At Danone, Manufacturing the best products and supplying them to meet demand is a key driver for our plant teams. We are currently looking to hire a QFS Manager based in Louisville, CO!   

JOB SUMMARY: 

This position works within Danone North America’s Quality & Food Safety Department and cross functionally within the Nutricia North America organization to ensure Quality and Food Safety of raw materials and packaging and to ensure suppliers are compliant with internal and external requirements.  This role will manage 3^rd party certifications programs such as organic, gluten-free, and non-GMO certifications, will perform artwork and label reviews, support manufacturing operations and coman quality.   Other responsibilities include enhancement of the quality management system and monitoring of QFS performance.

ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Conduct activities associated with the supplier and material qualification approval process, such as supplier documentation reviews, audits and implementation of corrective actions, food safety validation and approvals, item code approvals, specification reviews and approvals. 
• Supplier quality continuous improvement, problem solving, resolution of supplier issues and claims, follow-up on issues to ensure appropriate corrective actions are complete.
• Reporting and supplier scorecard management.
• Manage 3^rd party certification programs such as organic, gluten-free, and non-GMO.
• Stay current with all key regulatory and certifying agency guidelines and relevant Danone standards.
• Perform artwork reviews to ensure accuracy of and compliance to QFS-related items and certification status.
• Ensure manufacturing specifications reflect the certification and artwork requirements of the material.
• Support manufacturing operations and coman quality by conducting product evaluations and coordinating product testing.

• Write and implement QFS programs and procedures.  Adapt Global Danone standards to the local quality management system and train relevant personnel.  Be the NORAM point of contact for global standards and provide feedback to the global standard owners for continuous improvement.

• Gather & trend performance data (complaints, holds, etc).  Work with key contacts to drive improvement. 
• Facilitate complaint investigations and perform product evaluations, as needed.
• Partner with Nutrition Services to help with quality related questions & inquiries and manage Customer and/or Sales inquiries.
• Manage FDA complaints.
• All other duties as assigned.

TRAVEL:  Estimated at <25%

The salary range for this position is $73,000 – $105,000 USD. The exact salary offered will depend on several factors, including the candidate’s relevant experience, geographic location, internal equity, and market conditions.  Danone North America additionally offers a performance-based bonus and has a strong benefits package including Medical, Dental, Vision, Prescription Drug Coverage, 401k Plan, Wellness Program, Life Insurance, Tuition Reimbursement, Flexible Time Off, and Paid Parental Bonding Leave, among other benefit plan options. To give our employees flexibility, Danone is a hybrid work environment.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Science/Food Science/Technology or similar major
• 5+ years of combined experience with food, ingredients, quality and manufacturing
• Solid understanding of Quality Systems, Food Safety, and Quality Assurance and current Food Regulations.
• Basic understanding of plant production systems, manufacturing equipment, GMP, SPC, sanitation and EHS.
• Basic auditing ability and willingness to further auditing skills.
• Previous experience or ability to acquire working knowledge of SAP and/or similar ERP databases
• Previous experience or ability to quickly acquire knowledge on 3^rd party certifications such as organic, gluten-free, and Non-GMO.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES

• Must be collaborative and have leadership ability
• Ability to work under deadlines, with multiple priorities
• Must be adaptable and flexible
• Self-driven, results-oriented, able to work independently and work cross-functionally within organization
• Ability to work with confidential materials
• Excellent communication / presentation skills
• Excellent record keeping / documentation skills
• Detail oriented.
• Able to quickly learn new systems, tools, and programs
• Trained in SQF or FSSC (GFSI) auditing schemes.

Danone U.S. is part of Danone North America, a purpose-driven company and an industry leader in the food and beverage category. You’ll work with some of the best-known food and beverage brands in the world. Our strong portfolio of brands includes: Activia®, DanActive®, Danimals®, Dannon®, evian®, Follow Your Heart®, Happy Family® Organics, International Delight®, Light + Fit®, Nutricia ®, Oikos®, Silk®, So Delicious® Dairy Free,  STōK® Cold Brew Coffee ®, Too Good & Co™, and YoCrunch®. 

With approximately 5,000 employees and 13 production locations across the U.S., Danone North America's mission is to bring health through food to as many people as possible. 

You’ll be part of one of the largest Certified B Corps™ in the world, working to make sure our company creates real value for people and the planet. Come join our movement for a healthier world: One Planet. One Health BY YOU.

Danone North America is proud to be an Equal Opportunity employer. It is our policy to give equal employment opportunities to all qualified persons without regard to legally protected characteristics, or any other consideration made unlawful by applicable federal, state/provincial and/or local law. For our EEO policy statement and your EEO rights under law click here.
 

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