Quality & Supplier Risk Lead - Hybrid, 25% Travel

Colgate-Palmolive Company; Topeka (KS); Hybrid; USD 95,000 - 108,000; Full time

Job summary

Hill's Pet Nutrition, part of Colgate-Palmolive, is seeking a Specialist Quality, Supplier Management to elevate quality across the direct materials supply network. This role ensures that raw material, ingredient, and packaging suppliers meet Hill’s and Colgate-Palmolive Quality & Food Safety Standards, FDA/FSMA regulations, and GFSI benchmarks.

As a cross-functional technical member, you will lead supplier qualification, audits, risk assessments, CAPA programs, and supplier performance

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant scientific discipline.
• 2+ years in supplier quality assurance or related field.
• Knowledge of FDA FSMA, GFSI schemes, HACCP, and GMPs.
• Willingness to travel up to 25%.

Responsibilities

• Conduct supplier quality assessments for new qualifications.
• Maintain supplier database, SAP, and QA systems.
• Lead annual risk assessment for direct materials.
• Partner with Procurement on strategic sourcing and risk.
• Lead supplier audits and audit closure per standards.

Skills

Quality Assurance

Supplier Quality

Food Safety Management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Food Science, Animal Nutrition, Quality Assurance, Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, or related field

Tools

SAP

ETQ Reliance

Sigma Computing

Snowflake

Google Suite

Excel

Job description

Hill's Pet Nutrition, part of Colgate-Palmolive, is seeking a Specialist Quality, Supplier Management to elevate quality across the direct materials supply network. This role ensures that raw material, ingredient, and packaging suppliers meet Hill’s and Colgate-Palmolive Quality & Food Safety Standards, FDA/FSMA regulations, and GFSI benchmarks.

As a cross-functional technical member, you will lead supplier qualification, audits, risk assessments, CAPA programs, and supplier performance