Supplier Quality Manager

Agri-Mark/McCadam/Cabot Creamery has an immediate opening for a Supplier Quality Manager
. The Supplier Quality Manager will manage food safety and quality supplier approval and continued compliance of ingredient, packaging, chemical, copacker, licensed and other suppliers for all Agri-Mark locations. Support all Agri-Mark warehouses as resident SQF Practitioner.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead, model, promote and help oversee the food safety culture in the facilities.
• Display strong leadership skills that inspire team confidence and respect, while motivating team members in a creative and effective manner.
• Manage the SQF program at all warehouses, including all verification, validation, and training activities. Oversees inspections of Agri-Mark stand-alone warehousing and audits of contract warehousing in cooperation with the plant QA managers.
• Manage co-packer, supplier (ingredients, packaging materials), licensing and warehouse approval program process.
• Provide metrics to manage co-packer, supplier, warehouse and licensing performance through scorecards.
• Manage documentation of co-packer, supplier, warehouse and licensing food safety, quality, and regulatory documents through the Trace Gains platform.
• Perform audits of new and existing co-packers, suppliers, and licensing as needed as business needs change, processes changes, or improvement are sought.
• Work with QA staff to fulfill audits and inspections of current and potential warehouses and manage resulting record keeping and ranking.
• Support manufacturing plant QA during audits in areas of supplier quality, co-packers, and outside warehousing.
• Maintain approved supplier and approved warehouse lists.
• Responsible for supporting the manufacturing plants in the areas warehouse and supplier issues.
• Support the entire supply chain as an expert in the areas of supplier quality and warehouse quality.
• Supports all warehouses as resident SQF Practitioner, including program development, training, management, verification and validation.
• All other duties as assigned.

Agri-Mark/McCadam/Cabot Creamery has an immediate opening for a Supplier Quality Manager
. The Supplier Quality Manager will manage food safety and quality supplier approval and continued compliance of ingredient, packaging, chemical, copacker, licensed and other suppliers for all Agri-Mark locations. Support all Agri-Mark warehouses as resident SQF Practitioner.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead, model, promote and help oversee the food safety culture in the facilities.
• Display strong leadership skills that inspire team confidence and respect, while motivating team members in a creative and effective manner.
• Manage the SQF program at all warehouses, including all verification, validation, and training activities. Oversees inspections of Agri-Mark stand-alone warehousing and audits of contract warehousing in cooperation with the plant QA managers.
• Manage co-packer, supplier (ingredients, packaging materials), licensing and warehouse approval program process.
• Provide metrics to manage co-packer, supplier, warehouse and licensing performance through scorecards.
• Manage documentation of co-packer, supplier, warehouse and licensing food safety, quality, and regulatory documents through the Trace Gains platform.
• Perform audits of new and existing co-packers, suppliers, and licensing as needed as business needs change, processes changes, or improvement are sought.
• Work with QA staff to fulfill audits and inspections of current and potential warehouses and manage resulting record keeping and ranking.
• Support manufacturing plant QA during audits in areas of supplier quality, co-packers, and outside warehousing.
• Maintain approved supplier and approved warehouse lists.
• Responsible for supporting the manufacturing plants in the areas warehouse and supplier issues.
• Support the entire supply chain as an expert in the areas of supplier quality and warehouse quality.
• Supports all warehouses as resident SQF Practitioner, including program development, training, management, verification and validation.
• All other duties as assigned.

• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite and computer-based applications.
• Excellent verbal/written communication skills.
• Excellent problem solving, customer service and interpersonal communication skills.
• Bachelor of Science in a scientific field with 2 years’ experience in a food manufacturing environment with equivalent leadership experience. A combination of education and training will be accepted as an alternative to work…