Location: Amsterdam,NY, USA
About Beech-Nut Nutrition Company
We are one of Americas leading companies providing nutritious, wholesome foods for babies using real ingredients, gently cooked, with non-GMO verified, Natural or organic ingredients in almost all our products.
Our work is organized around our mission to Delight Consumers by Conserving the Goodness of Nature. We care deeply about others, the planet, and are empowered to make a difference. We expect, reward and celebrate strong performance.
Our Values
Our ambition to grow is underpinned by our four core values Create wow, Everyone Hero, Nourish others, & Take Responsibility. Our values help us navigate the ever-changing environment in which we operate and ensure we innovate to meet customer needs.
Create wow ~ Everyone Hero ~ Nourish others ~ Take responsibility
If this sounds like a place you want to invest your time, keep reading!
About the Role
As a Quality Supervisor, you will be responsible for positively releasing finished products, collecting and auditing production and sanitation records, training employees on food safety requirements, determining product quality and quality holds, leading corrective and preventable action processes, making determinations on raw materials for non-conformance, and testing finished goods.
Interested candidates should be able to work 3rd shift, but be flexible to cover 1st & 2nd shift as business needs.
About the Team
The Quality Assurance Team is diverse in knowledge and experience and are responsible for ensuring that Beech-Nuts products meet the highest standards for food safety and quality. This team takes pride in, and responsibility in partnering with our Strategic Sourcing, Operations and Technical Services Teams to ensure the ingredients sourced and processed have passed our testing standards and expectations. This is a hands-on, collaborative team that is energetic and passionate about making sure we continue to do what we do best - making high quality, safe, and nutritious foods for babies and toddlers!
Our Commitment to Safety
At Beech-Nut we are committed to a strong safety program that protects its staff, its property, and the public from accidents. Associates at every level, including management, are responsible and accountable for the companys overall safety initiatives. Complete and active participation by everyone, every day, in every job is necessary for the safety among all workers on the job site. Management supports participation in the program by all Associates and provides proper equipment, training and procedures. Associates are responsible for following all procedures, working safely, and, wherever possible, improving safety measures. An injury and accident-free workplace is our goal. Through continuous safety and loss control, we can accomplish this.
About the Work Environment
The position is located at the Amsterdam, New York LEED certified production facility. The associate will be required to work in an environment that requires hairnet, beard cover, safety glasses, hearing protection and lab coat. Restrictions include wearing of jewelry, nail polish and acrylic nails. Other personal protection equipment may be required for certain tasks.
What Youll Do
+ Ensure BNNs Food Safety Plan is being adhered to and all Preventative Controls are in compliance. Ensure all deviations are recorded and take responsibility for determining the necessary corrective actions to take as per internal operating procedures.
+ Audit production and processing records to be able to positively release finished goods that meet quality and food safety standards
+ Effectively quarantine and hold raw materials and finished golds that dont meet food safety or quality standards. This includes notification of issue to appropriate associates, physically tagging products or materials, and filling out hold information in systems.
+ Conduct internal audits and investigations as part of the corrective action and preventative action process when there are food safety, sanitation, or quality issues.
+ Perform daily quality, food safety and sanitation audits of production, processing, packaging, and warehousing, and submit daily reports of any issues found.
+ Participate in QA training to ensure the entire organization is trained properly for their role in BNNs Food Safety Plan.
+ Lead rework teams that may require training operators, tracking materials being reworked, filling out rework paperwork, and releasing product in SAP inventory control systems.
+ Ensure effective sanitation by reviewing sanitation checklists and verifying cleaning effectiveness with ATP swabbing and environmental swabbing.
+ Test finished goods and raw materials as necessary for releasing products or raw materials. This can include chemical, physical, sensory, and microbiological testing.
Who You Are
+ Deciding and Initiating Action: You are able to make timely decisions while weighing risks. You act without being prompted and take responsibility for projects, people and mistakes.
+ Analyzing: You are able to analyze all types of information using a wide range of sources. You draw well-reasoned conclusions and pinpoint key information from large data sets. You are able to identify themes and produce effective solutions.
+ Learning and Researching: You rapidly learn new tasks and quickly commit information to memory. You ask key questions and use all relevant information to make decisions. You use mistakes as a learning opportunity and encourages others to learn from one another.
+ Planning and Organizing: You are able to set clearly defined objectives, establish priorities, plan activities and project and manage time effectively. You monitor progress against deadlines and milestones.
What Youll Need
+ Bachelors degree in related field (Food Science, Technology, Engineering) with 1-2 years relevant experience in food industry.
+ Experience with FDA and USDA regulated foods and regulatory systems.
+ Knowledge of the principles and practices of food safety.
+ Understanding of the role and importance of the Food Drug & Cosmetic Act and the Food Safety Modernization Act for food systems.
+ CPG/Food Manufacturing experience is preferred.
Whats in it for you? Compensation, Benefits & More
At Beech-Nut, we are devoted to creating an inclusive culture where our team members are professionally challenged and cared for personally.
We are committed to fair and equitable compensation practices and take into consideration a wide range of factors that are utilized in making compensation decisions including, but not limited to, skills, relevant work experience, certifications and qualifications, education, and other business needs. Compensation for a role will be in line with the location in which the position is filled.
Our associates also have access to opportunities for professional development and access to our on-site amenities as well as many other benefits and perks! We are proud to offer our associates the following:
Pay: The annual base salary range for this in-person role is $55,000 $75,000. This is an hourly non-exempt position.
Benefits: This position gives you access to a comprehensive benefit package that includes medical, dental, vision and prescription coverage for you and your dependents; life & long-term disability, flexible spending and health savings account, paid vacation and holidays, New York State paid sick time, and 401(k) retirement benefits with 4% company match.
Professional Development:
+ Tuition assistance program
+ Access to a best-in-class online learning system (LMS)
+ Access to robust professional development programs
More Perks!
+ Opportunities to volunteer and support the local community
+ Generous maternity/paternity benefits & take your childs 1st birthday off
+ Take your birthday off each year!
+ Baby food coupon program until your childs 2nd birthday
+ Service Awards
Amenities:
+ On-site fitness center
+ On-site cafeteria
+ On-site Company Store
+ A private on-site Mothers Room to support nursing mothers and pumping needs at work
+ New! Nourish Others Learning Lab with computer stations
What it is like to live in upstate New York
We are about 30 minutes northwest of Albany, the NY state capital, and 40 minutes southwest of Saratoga Springs. We are near major cultural events, outside recreation and places to have fun throughout the year. From watching the New York City Ballet or listening to Brad Paisley, Cardi B, Dave Matthews Band, Goo Goo Dolls, Willie Nelson, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Santana, or Tedeschi Trucks Band at Saratoga Performing Arts Center (SPAC), boating on beautiful Lake George, hiking the famous trails of the Adirondacks, or skiing at Lake Placid, you will find there is plenty to keep you, and/or, your family busy. And, if you are looking for the occasional big city attraction, it is a short drive to Boston, Montreal, and New York City.
As an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action Employer, Beech-Nut Nutrition Company will not discriminate in its employment practices due to an applicants race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, and veteran or disability status.
To all agencies: All resumes submitted by search firms/employment agencies to any employee at Beech-Nut via-email, the internet or in any form and/or method will be deemed the sole property of Beech-Nut, unless such search firms/employment agencies were engaged by Beech-Nut for this position and a valid agreement is in place. In the event a candidate who was submitted outside of the Beech-Nut Nutrition agency engagement process is hired, no fee or payment of any kind will be paid.