KP QA Compliance Auditor - Golden State Foods

Summary:  This position is responsible for the final review of all plant documentation and practices that will ensure all products meet Regulatory, Customer, and Company requirements.

Responsibilities Related to the Job: 

• Coordinate KanPak Quality activities and operations to meet objectives for quality, food safety, integrity, regulatory compliances, cost, safety, and customer satisfaction at KanPak.
• Participate in formulating and administering division’s short- and long-range goals and objectives for business growth.
• Audits of production, quality, sanitation, and warehouse documentation and practices.
• Assigns product disposition lot attributes, to allow or prevent product shipment.
• Meet all Regulatory, Company, and Customer requirements.
• Understand the HACCP program and ensure all critical control points and preventative controls are met throughout production.
• Follows Good Documentation practices. Organizes and maintains all files and documentation associated with the production of product and record retention policies.
• Maintain databases and spreadsheets to trend production and quality data, customer complaints, environmental monitoring.
• Provides root cause and corrective actions reports for incidents and deviations.
• Facilitates all holds of nonconforming product, following the Hold Program. Ensures all dispositions are carried out and documented for traceability. Communicating and coordinating all hold information to departments involved. Complete Hold Product Inventory when required.
• Facilitates Mock Trace Recall program and exercises.
• Preparation and participation in company audits, 3^rd party audits, and facility inspections.
• Completes product complaint investigations that are supplied to management and customers.
• Facilitates the environmental monitoring program. Communicating environmental issues or trends to have incident corrective actions completed.
• Assists in the development and execution of Plant and Quality Specifications, Standards, Procedures and Programs.
• Provide Certificates of Analysis to customers.
• Follow and assist in maintaining good manufacturing practices.
• Performs tasks in compliance with all company standards including those for safety and quality.
• Product and ingredient sample collection for regulatory, customer’s, research, and development.
• Participates in all company required training as well as department training.
• Performs all other duties as assigned or required.

Social Responsibilities: 

• Maintain compliance with KanPak/GSF Code of Business Conduct, policies and procedures, management systems, and all applicable Environmental, Health, Safety, and other regulations.
• Act according to KanPak’s Creed & Values

Required Qualifications and Knowledge: 

• Minimum of High School Diploma Required or GED Required
• Experience with HACCP programs, critical control point monitoring, preventative controls, Auditing

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in food science or related field preferred
• Minimum of one year of quality control and manufacturing experience preferred
• FDA Better Processing Certification (Ability to complete certification with provided course)
• HACCP Certification (Ability to complete certification with provided course)

Competencies/Job Skills: 

• Strong analytical reasoning skills
• Excellent attention to detail
• Excellent written communication and oral skills
• Excellent time management
• Maintain confidentiality of highly sensitive information
• Able to contribute to the team’s success

Travel Requirements:  0%

Physical Requirements:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to sit and talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to stand and walk. The employee is occasionally required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

Disclaimer:   This job description indicates the general nature and level of work expected of the incumbent.  It is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities required of the incumbent.  Incumbent may be asked to perform other duties as required.