What IF you started your career with a company set on excellence through building relationships and delivering results? Joining Innovation Foods is just that! A career here means you are joining a rapidly growing organization, known for its community outreach, diversity, inclusivity, and premier production facilities.  

In addition to a great place to work, Innovation Foods strives to offer its employees a holistic career experience that incorporates learning and development, wellness, and exceptional benefits.  

Part of our benefits include: 

•  Competitive Pay Rates  

• Medical, dental, vision and prescription plans with wellness incentives 

•  Flexible Spending Account or Health Savings Account (on applicable plans)  

• 401K Plan – with a company match 

• Company-funded Long Term and Short-Term Disability  

• Company funded Life Insurance Policy  

• Paid Vacation and Sick Days*  

Job Description – Quality Compliance Specialist  

Job Details 

Location: Millville, NJ 

Shift: 1st Shift 

Reports to: Director of Quality 

Status: Salary - exempt 

Job Summary 

The Quality Compliance Specialist is responsible for ensuring that high standards are met and that the company is adhering to regulations, other legislative and statutory requirements, and internal standards. They will oversee documentation compliance, auditing and reporting information gathered, making recommendations about improvements, and supporting individuals, teams and the company to achieve better quality outcomes. 

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:  

• Manages all internal and external inspections/regulatory visits. Leads audit preparation activities- accompanies inspector- and completes necessary reports and posting.  

• Performs follow up activities to non-conformances found and provides responses as appropriate.  

• Plans- defines- and- directs the Site auditing control program to ensure compliance to all procedures and policies to ensure compliance to regulatory- federal- and local laws. This includes identification of facility Quality KPI’s- corrective/preventive action and continuous improvement initiatives. Trains and mentors site Auditors to ensure program goals are met. 

• Manages execution of site GMP and HACCP programs 

• Manages Quality systems and supports the updating of Quality refresher training (e.g. GMP’s, allergens, hold/release) as needed. 

• Organizes and maintains a quality document system 

• Ensures Quality policies are understood and communicated to site employees. 

• This role may require off-shift and weekend work 

• This role may require some travel (less than 5%) 

• Other duties as assigned  

Minimum Requirements:  

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience required.  

• A minimum of 2 years of manufacturing quality or operations compliance experience  

• Demonstrated planning and organization skills 

• Demonstrated front-line supervisory skills 

• Computer proficiency in Microsoft Suite 

• Ability to give and receive constructive feedback 

• Ability to lead a team-based approach to decision making 

• Demonstrated ability to work in a results-oriented, challenging environment 

• Effective coaching, facilitation, presentation, and team building skills 

• Ability to read, speak, and write in English  

• Flexibility to work overtime and additional shifts based on business needs  

Desired Qualities:  

• Collaborator - able to work with other members of the processing team  

• Adaptive - adjusts to changing priorities and conditions  

• Motivated - self-starter with the ability to work in a team and independently to achieve team objectives  

• Safety conscience - abide by all safety measures put in place at Innovation Foods  

• Customer focused – understands the need for the highest standard of food quality in production  

Innovation Foods is an Equal Opportunity Employer - Underrepresented Ethnic Minority Groups/Women/Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity and other protected classes. In order to ensure reasonable accommodation for protected individuals, applicants that require accommodation in the job application process may contact JoinUs@innovation-foods.com for assistance.