Food Safety Compliance Specialist - SQF Practitioner

Cranford, NJ

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Hi, we're Nuts.com!

Nuts.com is a self-funded, profitable, rapidly growing multi-channel DTC specialty food and wellness company with over 550 people on our team. We're changing the landscape of snacking on nuts, dried fruit, chocolate and more! We planted our roots in Newark, New Jersey during the Great Depression, selling premium nuts on Mulberry Street's open-air market. We've come quite a long way since then, taking our multi-generational family business online in 1999. Even after 94 years, we continue to pride ourselves in expertly sourcing the highest quality foods and treating our customers like family.

What's our team like? We're driven, collaborative and entrepreneurial. Energy and passion power our business and we look for candidates who share in that excitement to help us continue to build something special.

The role:

The Food Safety Compliance Specialist in the food industry is responsible for policy creation and implementation of the programs for food safety, and to ensure compliance of regulatory standards and 3rd party certifications. This position reports to the Food Safety Compliance Manager

The ideal candidate would be responsible for day-to-day and onsite activities related to supporting documentation for vendor approval, product specifications, and interacting with stakeholders seeking support from the food safety department. Stakeholders include external parties such as vendors, customers, regulators, and certifying agencies, as well as internal teams such as merchants, buyers, sales, copy writers, and operations teams.

What you'll do:

• Manage document control as it pertains to SQF

• Provide supporting documentation and records for SQF third party audits

• Support 3rd party certifications such as Kosher and Organic and Gluten-Free

• Assists with internal audits, verifying and documenting any quality and/or food safety issues

• Assists in the development of standards for end to end operations to ensure we meet requirements for applicable regulations and voluntary 3rd party certifications such as SQF

• Maintain and implement Quality and Food Safety procedures including GMPs

• Maintain complaint and nonconformance processes through records including CAPA’s (corrective and preventive actions) from vendors and the closure of corrective actions

• Assist with mock recalls including mock traces

• Assist in validating procedures for Food Defense and Food Fraud

• Continuously investigate best-in-class processes to ensure allergen separation policies are minimizing cross-contamination risks

• Investigate and analyze product complaints and reported food safety and quality issues.

• Assists with internal audits, verifying and documenting any quality and/or food safety issues

• Support requests and questions for internal and external stakeholders

• Review proofs for packaging and internal label generation

What you’ll bring:

• Bachelor's degree required in food science, engineering or related discipline preferred

• Experience working in a food manufacturing facility or related industry

• 2-5 years of relevant experience within the Food Quality/Safety/Regulatory space

• Experience with audit compliance and related audit requirements

• Experience with Organic, Gluten-Free, Kosher, Halal, Non-GMO verified programs high preferred

• Certified as an SQF practitioner, HACCP and PCQI

• Competency with Electronic Quality Management Systems (EQCMS) along with excellent organizational skills

• Bilingual- Spanish is a plus!

• Self-motivated, proactive thinking with business acumen

What we offer

• A high-growth and rewarding role in a foundationally strong and rapidly evolving business

• Annual Salary Range: $60,000 - $90,000 plus annual bonus

• Excellent benefits including a 401K Match

• Paid Maternity, Adoption and Paternity leave

• And all the Nuts.com snacks your heart desires + a 40% employee discount

Base salaries may vary based on factors such as skills, experience and qualifications for the role. Base pay is only part of the total compensation package, which, depending on the position, may also include short & long term incentive compensation. In addition, employees are eligible for our standard benefits package including paid time off, medical, dental and 401K match.

EEO STATEMENT

Nuts.com is an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, age, protected veteran or disabled status, or genetic information.