Hybrid Quality Assurance Specialist – Product Management

at Topco Associates LLC

• Job title: Quality Assurance Specialist – Product Management
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Junior
• Salary: $60,000 - $75,000 per year
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Itasca, United States

About the role

• Quality Assurance Specialist involved in product evaluation and compliance for Topco Associates. Collaborating with internal teams to maintain quality standards across product lines while ensuring regulatory compliance.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate/approve new products as warranted
• Participate in the development of new products and reformulations of existing products
• Assure First Production Monitoring protocol is executed
• Establish product monitoring programs for assigned categories
• Monitor products for assigned categories for compliance with Topco specs and with applicable government regulations
• Prepare/participate in competitive product reviews
• Write/maintain/update product specifications
• Capture Brand Standard Intelligence via Product Monitoring protocol and competitive shopping evaluations
• Gather/track/update/store information per established guidelines
• Manage withdrawal/recall situations to gather information needed by the Regulatory team
• Apply superior knowledge during product investigations and problem-solving circumstances, following-up to closure
• Provide technical expertise and product knowledge to internal and external customers
• Provide back-up to Senior QA Specialists
• Evaluate/approve new supplier facilities as warranted
• Manage vendors relative to assigned categories to GFSI certification and/or Third Party Audit compliance and advise QA Management of non-compliant suppliers
• All other duties as assigned

Requirements

• 4 Year College Degree, BS in Food Science, Food Technology, Microbiology, Foods/Nutrition or related Field preferred
• Good verbal/written communication skills
• Knowledge of consumer product testing, laboratory procedures, product/quality measurement skills
• Ability to create and present QA information to broad audiences
• Knowledge of all Microsoft applications
• High member focus
• One to three years of related industry experience

Benefits

• Medical coverage through Blue Cross Blue Shield (PPO and HDHP offered)
• Health Savings Account
• Dental coverage
• Vision coverage
• Annual flexible spending accounts
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Competitive 401(k) match
• Generous PTO offered