from discrimination under Federal law. For more information, please see EEO is the Law.

COVID-19

OLIPOP requires all employees, unless they have received an approved exemption as an accommodation for a medical issue or sincerely held religious belief, to be “up to date” on their vaccines prior to their date of hire. A person is considered “up to date” on their COVID-19 vaccines after they have received their primary series of doses and their booster shots, when eligible. When a person is not eligible for a booster, they are considered “up to date” two weeks after they receive the final dose of their primary series. When a person is eligible for a booster, they are considered “up to date” immediately after they receive the booster. This policy applies to any vaccine authorized to prevent COVID-19 by the FDA, including by way of an emergency use authorization, or by the World Health Organization (WHO), or an active COVID-19 clinical trial (non-placebo). Vaccination verification (or accommodation approval) must be completed before the date of hire.

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Date Posted

04/03/2023

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