Quality Assurance Specialist – Product Management
Topco Associates LLC
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Itasca • Illinois • United States
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Salary
💰 $60,000 - $75,000 per year
Job Level
About the role
- 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
Requirements
- 4 Year College Degree, BS in Food Science, Food Technology, Microbiology, Foods/Nutrition or related Field preferred
- Good verbal/written communication skills
- Knowledge of consumer product testing, laboratory procedures, product/quality measurement skills
- Ability to create and present QA information to broad audiences
- Knowledge of all Microsoft applications
- High member focus
- One to three years of related industry experience
Benefits
- Medical coverage through Blue Cross Blue Shield (PPO and HDHP offered)
- Health Savings Account
- Dental coverage
- Vision coverage
- Annual flexible spending accounts
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Competitive 401(k) match
- Generous PTO offered
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
product evaluationproduct reformulationFirst Production Monitoringproduct monitoring programscompliance monitoringproduct specificationscompetitive product reviewsproblem-solvingsupplier evaluationGFSI certification
Soft Skills
verbal communicationwritten communicationpresentation skillsmember focustechnical expertise