Corp Food Tech Quality Assurance Scientist - Fresh Foods - Full-time / Part-time

Department: MFG Corporate Food Technology
Post End Date:
Position Type: Employee
Position Reports To: Corporate Food Technology Manager or Senior Manager
Position Supervises: N/A
Pay Level: 8-9
FLSA Status: Exempt
 

 

Position Summary:

Leverage technical expertise and leadership to assure safety and quality of Kroger branded products. Work closely with and monitor manufacturing or fresh food facilities to maintain relevant Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI) certification. Ensure all labeling and packaging meets legal requirements. Demonstrate the company’s core values of respect, honesty, integrity, diversity, inclusion and safety.

Essential Job Functions:

• Provide guidance to manufacturing or fresh food facilities to implement, achieve and maintain relevant GFSI certification including Safe Quality Food (SQF) level 3; oversee facility compliance to GFSI certification body as well as company standards
• Develop, maintain and improve food safety and quality plans for all processes at food facilities, including inspection plans, product testing protocols and methodologies
• Perform regulatory food safety, sanitation compliance and quality systems audits and issue written reports
• Help facilities develop improvement action plans; closely monitor progress against objectives
• Develop and maintain GFSI or SQF (level 3) policies, procedures, training materials, logs, documentation, certificates of analysis, product specification sheets and records to ensure certification standards are met
• Analyze customer comments; partner with facilities to resolve product quality/food safety issues
• Collaborate with product development teams to maintain/improve finished product specifications
• Compile and analyze statistical data and product specification information to determine standards; help establish finished product quality/reliability expectations
• Oversee corrective action processes to ensure thorough analysis and timely completion of root cause/corrective actions; ensure effective, sustainable changes to prevent reoccurrence
• Ensure effective environmental monitoring programs are established and followed
• Identify and drive continuous improvement
• Travel to manufacturing and fresh food facilities for quality and regulatory compliance audits
• Accountable to the Kroger Manufacturing Food Safety and Quality Principles
• Must be able to perform the essential functions of this position with or without reasonable accommodation

Minimum Position Qualifications/Education: 

• Bachelor’s degree in food science technology, dairy or bakery science, food microbiology or related field
• 5 years of experience in quality assurance and food safety/quality systems in a fresh food preparation or manufacturing environment
• Advanced knowledge of food microbiology, refrigerated foods, USDA regulation, specialty ingredient or supplement regulation
• Strong critical thinking and problem solving skill
• Attention to detail with a high degree of precision
• Strong oral and written communication skills
• Demonstrated excellence in project management and execution
• Advanced Microsoft Office skills
• Able to provide leadership to promote quality concepts/principles and to develop/administer the Kroger Co. Quality Management System (pay level - 9)
• Experience and expertise to validate changes to food safety fundamentals, food safety plans and food quality plans that impact the Kroger manufacturing network’s ability to deliver, safe quality food (pay level - 9)

Desired Previous Job Experience:

• 2 years of quality assurance plant experience
• Experience with statistical process control (SPC) and Lean/Six Sigma
• Experience implementing/maintaining robust quality systems (e.g. ISO 9001, 22000, SQF, BRC)
• Proficient with product lifecycle management (PLM), Infinity and SharePoint

 

Education Level: Bachelor's Required
Required Travel: Up to 75%
Required Certifications/Licenses: None
Position Type: Full-Time
 Regions: Midwest

States: Indiana; Kansas; Ohio
Keywords: food science

 

Jobs at Kroger: At Kroger, we hire people who have a passion for helping others and who want to build a relationship with our Customers. No matter what stage of your career, you can build your future at Kroger. We look for people who want more, aspire to be more and work hard to achieve their goals. Our focus on keeping the Customer first is what makes us successful. As the largest traditional grocery chain in the U.S. and one of the world's largest retailers, we employee more than 443,000 Associates across 35 states and the District of Columbia. We offer many opportunities not only in our stores, but in Manufacturing, Logistics, Marketing, Finance, Human Resources, and many other fields.

 

Company Overview
Kroger Family of Companies employs nearly 443,000 associates who serve customers in 2,796 retail food stores under a variety of in 35 states and the District of Columbia.  Kroger and its subsidiaries operate an expanding ClickList offering – a personalized, order online, pick up at the store service – in addition to 2,253 pharmacies, 787 convenience stores, 324 fine jewelry stores, 1,439 supermarket fuel centers and 38 food production plants in the United States.  Kroger is recognized as one of America’s most generous companies for its support of more than 100 Feeding America food bank partners, breast cancer research and awareness, the military and their families, and more than 145,000 community organizations including schools. Careers with The Kroger Co. and our family of companies offer competitive wages, flexible schedules, benefits and room for advancement.

 Posting Notes:  OH || Cincinnati || 1014 Vine Street || 45202 || Kroger Manufacturing || None || Food Technology || Employee || Exempt || Full-Time || None