Supplier FSQA Manager
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Supplier Quality Manager overseeing food safety, audits, and supplier compliance for B&G Foods’ spice, seasoning, herb, and flavor ingredient supply chain. Driving risk reduction and continuous improvement across global suppliers.
Responsibilities:
- Lead supplier approval, qualification, and requalification programs for spices, seasonings, herbs, dehydrated ingredients, and flavor systems
- Evaluate supplier food safety systems, quality management systems, regulatory compliance, and operational capabilities
- Perform risk-based supplier assessments and establish supplier risk ratings
- Review supplier documentation and support onboarding of new suppliers and ingredients in TraceGains
- Conduct supplier audits and assessments at domestic and international manufacturing facilities
- Issue audit reports and drive corrective and preventive actions (CAPAs)
- Monitor supplier corrective action effectiveness and closure
- Partner with Procurement on supplier performance concerns and risk mitigation strategies
- Collaborate with suppliers on risk reduction strategies for spice and seasoning ingredient supply chains
- Develop and maintain supplier scorecards and KPIs
- Analyze supplier performance trends involving audit results, complaints, non-conformances, and CAPA effectiveness
- Drive continuous improvement initiatives with strategic suppliers
- Lead supplier business reviews with cross-functional teams
- Partner with Procurement, Operations, R&D, Regulatory Affairs, and Commercial teams to ensure supplier compliance and business continuity
- Support project and product commercialization activities within the Spice/Seasonings Business Unit
- Provide supplier quality expertise for investigations, recalls, withdrawals, and supplier-related incidents
- Participate in crisis management and supply chain risk mitigation efforts
- Support internal and external audits
- Maintain supplier quality procedures, policies, and standards
Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree in Food Science, Microbiology, Chemistry, Food Engineering, Agricultural Sciences, or related scientific/technical discipline
- Minimum 7 years of food manufacturing experience with 5 years’ experience in supplier quality, food safety and/or supply chain
- Demonstrated experience auditing food manufacturing facilities
- Experience managing supplier corrective actions and continuous improvement programs
- Ability to travel domestically and internationally up to 50%
- Preferred: Experience in the spice, seasoning, herb, flavor, botanical, or agricultural ingredient industries
- Preferred: Lead Auditor certification
- Preferred: PCQI certification
- Preferred: Experience with global sourcing and international supplier networks
- Preferred: Knowledge of food fraud, food defense, and ingredient authenticity programs
- Preferred: Experience working with contract manufacturers and co-manufacturers
Benefits:
- Ability to travel domestically and internationally up to 50%



















