FSQA Document Specialist

How you'll have an impact at Kinder's: You will play a key role supporting Kinder's by managing ingredient, supplier, and partner documentation and by ensuring that all critical documentation is managed, updated, and organized for reference by the cross-functional team. This is a highly critical position and will be relied upon by many of Kinder's colleagues.

What You'll Be Doing:

We are looking for a highly detail-oriented Documentation Specialist to create/gather, organize, coordinate and maintain the Kinder's Ingredients, Packaging and Food Safety and Quality Assurance documentation/information in our database.

• Develop and maintain all relevant documentation for ingredients, packaging and finished products used in Kinder's product line.
• Maintain and update food safety and quality documentation including SOPs, HACCP plans, GMPs, SSOPs, and audit records.
• Supplier documentation collection and organization in online systems.
• Supplier documentation review and approval.
• Ensure that key Supplier and Coman facility information is maintained and current.
• Work cross-functionally with Kinder's sourcing and product development team to ensure that documentation prioritization is complete and highly coordinated.
• Develop, build and maintain strong relationships with Kinder's suppliers and manufacturers.
• Work closely across Product Development, Sourcing and Supply Chain teams to ensure compliance from start to finish.
• Support the Quality Assurance team in a broad range of functions

What You Bring to the Table:

If you enjoy working with cross-functional teams and have strong computer and organizational skills and a knack for managing documentation, this could be a great fit for you!

Skills and Experience:

• A bachelor's degree in business, Computer Science, Food Science or a related field is preferred, however "on the job" experience managing databases is highly valued.
• At least 2-4 years in a Quality Assurance role or Documentation role within the Consumer-Packaged Goods (CPG) industry is preferred but not required.
• Strong computer skills and confidence with databases for organizing is critical.
• Experience with electronic QMS platforms.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
• Experience in TraceGains is preferred but not require.
• Strong understanding of food safety regulations and standards (FSMA, HACCP, GFSI)

Personal Characteristics:

• An ambitious individual that wants to grow their skillset at one of the premier, growing food companies.
• Self-Starter that requires minimal oversight with an ability to problem solve, manage multiple priorities simultaneously.
• Very strong organizational skills and an extremely disciplined approach to database and documentation management.
• Excellent attention to detail and ability to manage multiple projects and tasks.
• Effective communication and teamwork skills are critical.
• Accustomed to changing priorities and a high tempo, dynamic environment.
• Strong interpersonal skills and a great attitude to support a high growth company.

Things About the Way We Work:

• No two days here are the same.
• We try to be good team members and good communicators, but we don't live by hierarchy and structure – everyone is a difference maker here.
• We make a lot of decisions in the face of incomplete information – our team embrace ambiguity and tries to make good decisions fast rather than great decisions slow.
• We believe our job is to take smart risk, not to eliminate risk.
• We believe in growing our skills and becoming a better company with more managerial expertise, but we are an entrepreneurial company at heart.
• We aren't trying to be average – we want to do exceptional things and we are willing to work hard to achieve them.

Location & Travel:

The position will be based out of our 70,000 sq. foot office in Walnut Creek, CA. We strongly believe in the power of culture and community and have a hybrid work structure with 4 days in the office on a weekly basis to encourage collaboration and personal connections that will allow us to better serve our customers and consumer and to have more fun. We have 1 flex day per week with employees having the opportunity to choose to be either in the office or to work from home based on what makes most sense for them.