Supplier Quality Technologist

Company Description

ASR Group is the world’s largest refiner and marketer of cane sugar, with an annual production capacity of more than 6 million tons of sugar. The company produces a full line of grocery, industrial, food service and specialty sweetener products. Across North America, ASR Group owns and operates six sugar refineries, located in Louisiana, New York, California, Maryland, Canada and Mexico. In the European Union, the company owns and operates sugar refineries in England, Portugal and Italy. ASR Group also owns and operates mills in Mexico and Belize. The company’s brand portfolio includes the leading brands Domino®, C&H®, Redpath®, Tate & Lyle®, Lyle’s® and Sidul®.

Location: Thames

Reports To: Director, Food Safety & Supplier Quality

Position Summary

The Supplier Quality Technologist will execute and maintain Supplier Quality Management programs to ensure compliance with the Corporate Quality System. The Supplier Quality Technologist will be responsible for conducting supplier audits for their own category/region as well as those requested by other SQA Technologists and executing the SCAR process for responsible suppliers. The Supplier Quality Technologist works closely with Procurement, Regulatory and New Product Development to ensure suppliers and materials are compliant with FDA, relevant global regulations and GFSI. The Supplier Quality Technologist will also be responsible for collecting and maintaining all required supplier quality and regulatory documents for their designated category/region/suppliers.

Roles & Responsibilities

• Collect and maintain supplier quality and regulatory documents.
• Complete audits and focus visits on suppliers of any material category as required by the change request workflow process for new suppliers, supplier management verification program or as triggered by the supplier management procedure.
• Execute the Supplier Corrective Action Request program, ensuring thorough root cause analyses are performed and timely, effective Corrective and Preventative Action (CAPA) plans are implemented.
• Other duties and projects as assigned.

Required Education & Work Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in a scientific discipline (e.g. Food Science, Chemistry, Biology, Microbiology) from an accredited college/university.
• PCQI (FSMA, FSVP); training provided.
• GFSI Lead Auditor certification; training provided.

Preferred Education & Work Experience

• 2+ years of experience working in a GFSI (BRC / IFS / SQF / FSSC22000) environment, HACCP, & Food Safety.
• Experience performing audits of internal and external suppliers/facilities.
• Utilization of Quality Assurance systems and supplier corrective action programs.
• Experience of working independently to influence others and achieve objectives within a framework of authorisation.

Company Values

At Tate & Lyle Sugars, our goal is to be the most admired sweetener Company. Service Excellence - Be the industry's Gold Standard by a relentless focus on reliability, providing products with superior quality and excellent customer services. Efficiency and Sustainability - Eliminate inefficiency to be a sustainable, low cost producer and to generate fuel for reinvestment. Value-Add - Create strategic advantage and enhanced profitability through value-added products and services. The foundation of our values is Talent and Culture as we aim to build, retain and motivate a winning team.