Food Safety & Compliance Specialist

The Pet Care business unit of Spectrum Brands is based in St. Louis, Missouri with distribution, manufacturing and sales offices throughout the US and globe. Owners of dogs, cats, birds, small animals, fish and reptiles rely on our brands for exceptional value and trusted results. Our industry-leading brands include Tetra, Instant Ocean, Marineland, 8-in-1, Dingo, FURminator, Nature's Miracle, GloFish, DreamBone and SmartBones.

The Food Safety and Compliance Specialist position is a key role for the quality team within the facility and will partner with Operations, Sourcing, Planning, and R&D/Engineering teams to ensure products meet or exceed customer requirements. This role is responsible for oversight and guidance to ensure compliance to product and process specification requirements through adherence to the multitude of QA and FS processes in place. Additionally, this role serves as the facility Document Control Administrator as well as supports EPD and NPD projects.

• Lead the major QA and Food Safety programs and processes including but not limited to:
  
  
  
  • Cleaning and Sanitization
  • Environmental Sampling and Monitoring
  • Document control
  • cGMP audit program/ Internal Audit Program
  • Pest Management
  
  
  
  
• Maintains and revises facility HACCP/Food Safety Plan
• Lead internal audits for compliance with NASC, USDA, FDA, and customer requirements
• Lead Product Safety and Adverse CCS case investigations and closure
• Support NPD through Project review and sign-off in SPX and Workfront
• Participate in quarterly Mock Recall exercises
• Complete Raw material/ Ingredient/ Finished Product risk assessment and determine testing requirements
• Lead Continuous Improvement projects

• Bachelor's degree required (Science or related field preferred).
• ASQ or equivalent certification (PCQI, CPQA, Yellow or Green Belt or CQA) preferred
• 3-5 years Quality Assurance experience in a manufacturing environment
• Knowledgeable in Quality Management, Quality Inspection and Calibration standards such as ISO 9001, ANSI Z1.4, NIST
• Knowledgeable in QC inspection and sampling systems
• Knowledgeable in Food Safety and HACCP

• Excellent problem-solving skills
• Excellent understanding of data analysis tools including Word, Excel, Power Point
• Excellent communication skills, both oral and written, are fundamental
• Must be able to work in a fast-paced manufacturing environment and possess strong organizational, interpersonal, analytical and communications skills
• Knowledgeable in SAP
• Knowledgeable of Lean Six Sigma tools
• Mechanical Aptitude

Working conditions are normal for an office environment.

Responsibility to Food Safety:

Spectrum Brands recognizes that a successful food safety culture can be achieved only by following safe working practices and procedures developed through effective hazard analysis, training, and experience. To achieve these aims, a robust Hazard Analysis Critical Control Points System (HACCP) has been introduced following a full hazard analysis of all food related operations. All instructions and control mechanisms within HACCP are designed to control any risk to food safety. Achievement of this policy involves all staff being individually responsible for the quality of their work. The result will be a culture of continual improvement and an improved working environment for all. All employees are provided with the food safety training necessary to enable them to perform their tasks and are responsible for ensuring that they do so in a hygienic manner so that the safety of our product is not put at risk. All employees are required to co-operate with any authorized person to ensure compliance with all policies, procedures, and work instructions.

The above information on this description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this job/classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job.

Spectrum Brands is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer.

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