Quality Assurance Consultant - Supplier Management

Your Role:
Quality Assurance Associate - Supplier Management (Elwood, Kansas)

• Manage QA activities for material movement, including disposition, hold, rejection, and release of incoming materials.
• Support Manufacturing and Warehouse teams to promote compliance through leadership, collaboration, and day-to-day quality oversight.
• Own lifecycle management of material and packaging specifications (drafting, annual review, revision updates).
• Conduct gap assessments for specifications and SOPs.
• Draft, route, and complete quality system records (change controls, deviations, CAPAs, investigations) in Veeva Quality Management System.
• Participate in and lead internal and supplier audits; support documentation requests for external regulatory audits.
• Analyze quality events/investigations/projects and independently resolve complex technical and compliance issues.
• Represent QA on cross-functional project teams and provide quality guidance.
• Author/revise quality documents, procedures, and records to maintain regulatory and internal compliance.
• Conduct SAP transactions to support material release and verify data accuracy.
• Support records management/archival and assist QA team members as needed.

• Bachelor’S degree in a Life Science discipline preferred (or equivalent education/experience).
• 5+ years in a regulated industry (USDA, FDA, ISO, GMP, or similar) with direct Quality Assurance experience.
• Strong understanding of quality systems, GMP principles, and applicable regulatory requirements.
• Experience reviewing/approving quality documentation, investigations, deviations, CAPAs, and change controls.
• Ability to make sound independent decisions and manage multiple priorities.
• Strong technical writing, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communication.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
• Ability to work effectively in a collaborative team environment.

• Experience with Veeva Quality Management Systems and SAP.
• Knowledge of risk management tools and basic statistical analysis.
• Supplier/internal/regulatory audit experience.

• Multiple relocation packages; 8-week parental leave; annual bonus; flexible work arrangements; up to 6% 401(k) matching.

Travel 0–5%.