Compliance Specialist

Compliance Specialist

📍 Napa, CA

💲 $32/hour

🕒 Full-Time | Monday–Friday | 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM

About the Role:

Team 360 Staffing is seeking a detail-oriented and organized Compliance Specialist to join our client’s team. This role focuses on ensuring the company remains up to date with current food safety, labeling, and packaging regulations, as well as various certification programs. The Compliance Specialist will assist with maintaining specification and compliance documentation, supporting regulatory processes, and helping ensure company standards and industry requirements are consistently met.

Company:

Team 360 Staffing is a trusted staffing and recruitment agency that connects job seekers with the right opportunities across various industries. You will be working for a warehouse that produces premium frozen fruit and vegetable purees.

Benefits:

• 401k

• Paid time off

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

Compliance Functions (30-40%)

• Manages and maintains external product information databases such as GDSN and customer portals
• Manages and maintains documentation required for Non-GMO Project Verification, Kosher Certification, and TTB.
• Manages Supplier Approval Program and Foreign Supplier Verification Program (FSVP).
• Assists with the management of internal specifications for raw materials and finished goods.
• Assist in the review of inbound production materials against specifications and compliance needs.
• Assists with other initiatives the company may enter in the future, such as Sustainability initiatives.
• Creation and implementation of SOPs and Food safety and quality policies
• Audits warehouse for regulatory and food safety compliance.

Regulatory Responsibilities (30-40%)

• Assists with label review to ensure accuracy, completeness, and compliance with regulatory standards.
• Assists with the development of nutrition profiles for finished products, including creating Nutrition Facts panels and ingredient statements for finished product labels.
• Assists with documentation supporting regulatory requirements for imported and exported orders.
• Serves as the subject matter expert by monitoring changes in regulations, particularly state and federal regulations regarding packaging, food additives, and labeling.

Customer Service Support (10-20%)

• Completes customer requested surveys and other document requests.
• Assists with the customer complaint investigation and CAPA.

Operations support (10-20%)

• Assists in support of Operations and Purchasing by providing up-to-date information on approved or potential suppliers and documentation needs.
• Assists with production-related tasks, such as production scrubbing, inventory level review, hold/expired products review, and lab analysis of production sample retains.

Job Requirements:

Education/Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree (B.S.) in food science or a similar related field or 4-7 years of experience in food quality assurance, regulatory compliance or food facility auditing.

Skills:

• Team-oriented and independently motivated with strong leadership skills in all essential job functions.
• Excellent grammar and mathematical skills, with the ability to calculate figures and amounts (i.e., discounts, interest, commissions, proportions, percentages, area, circumference, and volume) as well as apply concepts of basic algebra and geometry to duties.
• Must be proficient with the use of MS Windows 10 or later, particularly Excel, Word, and Access or similar databases, Internet, email, inventory software, order processing systems, and manufacturing software.
• Excellent interpersonal and organizational skills and attention to detail.

Knowledge:

• FDA food regulations, HACCP, FSMA, Kosher, NGP requirements, QA systems, food processing, food and nutrition labeling, and supplier auditing.
• Basic knowledge of Food Science or a related field is required.

Physical:

• Capacity to walk up and down stairs while carrying objects weighing 32 lbs.
• Ability to work on feet for at least 6 hours.
• Ability to work at a computer for periods up to (8) hours.
• Periodically needs to work onsite at a production facility during manufacturing for (8-12) hours in a day.
• Ability to lift packages up to 32 lbs. periodically.
• May be required to drive his/her personal vehicle and supply proof of insurance.

Other: (Includes licenses, certificates, age, etc.)

• Must have an acceptable driving record and automobile insurance meeting Company’s requirements.
• Must have the ability to travel.
• HACCP or FSMA certification or capable of attending and passing HACCP or FSMA class.
• Professional appearance and high standards of personal hygiene always.

Job Requirements:

• The ability to speak Spanish is desired but not mandatory