Manager, Supplier Quality Assurance

General Summary

This position leads the development, execution, monitoring, and continuous improvement of the global Supplier Quality Assurance program for King & Prince Seafood to ensure protein raw materials consistently meet or exceed quality and food safety standards.

Duties and Responsibilities 

• Contributes to a positive and proactive safety culture. Demonstrates strong commitment and leadership to providing a sustainable, safe, and healthful work environment. Ensures full compliance with all applicable company and regulatory environmental, health and safety requirements.
• Promotes, supports and ensures compliance with all food safety and quality practices, policies, and initiatives.
• Comprehensively manages raw material suppliers and the risk-based supplier program, including required document management, food safety and quality audits, specification training and verification, supplier reviews, root cause and Corrective Action / Preventive Action program management, and process improvement activities.
• Performs documented risk analyses on raw, intermediate, and finished products by evaluating supplier processes, procedures, 3rd party audits, and specifications. 
• Implements audit tools that accurately evaluate the supplier’s capability to meet King & Prince Seafood standards and expectations.
• Builds strategic supplier partnerships to achieve long-term value, reliability, and adherence to quality specifications. This includes actively and routinely reviewing performance against specifications, 3rd and 2nd party inspection review, on-site audits and process management, special cause investigations, and training.
• Manages and regularly publishes Key Performance Indicators including: audit cycle time, Supplier Corrective/Preventive Actions reports, risk analysis, and Raw Material Compliance scores.
• Identifies, designs, leads and executes supplier quality and food safety continuous improvement initiatives.
• Oversees internal and external audit resources to meet supplier requirements by managing 3rd party and King & Prince specification inspectors including: training, verification activities, specification compliance, and corrective and preventive actions. 
• Manages the export program to ensure regulatory compliance.
• Supports co-packer product launches to ensure suppliers can deliver to the required quality standards.

• BS degree in Food Science, Microbiology or closely related field; MS preferred.
• At least 5 years of quality assurance experience in the food and beverage industry, preferably protein processing.
• Audit and HACCP Certification (BRC, SQF, CQA) strongly preferred
• Experience with supplier quality assurance methods, systems and processes preferred
• Acts with consistent integrity, professionalism and personal accountability 
• Exceptional communication and organizational skills
• Data-driven, with strong analytical and root cause analysis skills
• Proficient with Microsoft Office applications and product data management software
• Able to effectively conduct business across cultures and travel internationally (50%)