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Description

This position requires a high degree of specialized expertise and skill in maintaining established standards of quality and accuracy, and labeling regulations and standards set forth by FDA/USDA. The work requires making decisions that support company guidelines authoritatively and quickly. This position provides and creates nutrition facts panels, ingredient statements, and net weights for new products. Will work with suppliers gathering and maintaining SQF required documents, product specification and nutritional information. Is responsible for auditing, adhering, implementing, monitoring, verifying, validating, and writing procedures and processes that fall under the compliance umbrellas of FSMA, HACCP, GMP, Food Safety & Quality in all areas of USDA/FDA labeling, manufacturing, and warehousing. Reviews, updates and approves corporate labeling designs. Works across functions and communicates with all functional and operating groups on ingredient, labeling and compliance matters.

Essential job functions include but are not limited to:

+ Collaborates with Government Affairs, Legal, Regulatory Affairs, Nutrition, Marketing, Sales, Quality Assurance, Food Safety, Purchasing, Distribution Center and others, to leverage regulations and give The Spice & Tea Exchange® a competitive advantage in the marketplace.

+ Provides regulatory guidance and answers compliance-related questions regarding new and reformulated product concepts.

+ Collaborates to identify and provide resolution to strategic and tactical regulatory issues pertaining to food labeling.

+ Communicates cross functionally regarding current and emerging food labeling issues and opportunities and related impact on products and product technology.

+ Maintains up to date knowledge of FDA and USDA regulations and policies.

+ Maintains up-to-date knowledge of current regulations and appropriate product technology.

+ Prepares and submits all required label approval documents.

+ Creates and routes all label approvals for signatures.

+ Creates and maintains labeling SOP’s (Standard Operating Procedures).

+ Completes label layout and thermal transfer printing of labels for company and vendors, as needed.

+ Maintains master data file with regards to item ingredients and attributes.

+ Collaborates with the marketing department to create, update, and maintain nutritional and calorie information for the field, using margins formats.

+ Maintains all files with accuracy, along with peripheral equipment and software.

+ Other duties as assigned

Requirements

Knowledge and Job Requirements:

+ BS in Food Science, Nutrition, or related field.

+ Minimum of 5 years’ experience with consumable products.

+ Proven experience and knowledge of FDA and USDA regulations and requirements, including allergens.

+ Proven experience and knowledge of Food & Beverage product development, processes, and label compliance.\

+ ServSafe Manager certified.

+ Experienced in compliance accountability, document control, audits, and certification renewals.

+ Ability to successfully manage quality training for manufacturing staff, in a manufacturing/distribution center environment.

+ Must be highly technical, proficient, and organized.

+ Must possess an extreme degree of attention to detail.

+ Ability to research regulatory issues and provide recommendations for resolution.

+ Microsoft Office experience, including Excel proficiency, required.

+ Ability to be persuasive, assertive, and collaborative.

+ Proactive and goal oriented, driving business growth.

+ Excellent analytical skills with follow-through and proactive approach.

+ Excellent documentation and reporting skills.

+ Excellent verbal and written communication

+ Detail-oriented; ability to coordinate and manage multiple tasks, meet scheduled deadlines.

TalentMatch®

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