ALDI needs to ensure the quality and safety of its products, packaging, and infrastructure to maintain its guarantee to customers.
Requirements
- Preventive Controls Qualified Individual (PCQI), Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI), Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP), Quality Management Systems, and/or Logistics preferred.
- A minimum of 3 years of progressive experience in Food Safety, Quality, Manufacturing, Product Safety, and/or Data Analytics required.
- Bachelor's Degree in Food Science, Engineering, Physics, Microbiology, Chemistry, Data Science/Analytics, or a related field required.
- Or, a combination of education and experience providing equivalent knowledge.
Responsibilities
- Works with the team and suppliers to ensure compliance with Quality and Safety Standards, including performance, sensory, and physical attributes.
- Conducts technical/quality investigations, creates and analyzes reports, reviews trends, and makes recommendations pertaining to products, suppliers, and operations.
- Compiles data from disparate data sources, creating and maintaining data models in order to identify and explain quality trends.
- Acts as a liaison with external vendors and the department in regards to quality assurance evaluations and/or test results on a technical level to ensure correctness and credibility.
- Reviews food safety audits/certificates and other documents to ensure compliance with ALDI standards.
- Carries out quarterly product and supplier scorecard reviews leveraging data aggregation and analytics.
- Requests and manages corrective action reports because of audit non-conformity, testing, non-compliance, customer complaints, or regulatory inspections.
Other
- Must be able to perform duties with or without reasonable accommodation.
- Informs their direct leader of technical, legislative, and quality matters in their area of responsibility.
- Supports their direct leader in training employees on team programs, procedures, and related areas of expertise.
- Recommends process improvements for area of responsibility.
- Collaborates with team members and communicates relevant information to leadership.
