Topco Associates LLC

QA Engineer

• Evaluate/approve new products as warranted
• Participate in the development of new products and reformulations of existing products
• Assure First Production Monitoring protocol is executed
• Establish product monitoring programs for assigned categories
• Monitor products for assigned categories for compliance with Topco specs and with applicable government regulations
• Prepare/participate in competitive product reviews
• Write/maintain/update product specifications
• Capture Brand Standard Intelligence via Product Monitoring protocol and competitive shopping evaluations
• Gather/track/update/store information per established guidelines
• Manage withdrawal/recall situations to gather information needed by the Regulatory team
• Apply superior knowledge during product investigations and problem-solving circumstances, following-up to closure
• Provide technical expertise and product knowledge to internal and external customers
• Provide back-up to Senior QA Specialists
• Evaluate/approve new supplier facilities as warranted
• Manage vendors relative to assigned categories to GFSI certification and/or Third Party Audit compliance and advise QA Management of non-compliant suppliers
• All other duties as assigned

Quality Assurance Specialist – Product Management