ABOUT THE ROLE
The Supplier Quality Specialist at OLIPOP is responsible for managing and executing supplier-level food safety, traceability, and quality programs, ensuring compliance with OLIPOP quality standards. This role involves collaboration with cross-functional partners to assist with supplier onboarding, compliance management, and documentation accuracy.
This role is location-based, and must be located in: Burlingame, California
RESPONSIBILITIES
Supplier Management
- Maintain vendor approval forms and ingredient documentation
- Support Procurement and Regulatory teams on new vendor approval projects
- Support Packaging Engineering team on packaging quality issues
- Interact effectively with all supplier partners to maintain positive & responsive relationships
- Evaluate current suppliers and ingredients and update risk-based assessments of material
- Based on risk assessment establish preventive measures to ensure consistency of ingredients across suppliers, crop year etc.
- Conduct supplier related investigations ensuring root cause analysis, corrective actions, and documentation are completed in compliance with OLIPOP quality standards
- Ensure suppliers are in compliance with OLIPOP’s Supplier Expectation Manual
- Visit supplier facilities as necessary to review and verify systems and facilities meet OLIPOP standards
- Monitor ingredient supplier performance as it aligns with Supply Chain KPIs. Identifying and addressing areas for improvement.
Ingredient Management
- Receive and review ingredient COAs for ingredient positive release program and communication with ingredient warehouses
- Maintain a library of ingredient retains to support traceability, quality investigations, and compliance requirements
- Perform regular ingredient testing to ensure they meet established specifications or to support ingredient approval projects, ingredient database and other routine testing
Document Control
- Maintain OLIPOP document control systems for SOPs, forms, etc relevant to supplier and ingredient programs
- Ensure all supplier compliance documentation is up to date and accounted for
- Organize and archive documents as necessary
- Review all relevant SOPs for completeness and accuracy with stakeholders on a regular basis
REQUIREMENTS:
- 2 - 4 years of quality assurance & quality control experience in food & beverage
- Supplier quality experience preferred
- High level of proficiency in Microsoft Excel or Google Sheets are required, and prior experience with Google Workspace preferred
- Good organizational skills and ability to handle complex situations involving multiple SKU’s, channels, and distribution models
- Transparent, open/honest communicator - a great listener who can work independently while keeping other team members informed
- Strong attention to detail and deadline oriented with the ability to organize assignments, set priorities, and carry out plans
Nice-to-Have:
- Experience developing and implementing document control processes
- Experience in using supplier compliance software, such as FoodLogiQ
REPORTS TO:
Quality Manager
COMPENSATION:
$75,000-$85,000 base salary + bonus
