Compliance Specialist - Portland

Job Summary

• The Compliance Specialist is responsible for ensuring compliance of materials and finished products with regulatory, food safety and customer requirements, developing and continuously improving food safety and quality programs, procedures, and systems. Assists in managing the Document Control Program and is responsible for the release of Ingredients and Finished Goods. The Compliance Specialis has a full understanding of BRC, GFSI scheme, HACCP principles, GMP’s.
  
  Assists in managing third-party certifications for the business.

• The Compliance Specialist is responsible for ensuring compliance of materials and finished products with regulatory, food safety and customer requirements, developing and continuously improving food safety and quality programs, procedures, and systems. Assists in managing the Document Control Program and is responsible for the release of Ingredients and Finished Goods. The Compliance Specialis has a full understanding of BRC, GFSI scheme, HACCP principles, GMP’s.
  
  Assists in managing third-party certifications for the business.
• Review supplier and material documentation for compliance with requirements as part of Supplier Approval Program. Communicate with suppliers on technical, food safety, or quality concerns.
• Collaborate with Purchasing, R&D, Quality teams, suppliers and customers on raw material document updates or identified issues.
• Build strategic relationships and maintain effective and professional communication with raw material suppliers in collaboration with cross-functional team.
• Coordinate and submit raw material & finished goods samples for testing/evaluation and track status and results with third party labs. Escalate out-of-spec results. Place finished goods on Hold in system.
• Assess Ingredient Hazard Analysis as part of Food Safety / HACCP Plan.
• Approve incoming COAs. Follow up with suppliers on receipt of materials with no COA.
• Complete Finished Good COAs with accurate information from quality records and outside lab results reports in a professional format for customer communications.
• Initiate and support completion of supplier and customer non-conformances.

• Review supplier and material documentation for compliance with requirements as part of Supplier Approval Program. Communicate with suppliers on technical, food safety, or quality concerns.
• Collaborate with Purchasing, R&D, Quality teams, suppliers and customers on raw material document updates or identified issues.
• Build strategic relationships and maintain effective and professional communication with raw material suppliers in collaboration with cross-functional team.
• Coordinate and submit raw material & finished goods samples for testing/evaluation and track status and results with third party labs. Escalate out-of-spec results. Place finished goods on Hold in system.
• Assess Ingredient Hazard Analysis as part of Food Safety / HACCP Plan.
• Approve incoming COAs. Follow up with suppliers on receipt of materials with no COA.
• Complete Finished Good COAs with accurate information from quality records and outside lab results reports in a professional format for customer communications.
• Initiate and support completion of supplier and customer non-conformances.

• Develop and maintain documentation to comply with record keeping requirements.
• Responsible for the schedule of document reviews and maintaining
  accurate Document Register
• Timely distribution of latest revision level documentation to all appropriate users and ensure that obsolete documentation is removed from system library.

• Implement solutions to improve quality and food safety through inspections, CAPA investigations, and internal and external audits.
• Maintain Identity Preserved Foods programs including but not limited to Kosher, Organic, Gluten Free, Non-GMO Project, Whole Grain Council, and Keto certifications.
• Support regulatory, customer, third-party and internal audit preparation and execution.
• Support Monitoring and Verification Program compliance.
• Assist with environmental monitoring sample submission.

• Bachelor’s Degree in scientific…