Strategic Senior Manager, Supplier Quality & Compliance

California Custom Fruits and Flavors; Irwindale (CA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

California Custom Fruits and Flavors (CCFF) seeks a Senior Manager, Supplier Quality & Compliance to lead supplier risk controls for fruits, ingredients, and packaging. You will oversee audits, COA programs, and supplier performance, while guiding the Regulatory & Compliance Manager and Supplier Quality Coordinator.

Responsibilities include risk assessments, supplier approvals, and cross-functional collaboration with Procurement, Operations, and R&D to ensure safe, compliant ingredients across

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Food Science, Microbiology, Chemistry, Engineering, or a related scientific field; master's degree preferred.
• 8+ years of supplier quality, food safety, regulatory compliance, or quality systems experience in food manufacturing, including people or program leadership.

Responsibilities

• Lead risk-based incoming raw material and packaging evaluations, including fruits, sweeteners, functional ingredients, and packaging reviews.
• Partner with Procurement and plant leadership on supplier management.
• Own new supplier approval, assigned supplier performance management, and CCFF internal raw material specifications.
• Plan and conduct risk-based supplier audits for ingredient and packaging suppliers; track findings and required corrective actions.
• Lead raw material and material shelf-life review through supplier outreach, technical documentation review, risk assessment, and disposition recommendations.
• Conduct preliminary food safety and quality risk assessments for new ingredients and products through project management discussions and related development reviews.
• Administer TraceGains supplier quality workflows, including supplier setup, approval, COA requirements, and raw material testing setup.
• Lead supplier-related root cause and CAPA investigations associated with plant rejections, customer complaints, or material nonconformances.
• Manage Organic and Kosher compliance for assigned ingredients and support other applicable certification requirements.
• Establish supplier quality KPIs, trend performance, communicate risks, and drive corrective and preventive improvement.
• Set priorities, provide technical direction, and manage performance and development for the Regulatory & Compliance Manager and Supplier Quality Coordinator.
• Partner with Procurement, Operations, R&D, Commercial, and plant Quality teams to ensure consistent, timely risk-based decisions.

Skills

Leadership

Project management

Cross-functional

Analytical

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Food Science/related

Master's degree preferred

Tools

TraceGains

ERP systems

Microsoft Office

Job description

California Custom Fruits and Flavors (CCFF) seeks a Senior Manager, Supplier Quality & Compliance to lead supplier risk controls for fruits, ingredients, and packaging. You will oversee audits, COA programs, and supplier performance, while guiding the Regulatory & Compliance Manager and Supplier Quality Coordinator.

Responsibilities include risk assessments, supplier approvals, and cross-functional collaboration with Procurement, Operations, and R&D to ensure safe, compliant ingredients across