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QRC Specialist: Innovation PT

TekWissen LLC

Hershey, PA

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JOB DETAILS
SALARY
$38.23–$38.23
SKILLS
Agile Programming Methodologies, Benchmarking, Best Practices, Beverages, Communication Skills, Consumer Packaged Goods, Continuous Improvement, Contract Requirements, Data Analysis, Distribution Operations, Distribution Services, Diversity, Extrusion, FDA Requirements, Food Quality, Food Safety, GMP (Good Manufacturing Practices), Gap Analysis, Government Regulations, Industry Standards, Leadership, Logistics, Maintain Compliance, Manufacturing, Manufacturing Operations, Manufacturing/Industrial Processes, Marketing, On Site Support, Performance Metrics, Pest Control, Policy Development, Problem Solving Skills, Procedure Development, Product Development, Product Marketing, Regulations, Regulatory Compliance, Reporting Skills, Research & Development (R&D), SAP, Safety Standards, Safety/Work Safety, Sales Operations, Set Goals, Support Documentation, Systems Analysis, Time Management, Warehousing, Workforce Management
LOCATION
Hershey, PA
POSTED
3 days ago
Overview:
TekWissen is a global workforce management provider headquartered in Ann Arbor, Michigan that offers strategic talent solutions to our clients world-wide. Our client is an American multinational company and one of the largest chocolate manufacturers in the worldIt also manufactures baked products, beverages and many more that are produced globally
Position: QRC Specialist: Innovation PT
Location: Hershey, PA, 17033
Duration: 12 Months
Job Type: Temporary Assignment
Work Type: Hybrid (but the candidate needs to be local and to be able to help on-site as needed)
Shift: 1St Shift
Job Details:
  • This role is designed to support BFY (protein/functional) Innovation (a newer area for HSY) with a focus on food safety, speed to market, including "non traditional" and Joint Venture approaches to develop, manufacture and market new BFY products.
  • As a result, this position needs to understand this newer "space", react quickly to changing business needs, and maintain a "fluid" work environment.
  • Under direction from the Manager QRC Innovation and in collaboration with R&D, Operations, Engineering, Packaging, and Commercial Teams, this role is responsible for food safety, quality, and regulatory compliance elements of the Agile Innovation Process and other early-stage Innovation.
  • This includes, but is not limited to, identification and facilitating approval of ingredients and packaging, conducting quality system assessments (ingredient/packaging suppliers, manufacturing locations, distribution sites, etc.), policy and procedure development pertaining to Innovation, conducting Quality Design Reviews, developing Food Safety and Quality plans and providing on-site support of manufacturing and distribution operations.
  • Ensures compliance with government regulations, industry standards and Company's program and procedures in this newer category.
  • Work with client's QRC, Engineering, Packaging, Regulatory, and R&D team members to identify, standardize, and implement best practices, new technologies and methods related to these areas of expertise and any emerging issues.
  • Work with COEs and SMEs to develop and implement global standards for food safety and quality at external manufacturing partners.
  • Work with client Marketing, Sales, and Operations to ensure inclusion of Quality Requirements in Contractual Agreements.
Main Duties:
Time % Summary of major duties:
75% QRC Leadership for Innovation and Project Support:
  • Represents QRC on Front-of-Funnel Innovation, Joint Venture, and other applicable projects related to protein/BFY/ functional foods initiatives.
  • Assures that the food quality and food safety aspects of the projects are taken into account in planning and implementation.
  • Conducts Quality Design Reviews.
  • Effectively communicates and transfers knowledge on projects and product changes to regional QRC personnel.
20%Program and Process Leadership and Support:
  • Actively identifies and supports packaging and ingredient supplier approval process.
  • Prepares documentation necessary to support Foods Safety, Quality and Regulatory Compliance.
  • Provides on-site support at manufacturing sites during trials and/or production runs.
  • Conducts quality issue follow-up and resolution involving the manufacturing sites, distribution and logistics groups and manufacturing locations.
  • Prepares reports for issue resolution, provides timely communication to partners upon learning any service-related issue from manufacturing locations.
  • Keeps abreast of government regulations and enforcement, trends in food safety, pest control regulations and techniques and changes in PEP/HACCP policies and procedures.
5% Continuous Improvement:
  • Participates in continuous program improvement efforts using audit and KPI data, Gap analysis, and CPG benchmarking to establish yearly goals.
Typical Day:
Top Three Technical Skills:
  • Thorough knowledge of Food Safety and HACCP, GMPs, FDA regulations, quality design principles in the functional foods and dietary supplement space
  • Capable of understanding varied manufacturing processes to include dairy, sweeteners, confectionery, cereal, peanuts and tree nuts, ground nuts, raisins, flour, snacks, baking, extrusion and warehousing. Manufacturing plant experience preferred
  • Have an understanding of new product development steps and life cycle.
Software Skills and Purpose (if applicable):
  • MS OFFICE
  • Teams, SAP

Industry Experience:

  • Food Quality experience
  • Experience with new product development
  • Manufacturing experience
TekWissen Group is an equal opportunity employer supporting workforce diversity

About the Company

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TekWissen LLC

WE THE TEKWISSEN PEOPLE

TekWissen offers you a broader portfolio of services, industry-leading solutions, and the meaningful innovations that give you greater flexibility and speed to respond to market dynamics, reduced costs and risk to improve enterprise performance, and increased productivity to enable growth.

To keep pace with global market demands, TekWissen keeps its finger on the pulse of change. Our organized approach to guiding a project from its inception to closure. Managing projects is becoming more and more important as we enter the digital era. To cope with the pace that this transition demands, a method is required to manage projects so they can yield quality work, while incorporating efficient use of time and resources.

Project involves identifying which quality standards are relevant to the project and determining how to satisfy them.

It is important to perform quality planning during the Planning Process and should be done alongside the other project planning processes because changes in the quality will likely require changes in the other planning processes, or the desired product quality may require a detailed risk analysis of an identified problem. It is important to remember that quality should be planned, designed, then built in, not added on after the fact.

Capabilities and accomplishments in one TekWissen business enhance the opportunity for success in the others. Put simply, TekWissen's unique combination of attributes promotes success.



COMPANY SIZE
100 to 499 employees
INDUSTRY
Computer/IT Services
FOUNDED
2009
WEBSITE
http://www.tekwissen.com/