Direct Client - Sr Senior Packaging Safety Specialist

• The Retail Packaging product safety and quality advisor senior role is a once in a career opportunity for a packaging QA professional to be part of the biggest sustainability commitments for a large retailer.
• You will work with industry experts, cross-functional teams, and an outstanding supply base to drive projects from start to finish.
• At the same time, you'll be continuing a legacy of world class product safety and quality performance by managing quality signals, product incidents, and supply base management on a daily basis.

Years experience?:

• 3-5+, the more exp the better

Technology requirements?:

• Quality Management System knowledge including HACCP, GMPs, ISO or GFSI and BRC complaint standards (must have)
• Smartsheet's
• Microsoft Office Suite

Required background & Skills

• Experience developing and implementing quality programs and product standards or manufacturer and supplier quality system and product quality auditing with an emphasis in materials (3-5 years)
• Progressive experience managing the development and review of information required to comply with product safety and quality (3-5 years)
• Strong packaging and material science background with emphasis in plastics, pulp, and paper (3-5 years)
• Basic understanding of Food Safety and Quality GFSI requirements.
• Interpreting QA task protocols as needed
• Collaborative
• Strong Communication
• Attention to detail
• Food contact packaging (paper, plastic, compostable fiber, etc)
• Disposable cups and lids,
• Nonfood contact packaging

Daily Responsibilities:

• Proactively analyze product and supplier quality signals, metrics, audit data, customer feedback, regulator, and workgroup input.
• Identify trends and lead investigation and resolution of packaging related concerns from regulators, retail stores, field QA team or internal and external customers.
• Interface and influence suppliers and cross-functional teams, including internationally based team, to deliver results within demanding timelines.
• Acts as a Retail Food Packaging Product Safety and Quality system expert in the development of new packaging initiatives or operating practices.

Key projects:

• Apply in-depth technical knowledge to projects and gather insights (i.e., testing, supplier and product assessment) across a wide variety of single-use packaging materials/items including but not limited to:
  • poly-coated paperboard (hot cups),
  • polypropylene PP (cups and lids),
  • polylactic acid PLA,
  • poly-hydroxyalkanoic acids PHA,
  • molded pulp,
  • corrugate,
  • containerboard, utensils, etc.
• General team support, more ad-hoc focused on packaging specification and enterprise management
• Manufacturing or process capability consulting (helpful)

Nice-to-Haves:

• Technical knowledge of poly-coated paperboard (hot cups), polypropylene PP (cups and lids), polylactic acid PLA, poly-hydroxyalkanoic acids PHA, molded pulp, corrugate, containerboard, utensils, etc.
• Lean 6 Signma