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Customer Quality Management Specialist-CED00604 - IA-Cedar Rapids
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Description
Cargill Texturizing
Solutions is a leading supplier of gelling and thickening agents as well as
emulsifiers, focusing on supplying the global food and beverage industries.
Cargill Texturizing Solutions offers specific solutions for improving
stability, texture, consistency and shelf life in multiple food
applications, based on a wide palette of ingredients including
hydrocolloids, emulsifiers, lecithins, starches
and soy flours.
Position Purpose:
The primary responsibility of the Customer Quality Management Specialist
(CQM Specialist) is to manage day-to-day technical requests regarding
quality, food safety, and regulatory compliance issues and provide
additional regulatory compliance assistance for the AMCAS Starch facilities
Food Safety, Quality, and Regulatory groups. Familiar with HACCP, corporate
food safety, quality and regulatory compliance standards applicable across
the 5 CTS product lines: starch, soy, lecithin, hydrocolloids and
functional systems. The CQM Specialist position includes management of
regulatory compliance documentation, customer 3rd party databases,
answering technical customer inquiries, reviewing and managing
documentation of customer specifications, and CQM process improvements.
Additionally, the CQM Specialist is expected to understand our plant
processes and provide technical/regulatory compliance advise
for our FSQR teams. Documentation management, organization, prioritization,
multi-tasking and effective communication are required competencies.
Principal
Accountabilities:
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45% Process and manage Non-standard technical
document requests regarding quality, food safety and regulatory compliance
via Salesforce.com tool. Assist in managing shared email account. Provide
additional regulatory compliance support for the starch product
line/Hammond and Cedar Rapids facilities FSQR teams.
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15% Process improvements, customer responses,
documentation management, third-party and internal database management.
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15% Subject matter expert in different regulatory
compliance areas (i.e. organic, natural, allergens/gluten) – expand
knowledge of the regulatory compliance issues and share learnings/critical
knowledge with the CTS FSQR organization for consistency in
approach/responses across the BU.
·
10% Act as backup for the CQM Manager and CQM Specialist
for daily technical requests and processing
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10% FSQR CQM projects as assigned
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5% Assist with regulatory compliance issues, country
registrations, AMCAS (including LATAM) CQM support
Location: The
preferred location for this position is Cedar Rapids, IA. Hammond, IN is a
location that will also be considered.
Qualifications
Required
Qualifications
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Bachelor’s Degree
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2+ years of experience in quality and/or food safety
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Effective communicator with the ability to influence
across all levels of the organization
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Strong personal drive for results and ability to work
independently combined with the desire to motivate and contribute to the
team’s success
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Demonstrated ability to quickly build and sustain
effective working relationships
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Strong continuous improvement
Preferred Qualifications
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Bilingual/proficiency in Spanish
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Regulatory compliance experience
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Strong knowledge of HACCP, food safety systems and
certifications
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Cargill Texturizing Solutions product line
experience/knowledge
·
1+ year of laboratory experience
·
2+ years experience working
in a food, feed, pharma and/or agriculture
commodity manufacturing environment
Cargill is an EEO/AA
employer.
Job
Quality Assurance/Food
Safety
Primary
Location
US-IA-Cedar Rapids
Other
Locations
US-IN-Hammond
Schedule
Full-time
Job
Type
Standard
Shift
Day Job
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