Specialist, QA

Job Attributes

107764BR
Procurement
Full Time
Rice, Minnesota
Performance Minnesota Prod (1036)
September 17, 2024

Company Description

Performance Foodservice, PFG's broadline distributor, maintains a unique relationship with a variety of local customers, including independent restaurants and hotels, healthcare facilities, schools, and quick-service eateries. A team of sales reps, chefs, consultants, and other experts builds close relationships with customers - providing advice on improving operations, menu development, product selection, and operational strategies. The Performance team delivers delicious food but also goes above and beyond to help independent restaurant owners achieve their dreams.
Job Description
Works in conjunction with Corporate Quality Assurance on developing and implementing Standard Operating Procedures, Standard Sanitation Operating Procedures, Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point, and food defense plans.
Review, implement, and train on SOP's, SSOP's, HACCP and food defense plans.
Coordinate and ensure completion of Corrective Action Preventative Action Plans (CAPA) for all regulatory, third party, internal, and Corporate audits.
Serve as recall coordinator and coordinate details of recalls, withdrawals, and holds with Corporate QA and the distribution centers.
Participate in biweekly reviews of all in-house ingredients to ensure accurate ingredient and allergen product labeling.
Participation in all audits and also maintain constant communication with on-site USDA inspection personnel.
Facilitation of all on-site microbiological testing.
Performs other related duties as assigned.
Required Qualifications
Associates/2-year technical
1 - 3 Years Experience working with food safety or implementing food safety programs
Proficient with all Microsoft Office Suites
Ability to work independently, with minimal supervision, and manage projects with many moving parts
Excellent communication skills to effectively communicate with staff and business relations.
Highly organized, detail oriented and capable of multi-tasking.
Critical thinker who uses logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
Preferred Qualifications
Bachelor's Degree
Experience working with food safety or implementing food safety programs
Proficient with all Microsoft Office Suites
Ability to work independently, with minimal supervision, and manage projects with many moving parts
Excellent communication skills to effectively communicate with staff and business relations.
Highly organized, detail oriented and capable of multi-tasking.
Critical thinker who uses logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
Preferred Professional Certification: Must obtain HACCP certification within 90 days of hire.
EEO Statement
Performance Food Group and/or its subsidiaries (individually or collectively, the "Company") provides equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all applicants and employees, regardless of race, color, national origin, sex, marital status, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, and any other characteristic protected by applicable local, state and federal laws and regulations. Please click on the following links to review: (1) our EEO Policy; (2) the "EEO is the Law" poster and supplement; and (3) the Pay Transparency Policy Statement.