Sr. Analyst, Quality - Supplier Audit

Supplier Quality Sr. Analyst

This role / position ensures effective implementation and execution of the Kraft Heinz Supplier Quality Management System across an assigned ingredient or packaging category. The position provides visible quality leadership ensuring that KHC supplier quality standards are understood and met through on-site assessments as well as desk top audit as determined by the Kraft Heinz supplier management policy. This position also ensures that best practices are replicated across the category. This position requires travel between 50 70%.

This role is responsible for providing program support and data analysis for the US and Canada supplier quality program. This position requires some quality technical depth and applicant should be comfortable with learning and working with internal systems, technology and reporting. As there is a significant amount of supplier compliance and performance data for ~ 3,000 KHC, the position requires exceptional organizational skills. It is important that the person is detailed oriented to make sure data is accurate in the system. Organization and communication skills are also needed to support the KHC audit strategy and working with external partners.

In this role, the individual will evaluate the 2nd party audit reports for the KHC NA suppliers as well as support global compliance reporting, which is a very important KPI to support strategic growth. The individual will work with outside audit companies (examples NSF and DNV) weekly to 2nd party audits are complete and include supplier corrective and preventive actions. In addition, the person will track and trend data for reporting purposes.

This person will support plants in achieving Quality KPIs through participation in root cause activities, corrective and preventive action, and customer complaint related to suppliers. This position works closely with cross functional partners (Examples include but not limited to Procurement, specification management, FSM, R&D, Category Quality, Material management, Plant Quality).

Candidate should be comfortable with working with virtual tools to conduct audits if needed.

Travel required 50-70%.

Key Components of the Role

• Manage assigned portfolios / Categories of suppliers against KHC Supplier expectation Manual and Supplier management policies
• Support KHC business teams and factories to address supplier performance concerns or complaints; perform follow-up visits ("tech assessments"), as needed
• Provide FSQ input into Procurement sourcing strategy and supplier business review meetings
• Conduct Supplier Quality Audits on behalf of KHC
• Maintained compliance to FSMA and to KHC Internal Policy
• Schedule new audits requested by the business
• Train cross functional partners on Supplier Quality WOW
• Ensure that audit trackers and data are up to date
• Become knowledgeable on functional Quality systems (Agile, SAP and Intelex)
• Maintain communication with suppliers in your portfolio
• Maintain communication with internal KHC factories and cross functional partners
• Review 2nd party audit program for NA
• Prepare monthly tracking documents
• Support Supplier Verification as it relates to FSMA (regulations FDA and CFIA) where applicable
• Build organizational capacity and monitor Food Safety events across the supply chain for assigned portfolio
• Maintain Food Fraud Vulnerability register using software and technology available to the team.
• Support NA Supplier Quality team to deliver against key KPIs and business objectives to meet overall NA Zone FSQ and organizational deliverables and strategic commitments

Proficiency

Communication

Leadership

Qualifications

Preferred location is Glenview, IL, but remote is acceptable.