Employee Type:

Full time

Location:

KY Princeton

Job Type:

Quality

Job Posting Title:

1st Shift - Samples Quality Technician II

About Us:

TreeHouse Foods (NYSE: THS) is a leading manufacturer of private label packaged foods and beverages, operating a network of production facilities across the United States and Canada. At TreeHouse Foods, our commitment to excellence extends beyond our products and revolves around our people. We are investing in talent and creating a performance-based culture where employees can do their best work, directly impacting our mission to make high quality, affordable food for our customers, communities and families. We hope you will consider joining the team and being part of our future.

What You Gain:

• Competitive compensation and benefits program

• Enrollment in our wellness and employee assistance programs

• Paid holidays, vacation, and other competitive paid time off opportunities

• An inclusive working environment where you can build meaningful work relationships with a diverse group of people

• Leaders who are invested in supporting your career growth

• Opportunities to be recognized for outstanding contributions to yourteam through our employee recognition programs

Job Description:

About the Role:

The Quality Technician II has the primary responsibility of managing customer/production samples at the site. The role involves coordinating with Supply Chain and Operations to ensure samples are collecting during the production run. The samples are inspected, sorted, and reviewed by Operation, Quality and R&D before shipment to our Sales/Marketing departments. They will manage the shipping of the samples to customers, Sales, and Marketing Staff and communicate when samples should arrive. Maintains the facility’s Food Safety Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP) Program including all verification and validation activities. Responsible for leading the facility’s HACCP/Food Safety team including the responsibility for performing all hazard analysis on any new raw material or equipment introduced to the facility.

• Capable of following detailed instruction when coordinating shipments.

• Excellent communication skills when interacting with both internal and external customers via email or phone.

• Organization skill are important to maintain an adequate supply of samples and shipping supplies.

• Ensure all documentation are correct, complete, and accurate prior to sending out samples.

• Demonstrate proficiency with personal computer, business software (Microsoft Office, and SharePoint), and technical software (ERP and eQMS systems).

• Utilize eQMS system to create customer CoA upon request.

• Assist with the updating of shipping and job specific SOP’s/Work Instructions.

• Help in investigating any issues regarding sample shipments, or provided samples

• Knowledge of and adherence to all corporate and plant specific cGMP, Food Safety, Food Defense, and Quality policies and procedures.

• Collect and review production samples and verify they meet Quality and Food Safety requirements.

• Document retains collect from production and place into retain boxes

• Enter in Operational and Quality Sensory data into eQMS.

• Utilize 3rd party shipping site (UPS/Fedex) to create shipping labels and approve shipping requests.

• Collect samples from the line as needed.

• Work with R&D to coordinate samples shipment as needed.

• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision.

• Perform other duties as assigned by the Manager.

• Coordinates the facility’s food safety self-inspection program in support of the facility’s internal audit program. Provides ongoing coaching and training for facility’s internal auditors. Responsible for reviewing all deficiencies, assisting in the development of corrective actions, trending of deficiencies, and tracking and reporting the completion status and verification of correction actions.

• Acts as liaison for all technical and QA issues between cross-functional departments.

• May be required to perform other business functions as business necessitates.

Important Details: This is a full-time permanent role on 1st shift.

About You:

You’ll fit right in if you have:

• High school diploma/GED

• Strong communication skills (oral and written), strong interpersonal skills, and superior organizational skills

• The ability to occasionally lift and/or move items weighing 50 pounds above shoulder level

• The ability of standing, walking, kneeling, climbing, and sitting

• The ability to work in extreme temperatures

• Previous experience preferred

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TreeHouse Foods is a private label food and beverage leader focused on customer brands and custom products. When customers partner with TreeHouse they can expect access to an industry-leading portfolio, strategic vision, on-trend innovation and insights, world-class supply chain, operational excellence and flexibility, collaborative approaches, and dedicated customer service.

Our strategy is to be the leading supplier of private label food and beverage products by providing the best balance of quality and cost to our customers. We engage with retail grocery, food away from home, and industrial and export customers, including most of the leading grocery retailers and foodservice operators in the United States and Canada.

Our portfolio includes a variety of shelf-stable, refrigerated, and snack products.

Customers can expect comprehensive flavor profiles including natural, organic, and preservative-free ingredients in many categories and packaging formats.

TreeHouse Foods is best known for food and beverages produced by our two largest businesses Bay Valley Foods, LLC (including E.D. Smith and Sturm Foods) and TreeHouse Private Brands. With more than 10,000 employees in over 35 plants across the United States, Canada, and Italy, TreeHouse Foods is based in Oak Brook, Illinois.

Disability Assistance

TreeHouse Foods is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer and offers opportunities to all job seekers, including those with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation to assist with your job search or application for employment, please contact us by sending an email to disability-accommodations@treehousefoods.com . In your email please include a description of the specific accommodation you are requesting and a description of the position for which you are applying.

To all recruitment agencies: TreeHouse Foods does not accept unsolicited agency resumes/CVs. Please do not forward resumes/CVs to our careers email addresses, Treehouse Foods employees, or any company location(s). TreeHouse Foods is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes/CVs.

EEO Considerations: All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, citizenship, disability, or protected veteran status.