Quality Governance Analyst

$70,000 - $80,000/Yr

The Coca-Cola Company - Webster, NY

Full-time

Webster, NY

Beverage and Tobacco Product Manufacturing

About the position

fairlife, LLC is a Chicago-based nutrition company that creates great-tasting, nutrition-rich dairy products to nourish consumers. With nearly $2B in annual retail sales, fairlife's portfolio includes delicious, lactose-free, real dairy products such as fairlife® ultra-filtered milk, Core Power® High Protein Shakes, and fairlife® nutrition plan™. As a wholly owned subsidiary of The Coca-Cola Company, fairlife has been recognized for its industry-leading innovation. The Quality Governance Analyst will play a crucial role in the development, support, and continuous improvement of fairlife's Quality Management System (QMS). This position is essential in ensuring compliance with regulatory standards, Coca-Cola KORE, and third-party requirements, thereby maintaining the integrity of fairlife's quality and food safety management systems. The Quality Governance Analyst will coordinate site quality programs, ensuring the standardization of best practices across manufacturing sites in alignment with fairlife's QMS requirements. This role involves oversight of all CAPA programs across fairlife facilities, ensuring their completion and effectiveness. The analyst will serve as an administrator for the Quality Management Software, ETQ, standardizing documents and quality requirements across manufacturing locations. Training employees in the use of fairlife's QMS software and practices is also a key responsibility. The analyst will collaborate with R&D to ensure that product specifications are current and fulfill documentation requests from customers to maintain compliance. Conducting internal audits for quality and food safety requirements at manufacturing sites, performing risk assessments related to QMS and FSMS, and supporting adherence to Coca-Cola KORE requirements are critical tasks. The Quality Governance Analyst will lead projects aimed at continuously improving fairlife's Quality and Food Safety Management Systems and will work closely with site Environmental, Health, and Safety teams to enable integrated management systems.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate site quality programs and ensure standardization of best practices across manufacturing sites to fairlife's QMS requirements.
• Oversee all fairlife facilities CAPA programs and ensure their completion and effectiveness.
• Serve as an administrator in Quality Management Software, ETQ, including the standardization of documents and quality requirements across manufacturing locations.
• Train appropriate employees in the use of fairlife QMS software and practices.
• Work with R&D to ensure fairlife product specifications are up to date.
• Fulfill documentation requests from customers for continued compliance.
• Conduct internal audits for quality and food safety requirements at manufacturing sites.
• Conduct risk assessments in relation to QMS and FSMS.
• Support adherence to Coca-Cola KORE requirements and take necessary steps to achieve adherence.
• Lead projects to continuously improve fairlife's Quality and Food Safety Management Systems.
• Work closely with site Environmental, Health, and Safety teams to enable integrated management systems.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in biology, microbiology, chemistry, food science, or closely related field of study.
• 3-5 years of experience in a manufacturing and quality assurance environment.
• Experience working with Quality Management System software, such as ETQ and LIMS software platforms.
• ISO 9001 and FSSC 22000 Internal Auditor Training is preferred.
• Preventive Controls Quality Individual Training is preferred.
• Knowledge of ISO 14001 and ISO 45001 is a plus.
• Ability to interact effectively across enterprise manufacturing quality teams in championing new programs.
• Ability to influence management and enable the activities of employee teams.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Strong computer and document management skills.

Nice-to-haves

• ISO 14001 knowledge
• ISO 45001 knowledge