Food Safety & Quality External Auditor

Employee Type: Full time Location: IL Works from Home Job Type: Quality Job Posting Title: Food Safety & Quality External Auditor About Us: TreeHouse Foods (NYSE: THS) is a leading manufacturer of private label packaged foods and beverages, operating a network of production facilities across the United States and Canada.
At TreeHouse Foods, our commitment to excellence extends beyond our products and revolves around our people.
We are investing in talent and creating a performance-based culture where employees can do their best work, directly impacting our mission to make high quality, affordable food for our customers, communities and families.
We hope you will consider joining the team and being part of our future.
What You Gain: Competitive compensation and benefits program Enrollment in our wellness and employee assistance programs Paid holidays, vacation, and other competitive paid time off opportunities An inclusive working environment where you can build meaningful work relationships with a diverse group of people Leaders who are invested in supporting your career growth Opportunities to be recognized for outstanding contributions to your team through our employee recognition programs Job Description: About the Role: Provide assurance suppliers provide safe and wholesome materials/products through scheduled audits and/or product evaluations.
Perform supplier risk assessments to determine facility food safety tier and future audits.
Determine supplier risk tier based on evaluation Perform ‘for cause’ audits to investigate food safety or quality issues Schedule and perform routine supplier facility audits (possible international travel) to assure food safety and quality and to verify material meets specification.
Write audit reports and request corrective actions for ‘non-conformance findings’ as needed and follow-up on corrective actions.
Perform supplier approval assessments, review and recommend actions based on risk.
Perform material risk assessment to facilitate manufacturing HACCP and Preventive Controls review.
Provide resource for material specifications, customer complaints, and/or quality incidents as needed.
Important Details: This is a full-time role with approximately 75% travel to our manufacturing plants located in US and Canada.
About You: You’ll fit right in if you have: At least 3 years of food manufacturing or auditing experience Bachelor’s degree required – preferred Food Science, Food Safety, Microbiology or related scientific field Experience in more than one food manufacturing categories Demonstrate technical knowledge of food processing systems Knowledge of food safety systems including HACCP and preventive controls theory and methodology Knowledge of food safety risks associated with microbiological, chemical, physical, economical and pest hazards Knowledge of food quality risks during manufacturing Ability to perform ingredient data analysis to be able to perform supplier and ingredient risk assessments Ability to be assertive as needed in audit situations Well-developed sense of urgency and follow-through Knowledge of MS Office, database, robust reporting systems, including SAP and TraceGains Ability to stay calm and make sound judgement calls under pressure Your TreeHouse Foods Career is Just a Click Away! Click on the “Apply” button or go directly to www.
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