Mother Parkers Tea & Coffee Hiring for Quality Assurance Coordinator at Mississauga, ON Full Time

MAJOR AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY & WORKING RELATIONSHIPS

Provide hands-on follow-up with appropriate paperwork and physical samples to ensure that all production meets with the quality standards of Mother Parkers and the specific needs of the customer.

Supply samples for Lab testing, customer samples, external lab testing and retained storage.

Notify appropriate individuals immediately when substandard products are discovered

Complete root cause and corrective action reports on products that are out of specification and due to customer complaints

Communicate to Operations Supervisor and Quality Assurance Supervisor when compliance deviations are found.

Taste test allied products

Inspect packaging material as delivered against specification.

Audit of Quality systems

Complete and maintain customer specifications and item notes.

Complete and maintain customer websites.

Review and approve certificates of analysis.

Support QA supervisor with 3rd party audits (including SQF, Silliker, OCIA, ect).

Kosher updating/maintaining websites, submit products for approval and Rabbi inspection.

Complete Hold and GMP trend analysis.

Complete New Hire and Annual Quality training GMP, Food Security, Allergens, Organics

Understand, support and comply with all food safety and quality policies such as SQF Policy, Good Manufacturing Practices, HACCP (Hazard Analysis Critical Control Points), Hygiene, Allergen, Organic, NHP and Food Security.Responsible to report food safety problems and/or quality problems to personnel with authority to initiate actions

SKILLS, EXPERIENCE & EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS

Post-Secondary Food Science Education required (University Degree and/or College Diploma/Certificate)

HACCP Training for example GFTC

Internal Auditing experience

Third Party Audit experience

Superior GMP knowledge

Understanding of Food Allergens and Organics

SQF Training would be an asset

Ability to multi-task in a fast paced environment

Excellent Verbal, Written and Interpersonal communication skills

Computer literate: MS Excel, MS Word, MS PowerPoint, Explorer, Lotus Notes & BPCS