FSQA Supply Chain Manager

Description

Bringing our love of food to families for five generations! Blount Fine Foods is a family-owned and operated manufacturer, marketer, and developer of premium fresh prepared foods. We are an engaging team, bringing restaurant-quality products to America including single-serve grab-n-go fresh soups, mac & cheese, and entrées in grocery stores across the country, as well as for hot bars and restaurants. Help us create the finest food experiences including those with specialty certifications that include organic, gluten-free, and low sodium, among others. Join a proven team for growth, success, and a satisfying career!

Summary:

Lead and coordinate Blount Fine Foods Approved Supplier & Material Program as well as Approved Co-Manufacturers. Coordinate and provide a cohesive interface between Manufacturing, Purchasing, R & D, FSQA Lab and Suppliers on quality, food safety and technical matters. This position needs to be able to relate to employees working on the floor of a manufacturing facility and also successfully relate to upper management within Blount and the suppliers. HACCP, food fraud and preventative controls are programs critical to the safety of our products. This position provides the risk assessment and hazard analysis of food ingredients and the suppliers' processes and recommends control measures to mediate the potential risks. Sourcing high quality ingredients is a global initiative. Understanding and perhaps managing foreign supplier verification programs will be essential in this position.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Will lead the development/expansion of the FSQA supplier, material and co-manufacturer approval and monitoring process.
• Will development means to monitor each supplier's performance to FSQA and Procurement defined KPI's including routine reporting to Sr. Management on such KPI's
• Create/maintain co-manufacturer manuals to ensure Blount's strict food safety and quality standards are clearly defined and understood.
• Guarantees effectiveness of new supplier assessment and approval.
• Supplier assessment provides the frame work to assure Blount products are safe and the suppliers has the right processes in place.
• Manages and continues to develop the Hazard analysis and risk assessment for suppliers and raw materials.
• Validates adequacy of material specifications and ensures performance.
  • Improves specification content in food safety and quality attributes.
  • Contribute to improving raw material quality by helping develop consistent raw material attributes and specifications.
• Development of corporate specifications for raw materials.
• Interface for resolution of raw material non conformities.
• Acts as a technical expert or involves technical experts to resolve issues that affect quality service, cost. Provides direction and management in resolving issues related to poor quality.
• Manages and directs continuous quality improvement for suppliers and raw materials. Has ownership for development accuracy and improvement of quality metrics.
• Performs supplier audits and writes audit reports for suppliers and approves supplier audit responses, corrective actions, tracks categories and total score and develops follow up action recommendations.
• Contributes to improving raw material quality by helping develop consistent raw material attributes and specifications.
• Organizes and reports on supplier food safety assessments and recommends an action plan to understand the impact of the assessment gaps.
• Approves supplier selection through robust qualification processes, including supplier audits.
• Supports new raw materials product qualifications.
• Communicates audit findings to the affected departments and to Quality Assurance management.
• Assists in the performance of internal audits, as required.
• Identifies vendor/supplier quality and compliance issues utilizing customer complaint data; works with internal departments to escalate, resolve and prevent identified issues.
• Identifies, measures, implements, and reports on continuous improvement initiatives regarding raw material quality, supplier audits and qualification process.
• Reviews and tracks/trends all supplier complaint investigations.
• Manages active raw material risk in conjunction with Purchasing.
• Leads and supports root cause problem solving tools for investigating raw material food safety and quality compliance issues.
• Provides supplier quality data to Senior Management and measures critical supplier quality metrics.
• Responsible for collaborating with other departments to maintain the entire supplier and material qualification process.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Our Total Compensation Package Includes:

• Medical, dental and vision benefits
• 401k with Company match
• Paid time off including vacation, sick time and holidays
• Education Assistance Program
• Life Insurance and Short-Term Disability
• Discounts on Blount products at Company retail locations
• Discretionary Annual Bonus Program