Facility Quality Specialist

About the role

Located in southeast Missouri, Bloomfield is a small town with rich history, and we are proud to call it home to one of our litter factories since 1976. Our factory in Bloomfield was the first to produce Lightweight® litter, a product that weighs half the amount of conventional litter, revolutionizing the pet care industry.

Responsibilities

• Support the Pet Litter & Accessories division as it continues to grow its market leadership through consumer-focused products.
• Implement, coordinate, and maintain Nestlé Purina Quality Systems.
• Document and audit these programs.
• Develop new quality systems for our factory.
• Facilitate document reviews and ensure all documents meet control requirements.
• Lead CAPA investigations and apply the elements of corrective actions, including root cause analysis, problem solving and risk analysis, in resolving quality problems.
• Prepare for third-party assessments for ISO and Nestlé Internal Audits.
• Manage factory calibration programs to ensure compliance with scales and quality test equipment.
• Ensure quality training material is consistent, formatted, and relevant with quiz material including monitoring completion rates and conducting follow-ups as necessary.
• Conduct capability studies to set targets for each filling line to minimize overfill and manage net content deviations and ultimately, provide recommendations for hold dispositions.
• Manage factory calibration programs to ensure compliance with scales and quality test equipment.
• Assist with vendor qualification and accountability as it pertains to quality attributes and corrective action.
• Support continuous improvement initiatives by applying lean manufacturing, Six Sigma, and other problem-solving tools to improve quality, efficiency, and process performance.

Requirements

• A high school diploma or GED.
• At least 2 years of experience in compliance or quality in a manufacturing, industrial, military or related environment.
• Preferred: ISO or SQF certification.
• Preferred: PCQI experience.
• Preferred: Degree.