Plant Quality Systems and Compliance Specialist

St. Albans, US, 05478

POSITION TITLE:
Plant Quality Systems and Compliance Specialist

REPORTING TO:
Sr. QA Manager

LOCATION:
St. Albans, VT

At Barry Callebaut, we are on a journey to transform the cocoa and chocolate industry. As the world’s leading manufacturer of high-quality chocolate and cocoa products, our actions truly shape the future of our industry. We are a business-to-business company, serving the entire food sector, from the cocoa bean to the finest chocolate product. We are a company with a purpose, we believe in doing well by doing good and reinvesting in the communities we operate.

We have a long-standing commitment to sustainability and our goal is to shape a sustainable cocoa and chocolate future.

We are headquartered in Zurich, and have more than 12,000 passionate Employees working in more than 40 countries worldwide.

We are very proud of who we are and what we do. And of course, we are always looking for talented people to help us have a positive impact on our industry and beyond!

Site Quality Systems and Compliance Specialist is accountable to developing, maintaining and communicating the site’s quality management system (QMS) that supports implementation of BC’s policies and standards on Quality, Food Safety, Sanitation and Regulatory Compliance. Additionally, they will ensure that the site's QMS meets and exceeds regulatory requirements, GFSI and customer requirements. This position contributes to and nurtures a culture of “Safety, Food Safety First and Quality Always” mindset across all teams and leaders in the site, in line with the Barry Callebaut ‘Go for Zero’ objective (0 accidents, 0 defects, 0 delays, 0 environmental impact and a 0-loss mindset).

She/he/they have the responsibility to act and speak up when deviations cannot be solved locally (example: infrastructure or resource issues that prevent complete execution site’s QMS procedures).

SHIFT HOURS
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Monday
- Friday 7:00am - 4:00pm

The duties and responsibilities described are not a comprehensive list and that additional tasks may be assigned to the employee from time to time; or the scope of the job may change as necessitated by business demands. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform these essential functions.

• Own and maintain the site Quality Management System in alignment with Barry Callebaut global and North America standards, policies and applicable regulatory, certification and customer requirements.
• Manage site document control and the controlled-document lifecycle, including creation, review, approval, revision, obsolescence and record retention in accordance with established requirements.
• Champion good documentation practices and ensure site quality-system documents remain current, controlled and inspection-ready.
• Coordinate the site internal quality and food safety audit program, including the audit schedule, readiness, findings, action tracking and escalation of overdue or recurring gaps.
• Coordinate site readiness and governance for customers, regulatory and GFSI/certification audits; organize required documentation, support audit execution and track resulting actions.
• Govern the site CAPA process by maintaining visibility to actions, aging, due dates, effectiveness checks and escalation; functional owners remain accountable for investigation and closure of their assigned CAPAs.
• Maintain the site quality and food safety compliance calendar and ensure required QMS activities, reviews and certifications are completed on schedule.
• Coordinate site Management Review preparation, required input, records, actions and follow-up.
• Coordinate deployment of global and North…