Quality Specialist - Certifications & Retail Testing

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The Quality Specialist-Certifications & Retail Testing ensures product and brand compliance by leading third-party certification and retailer testing programs. This role drives compliance readiness across products, sites, and projects through certification oversight, testing coordination, documentation management, and risk identification, helping protect product quality, maintain retailer and certification requirements, and support business continuity.

Remote (U.S.) with strong preference for candidates located near a Nestlé manufacturing facility or business location, including Bridgewater, NJ.

• Support certification compliance initiatives across brands, products, manufacturing/packaging sites, and business transitions
• Review products, labels, formulations, ingredients, and related documentation against certification requirements; identify gaps and coordinate corrective actions
• Partner with internal teams, suppliers, contract manufacturers, and certifying agencies to support applications, renewals, audits, and compliance milestones
• Maintain certification records, trackers, approvals, and documentation; monitor timelines, communicate status, and escape compliance risks

• Manage retailer testing activities, including requirement review, SKU tracking, submissions, sample coordination, and follow-up
• Prepare and submit product documentation, specifications, certificates, test reports, and supporting materials to retailers and laboratories
• Review testing results, identify potential compliance gaps or out-of-specification findings, and escalated issues for resolution
• Maintain testing records, retailer portal data, approvals, and due dates while analyzing trends, supporting audit readiness, and driving continuous improvement

• Bachelor’s degree in Food Science, Food Technology, Chemistry, Nutrition, Biological Sciences, Engineering, or a related field required; equivalent education and experience may be considered
• 3+ years of experience in specification management, quality, regulatory affairs, product development, manufacturing, technical services, or master data within a regulated industry
• Working knowledge of GMPs, HACCP, quality systems, food safety principles, and applicable food, dietary supplement, or regulated product…