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QRC Specialist: Innovation PT

HireTalent
🇺🇸 United States
On-site
2 weeks ago
  • Regulatory Compliance
  • food safety
  • HACCP
  • GMP
  • Microsoft Office Applications
  • SAP
2 weeks ago
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Overview

We are seeking a Quality & Regulatory Compliance Specialist – Innovation to support food safety, quality, and regulatory compliance initiatives for innovative products within the protein, functional foods, and better-for-you (BFY) categories. This role plays a key part in accelerating innovation while ensuring compliance with food safety standards, quality requirements, and regulatory expectations across new product development and external manufacturing partnerships.
This is a part-time contract opportunity with the potential to expand to full-time hours based on business needs. The position is primarily hybrid and requires local availability for on-site support when needed.

Responsibilities

Innovation & Project Leadership

  • Represent Quality, Regulatory, and Compliance (QRC) functions on innovation projects involving protein, functional foods, and better-for-you products
  • Ensure food safety and quality requirements are incorporated throughout product development
  • Participate in front-end innovation, joint venture, and new product initiatives
  • Conduct Quality Design Reviews and communicate findings to project stakeholders
  • Support rapid product commercialization while maintaining compliance standards

Food Safety, Quality & Regulatory Support

  • Develop and implement food safety and quality plans for new products and manufacturing processes
  • Facilitate approval of ingredients, packaging materials, suppliers, and manufacturing locations
  • Conduct quality system assessments for suppliers, manufacturers, distribution centers, and other partners
  • Ensure compliance with government regulations, industry standards, and company policies
  • Support development of quality and regulatory procedures related to innovation activities

Manufacturing & Operational Support

  • Provide on-site support during manufacturing trials and production runs
  • Assist with issue investigations, corrective actions, and quality improvement initiatives
  • Support manufacturing, engineering, packaging, operations, and R&D teams throughout product development and commercialization
  • Evaluate manufacturing processes and identify potential food safety and quality risks

Continuous Improvement

  • Participate in continuous improvement initiatives using audit findings, KPI data, benchmarking, and gap analysis
  • Support implementation of best practices related to food safety, quality systems, and regulatory compliance
  • Collaborate with subject matter experts and cross-functional partners to standardize processes and improve execution

Required Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Food Science, Microbiology, Quality Assurance, Engineering, or a related field
  • Minimum of 5 years of food quality, food safety, or regulatory compliance experience
  • Experience within food manufacturing environments
  • Experience supporting new product development and commercialization initiatives
  • Strong knowledge of:
    • HACCP principles
    • GMP requirements
    • Food safety systems
    • FDA regulations
    • Quality design principles
  • Experience working with protein, functional foods, or better-for-you product categories
  • Strong problem-solving and troubleshooting skills
  • Excellent written and verbal communication abilities
  • Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced and evolving innovation environment
  • Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications and Microsoft Teams

Preferred Qualifications

  • FDA Preventive Controls Qualified Individual (PCQI) Certification
  • SAP experience
  • Experience with:
    • Protein products
    • Functional foods
    • Nutritional products
    • Dietary supplements
  • Experience working with external manufacturers and co-manufacturing partners
  • Knowledge of diverse manufacturing processes including:
    • Dairy
    • Sweeteners
    • Confectionery
    • Cereals
    • Nuts and nut processing
    • Baking
    • Extrusion processes
    • Warehousing and distribution
  • Experience conducting supplier quality and manufacturing audits

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