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R&D QA Sr Scientist
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The role focuses on evaluating, approving, and verifying ingredient suppliers to ensure a seamless integration of Sabra’s portfolio into PepsiCo systems. This includes conducting comprehensive assessments, leading on-site supplier visits, and collaborating closely with internal stakeholders and suppliers to identify and close compliance gaps.
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All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to Age, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, or disability status.
PepsiCo is an Equal Opportunity Employer: Age/ Female / Minority / Disability / Protected Veteran / Sexual Orientation / Gender Identity
If you'd like more information about your EEO rights as an applicant under the law, please download the available EEO is the Law & EEO is the Law Supplement documents. View PepsiCo EEO Policy.
Please view our Pay Transparency Statement
The R&D FSQA Supplier Integration Lead will play a critical role in supporting the R&D Foods Category team with the integration of the Sabra Foods business into PepsiCo’s supply base. This position is primarily responsible for ensuring that all ingredient suppliers meet PepsiCo’s Quality & Food Safety (Q&FS) standards and external regulatory requirements during the transition.
The role focuses on evaluating, approving, and verifying ingredient suppliers to ensure a seamless integration of Sabra’s portfolio into PepsiCo systems. This includes conducting comprehensive assessments, leading on-site supplier visits, and collaborating closely with internal stakeholders and suppliers to identify and close compliance gaps.
- Primarily responsible in supporting the R&D Foods Category team in completing Ingredients supplier Q&FS assessments and approvals for Sabra Foods business integration other supplier compliance programs.
- Responsible for evaluating supplier quality programs and FSMA verification to ensure compliance to PepsiCo internal supplier standards and also external regulatory requirements.
- Lead the verification of NA ingredient suppliers food safety and quality programs covering but not limited to Sanitation, PSIP, PEMP, Chemical Contaminants, Allergen Control, Upon Request, Surveillance Hazards
- Traveling to prioritized supplier sites to audit/verify any risks and work with suppliers to mitigate and close CAPAs
- Create, report and track leading and lagging metrics for Food safety and quality KPIs for identified suppliers to ensure they are performing up to standards and closing gaps
Compensation and Benefits
- The expected compensation range for this position is between $76,400 - $127,850.
- Location, confirmed job-related skills, experience, and education will be considered in setting actual starting salary. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range during the hiring process.
- Bonus based on performance and eligibility target payout is 8% of annual salary paid out annually.
- Paid time off subject to eligibility, including paid parental leave, vacation, sick, and bereavement.
- In addition to salary, PepsiCo offers a comprehensive benefits package to support our employees and their families, subject to elections and eligibility: Medical, Dental, Vision, Disability, Health, and Dependent Care Reimbursement Accounts, Employee Assistance Program (EAP), Insurance (Accident, Group Legal, Life), Defined Contribution Retirement Plan.
- Bachelors in Food Science or Engineering
- 5-7 years of R&D/Supply Chain experience in Quality & Food Safety
- Knowledge of Food Safety and Quality Standards for Food and Beverage Industry.
- Expert knowledge of Supplier Quality Programmed and PepsiCo Global Quality Standards
- Lead Assessor Auditor competency
- Strong communicator to ensure stakeholder alignment across projects/activities
- Decision-making skills to enable supplier approvals/issue resolution
- Self-starter to manage detailed date to day supplier/material activities
- Flexibility to travel extensively for supplier audits and adapt
- Agility and prioritizing skills in relation to regions were multiple and frequent changes in suppliers’ sites due to shutdowns/movement of suppliers.
- Good interpersonal skills and collaboration with other PepsiCo functions beyond quality.
- Technical expertise in different material types and risks
- HACCP, FSMA knowledge and skills
- Excellent competency in root cause analysis and troubleshooting operational issues
- Travel Up to 75%
Our Company will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of the Fair Credit Reporting Act, and all other applicable laws, including but not limited to, San Francisco Police Code Sections 4901-4919, commonly referred to as the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance; and Chapter XVII, Article 9 of the Los Angeles Municipal Code, commonly referred to as the Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to Age, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, or disability status.
PepsiCo is an Equal Opportunity Employer: Age/ Female / Minority / Disability / Protected Veteran / Sexual Orientation / Gender Identity
If you'd like more information about your EEO rights as an applicant under the law, please download the available EEO is the Law & EEO is the Law Supplement documents. View PepsiCo EEO Policy.
Please view our Pay Transparency Statement
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