Quality Inventory Specialist

Who We Are

At Freshpet, our goal is to change the way people nourish their pets forever. We strive to strengthen the bond between people and our pets so that we both live longer, healthier, and happier lives while being kind to the planet. We believe that if we can create fresh, real foods that pets love and help them live healthier lives, that their pet parents will also enjoy the many benefits of a rich life shared with a pet.

We started off with a mission to change the way pet parents feed dogs and cats, but we also wanted to be a company that had a thoughtful approach to how we operate. We wanted to do things differently, make great products but be gentle to the planet, good to the people who touch our business, and leave a positive impact with everything we do. We work hard every day to ensure that the original vision is met, starting with making the highest quality foods in our kitchens to running our business with integrity, transparency, and social and environmental responsibility. IT’S AMAZING WHAT CAN HAPPEN WHEN YOU START COMPLETELY FRESH!

What You Will Do

The Quality Inventory Specialist will oversee systematic micro dispositions, hold and monitor inventories, and prepare related reports. You will work closely with the plant quality team and logistics team to ensure that non-conformances are investigated and reconciled in a timely and efficient manner with an eye towards continuous improvement of the process. The perfect candidate will have experience in food safety and quality systems, high level of organization and great communication skills.

How You Will Make an Impact

• Be a single point of contact for food safety and food quality non-conformance pallet management
• Balance timely release and movement of pallets to customer needs with attention to detail of quality investigations and dispositions
• Develop strong relationships and engage in process improvement between quality and logistics departments
• Contribute to system development
• Oversee systematic micro dispositions
• Monitor pallets through HPP Process
• Monitoring hold inventories at multiple third-party locations
• Monitoring hold tag placement and related reports
• Auditing hold log in QMS for completion and correctness, including reconciling holds with current inventory statuses
• Assisting hold investigations for FG stored at all local Freshpet sites
• Continuous improvement of hold process
• Other duties as assigned

What You Will Bring

• Bachelor’s Degree or Associate’s Degree preferred or equivalent work related experience
• 3 years minimum industry experience working in Food Safety/Quality Systems/Document Control
• PCQI certification (within 6 months of start date)
• High level of organization and attention to detail
• High skill in computer work within Quality databases, as well as Microsoft Office programs (Outlook, Work, Excel, PowerPoint, SharePoint)
• Strong background in MS Dynamics preferred
• Able to work independently and interdepartmentally
• Good communication skills with internal or external clients
• Experience with GFSI food safety program

What We Offer

At Freshpet, we offer a competitive salary and an excellent benefits package, including medical, dental and vision insurance, basic and optional life insurance, short- and long-term disability protection, flexible spending accounts, and a 401(k) plan with company match, paid parental leave, pet insurance, tuition assistance, a generous PTO plan and so much more!

Our Commitment to a Diverse Workforce

At Freshpet, we embrace and encourage our employees’ differences in age, sex, color, disability, ethnicity, family or marital status, gender identity or expression, language, national origin, physical and mental ability, political affiliation, race, religion, sexual orientation, socio-economic status, veteran status, and other characteristics that make our employees unique.

Freshpet aims to foster, cultivate and preserve a culture of diversity, equity and inclusion. Our employees are our most valuable assets. The collective sum of the individual differences, life experiences, knowledge, inventiveness, innovation, self-expression, unique capabilities and talent that our employees invest in their work represents a significant part of not only our culture, but our reputation and company’s achievement as well. Freshpet is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Disclaimers

We are interested in every qualified candidate who is eligible to work in the United States. However, we are not able to sponsor visas.

Freshpet is not accepting unsolicited assistance from search firms for this employment opportunity. Please, no phone calls or emails. All resumes submitted by search firms to any employee at Freshpet via-email, the Internet or in any form and/or method without a valid written search agreement in place for this position will be deemed the sole property of Freshpet. No fee will be paid in the event the candidate is hired by Freshpet as a result of the referral or through other means.