Corporate Quality Assurance Compliance Specialist

Chicago, IL or Toledo, OH

Up to 30% Travel

Reports to Corporate QA Compliance Manager

Relocation Assistance Available

If you’re a food safety and regulatory professional who thrives on solving complex problems, elevating supplier performance, and protecting beloved consumer brands, this role puts you at the center of a mid-sized CPG company’s quality ecosystem. You’ll influence suppliers, contract manufacturers, and third‑party warehouses — ensuring every ingredient, package, and process meets the highest standards of safety, compliance, and brand integrity.

This is a role for someone who wants impact, visibility, and the chance to shape quality across an entire supply chain.

The Corporate Quality Assurance Compliance Specialist owns supplier qualification, compliance, and ongoing performance monitoring for raw materials, ingredients, packaging, and third‑party operations. You’ll ensure suppliers meet rigorous food safety and thermal processing requirements for shelf‑stable production, while driving continuous improvement and cross‑functional alignment across the organization.

• Lead the Supplier Approval Program
  , ensuring documentation meets GFSI, USDA, and FDA requirements
• Assess raw material and supplier risks using Codex HACCP and FDA HARPC principles
• Evaluate supplier performance, food safety programs, and historical compliance
• Promote quality ownership across the supply chain
• Own the Allergen Management Program and maintain allergen matrices in the PLM system
• Enter, verify, and validate specifications in PLM
• Review and approve supplier documentation: HACCP/HARPC plans, GFSI certifications, allergen controls, packaging specs, Process Authority filings
• Maintain supplier quality records and systems
• Conduct quality and food safety audits of plants, suppliers, co‑manufacturers, and warehouses
• Manage corporate food safety and quality programs to ensure regulatory compliance
• Support resolution of food safety issues using root cause analysis
• Monitor emerging food safety risks, scientific developments, authenticity concerns, and regulatory changes
• Assist with maintaining certifications:
  USDA Organic, Non‑GMO, Kosher, Fair Trade
  , etc.
• Collaborate cross‑functionally with Quality, Regulatory, R&D, Marketing, Sales, Supply Chain, Finance, and Operations
• Travel up to 30%

• Bachelor’s degree in Food Science, Biology, Chemistry, or Engineering
• 3+ years in Quality, Food Safety, or Regulatory Compliance
• Required experience with GFSI
  , Codex HACCP
  , and PCQI certification
• Strong understanding of food hazards and risk assessment
• Working knowledge of FDA & USDA regulations (cGMPs, FSMA, FSVP, etc.)
• Experience with GFSI schemes:
  SQF, BRC, FSSC 22000
• Excellent problem‑solving, communication, and organizational skills
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office

You’ll be the guardian of quality for a portfolio of household brands — influencing suppliers, shaping compliance programs, and ensuring consumers receive safe, high‑quality products every time. This role offers national visibility, cross‑functional influence, and the chance to grow within a mid-sized CPG organization.

If you want to elevate food safety and quality across an entire supply chain, this is your next step.