Supplier Quality Analyst

About the role

The Supplier Quality Assurance (SQA) Analyst is responsible for ensuring the quality and food safety of raw materials and packaging materials supplied to Kevin’s Natural Foods. This role safeguards product integrity by leading supplier qualification, risk assessments, audits, and continuous improvement initiatives while driving supplier performance and maintaining inbound material quality.

Responsibilities

• Own supplier qualification, approval, onboarding, and ongoing performance management to ensure compliance with quality and food safety requirements.
• Establish and maintain supplier quality processes, policies, metrics, and technical documentation to support material quality and continuous improvement.
• Perform Quality and Food Safety (Q&FS) risk assessments for low-, medium-, and high-risk raw materials and packaging, ensuring microbiological, chemical, and physical risks are identified and translated into material specifications and verification programs.
• Collect and review supplier documentation, certifications, and technical information to support material risk assessments and evaluate supplier controls used to manage identified risks.
• Partner with Procurement and suppliers to review, align, and maintain material specifications, risk assessments, and quality expectations.
• Collaborate with Quality and Food Safety teams to establish inbound verification programs and material testing requirements based on risk assessments.
• Partner with Procurement, R&D, and Operations to support ingredient and packaging changes, innovation projects, and new product launches.
• Monitor and improve inbound raw and packaging material quality through KPIs, supplier performance metrics, verification activities, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Conduct supplier audits, initial assessments, and ongoing evaluations of low-, medium-, and high-risk suppliers to verify the effectiveness of quality systems, food safety controls, and regulatory compliance.
• Represent Kevin’s Natural Foods at supplier facilities and ensure suppliers maintain approved status and defined verification plans.
• Lead investigations related to raw material quality issues, non-conformances, and deviations using root cause analysis to determine disposition and drive effective corrective and preventive actions (CAPA).
• Establish and maintain processes for supplier-related non-conformance investigations in collaboration with Quality and Food Safety teams.
• Manage change control activities impacting material quality and food safety and maintain supplier risk assessments and approved supplier status.
• Drive supplier development initiatives and leverage performance trends and data to improve supplier capability, support sourcing strategies, and provide recommendations to management.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with suppliers and cross-functional stakeholders to ensure consistent product quality and business continuity.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in food science, Chemistry, Microbiology, or a related field preferred.
• 3–5 years of experience in Quality Assurance, Food Safety, Supplier Quality, or related technical functions within the food industry.
• Experience managing supplier quality programs, supplier relationships, and material quality systems.
• Strong background auditing supplier facilities and Quality Management Systems.
• Strong understanding of Quality and Food Safety standards, including HACCP, GMP, FSSC 22000, and ISO 22000.
• Experience performing ingredient and material risk assessments and developing verification programs.
• Experience investigating material quality issues and driving corrective actions through root cause analysis.
• Proven problem-solving, analytical, and project management skills.
• Ability to influence cross-functional stakeholders and build strong supplier relationships.
• Strong communication, organization, and collaboration skills.
• HACCP certification required.
• Lead Auditor certification (FSSC 22000 or equivalent) preferred.
• GMP and ISO 22000 training preferred.
• Ability to travel up to 50%, including occasional short-notice travel.

Qualifications

• Functional and Technical Expertise in Quality Management.
• Problem Solving and Analytical Thinking.
• Collaboration and Stakeholder Management.
• Independent Decision-Making.
• Integrity and Accountability.
• Effective Communication.

Skills

• Supplier Quality Assurance.
• Quality Management.
• Food Safety.
• Supplier Auditing.
• Supplier Relationship Management.
• Root Cause Analysis.
• Change Control Management.
• Supplier Development.
• Supplier Performance Metrics.
• Supplier Risk Assessments.
• Supplier Verification Programs.
• Supplier Status Maintenance.
• Supplier Non-Conformance Investigations.
• Supplier Capability Improvement.
• Sourcing Strategies.
• Recommendations to Management.
• Supplier Relationship Building.
• Supplier Facility Representation.
• Supplier Audit Conducting.
• Supplier Evaluation.
• Supplier Approval Maintaining.
• Supplier Non-Conformance Handling.
• Supplier Capability Improvement Initiatives.
• Supplier Performance Trends Analysis.
• Supplier Data Leveraging.
• Supplier Capability Recommendations.
• Supplier Capability Support.
• Supplier Capability Development.
• Supplier Capability Improvement.
• Supplier Capability Enhancement.
• Supplier Capability Optimization.
• Supplier Capability Strengthening.
• Supplier Capability Building.
• Supplier Capability Advancement.
• Supplier Capability Reinforcement.
• Supplier Capability Reinvention.
• Supplier Capability Renewal.
• Supplier Capability Revitalization.
• Supplier Capability Revival.
• Supplier Capability Restoration.
• Supplier Capability Rejuvenation.
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