Quality Analyst

Description

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At Lactalis in the USA, we're committed to providing meaningful opportunities for our people to learn, grow, and thrive-whether you're just starting your journey with us or looking to take the next step in your career. From day one, we offer the tools and support to help you succeed.

As the world leader in dairy, Lactalis is a family-owned company with over 85,000 pragmatic and ambitious professionals across the globe. Each day, we're proud to produce award-winning dairy products that bring people together.

In the US, we proudly offer an unrivaled house of beloved brands, including Galbani Italian cheeses and ricotta, President specialty cheeses and butters, Kraft natural and grated cheeses, Breakstone's cottage cheese, Cracker Barrel, Black Diamond cheddar, and Parmalat milk. Our yogurt portfolio includes siggi's, Stonyfield Organic, Brown Cow, Oui, Yoplait, Go-Gurt, : ratio, Green Mountain Creamery, and Mountain High, along with a growing family of ethnic favorites like Karoun, Gopi, and Arz.

At Lactalis, we live by our core values- Ambition , Engagement , and Simplicity . We foster a workplace where innovation thrives, diverse perspectives are celebrated, and everyone's unique background and ideas are valued.

Even if you don't meet every qualification, we encourage you to apply. We want to hear about your PASSION, your STORY , and how your EXPERTISE can help us shape the future of dairy.

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From your PASSION to ours

Lactalis Heritage Dairy, part of the Lactalis family of companies, is currently hiring a Quality Analyst based in Walton, NY. This is an HOURLY and ONSITE position which does not support remote work or relocation assistance.

The Quality Data Analyst will support the Quality Managers in activities related to data collection and registration in SAP, trend analyses based on data collected from key processes, as well as other quality system compliance activities through the Quality Department. Irrespective of other responsibilities, he / she shall have the responsibility to perform the positive release activities for finished goods in the system, identifying product that is to be placed on hold for finished product testing as part of the environmental monitoring program.

From your EXPERTISE to ours

Key responsibilities for this position include :

• Responsible for verifying and trending test results of in-process finished product and raw materials, as measured by production, quality and support operators.
• Responsible for supporting the positive release program execution for all finished goods including the manual release in SAP of all finished products.
• Register product holds in SAP, consolidate and distribute all supporting documents and files to stakeholders.
• Collects and trends data related to quality and food safety aspects to monitor trends and calculate standard deviations. This includes, but is not limited to, data such as product release, product on hold, dispositions, environmental results, and CCP / OPRP compliance.
• Applies critical thinking to data management.
• Alerts Quality Management on serious issues detected based on data analysis findings and trends.
• Liaise with other stakeholders to investigate specific trends that require follow-up and preventive actions.
• Supports the Quality Lab Manager with document control process management and the lab policies and procedures updating.
• Provides support on projects / tasks as needed, such as entering work orders (maintenance) and purchase orders in SAP.
• Work with other departments to achieve overall company objectives and reduce industrial variability.

Requirements

From your STORY to ours

Qualified applicants will contribute the following :

Education-

Experience-

Specialized Knowledge-

Skills / Abilities-

This job description is intended to summarize the overall level of responsibility of the job and is not an exhaustive list of all the duties performed.

At Lactalis, we offer a comprehensive Total Rewards Program with a variety of affordable benefits and coverage options. We support insurance costs significantly, contribute generously to retirement plans, and offer Paid Time Off from day one. We are committed to your professional growth, providing training and development opportunities, including Education Reimbursement. Join us and grow your career.

Lactalis is an equal employment opportunity employer. We will not discriminate against applicants with regard to any legally-recognized basis including, but not limited to : veteran status, race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, sexual orientation, and physical or mental disabilities.