Associate Manager, Quality Assurance

Associate Manager Supply Quality Assurance

Location : Orrville, OH

Work Arrangements : Monday Friday - Hybrid

In this role you will :

• Ensure compliance and improvements to approval process for qualification of new ingredient suppliers.
• Manage quality and food safety expectations for existing ingredient supply chain which includes, but is not limited to, audit corrective action follow up, facilitating discussion between Smucker plant and supplier when quality / food safety issues require mitigation, supporting internal raw material sampling and testing protocol and data analysis, etc.
• Conduct audits at supplier locations as required prior to purchasing and as needed.
• Maintain and review ingredient supplier documentation.
• Monitor compliance to Smucker ingredient specifications through receiving data and Supplier Non-Conformance Report review and work to reduce non-conformances.
• Ensure ingredient specifications are routed and approved per project timelines and in alignment with material attribute requirements.
• Develop and maintain relationships with key suppliers to more effectively address issues.
• Maintain Raw Material Hazard Analysis for related ingredient portfolios.
• Maintain Approved Vendor List for ingredient usage in Smucker products.
• Support systems used for department including confidence in learning new software systems and deep diving into problem solving as required.
• Other projects as needed.

The Right Place for You

We are bold, kind, strive to do the right thing, we play to win, and we believe in a strong community that thrives together. Our culture is rooted in our Basic Beliefs, and we believe in supporting every employee by meeting their physical, emotional, and financial needs.

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