Amazon · 2 days ago
Senior Product Safety and Quality Analyst , Global Quality Assurance, Innovation & Quality Team
Austin, TX
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$91K/yr - $159K/yr
10+ years expAmazon is seeking a Senior Product Safety and Quality Analyst to ensure the safety and quality of their WFM products. This role involves developing testing requirements, providing technical guidance, and managing product safety analyses across diverse product categories.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)DeliveryE-CommerceFoundational AIRetail
Responsibilities
Enables commercialization activities and provides technical guidance to ensure products meet WFM quality and regulatory standards by:
Developing appropriate chemical, microbiological, physical, and shelf-life testing requirements based on supplier data, existing testing profiles, regulatory requirements, safety risk, and WFM requirements
Reviewing Supplier Food Safety Plans and product risk assessments
Partnering with WFM Legal team on regulatory requirements
Reviewing applicable product claims/statements and determining claim validation criteria
Developing and negotiating shelf-life study validation parameters
Partnering with Product Developers to incorporate characterizing product attributes into testing profiles
Reviewing Supplier documents and test results for WFM and regulatory compliance
Reviewing Supplier Quality Reports, Supplier Visit Reports, and Facility Risk Assessments
Reviewing First Production test results
Enables commercialization activities and provides technical guidance to ensure products meet WFM quality and regulatory standards
Engages with suppliers and customers to evaluate and resolve complex, recurring, and business-critical issues and concerns
Advises the stores, operational areas, suppliers, and leadership up to the executive level on any local, state, federal, and international regulatory and compliance issues
Leads development and implementation of advanced technical solutions using programming, data analytics, and automation tools to enhance food safety and quality systems
Monitors formulation and label review for WFM, identifying product or cross-product issues, identifying root causes, and driving sustainable resolutions
Oversees or advises others on the management of multiple Product Safety & Quality analyses, tests, documentation, and reporting
Provides expert technical consulting, leveraging advanced software tools and cross-functional relationships to develop innovative solutions for emerging issues
Works with all levels of operational leadership toward continuous improvement of food and product safety/quality standards and operational excellence
Advises leadership on functional progress, status, trends, and issues
Leads functional continuous process improvement by:
Developing sophisticated data analysis tools and dashboards
Programming automated solutions for quality monitoring
Implementing new technical tools for food safety management
Designing systems for predictive quality analytics
Stays abreast of state-of-the-art processes, programming languages, and emerging technologies within food safety and quality management
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in Food Science or related field
10+ years CPG and/ or food retail experience
6 + years' experience in food or non-food consumer goods (including personal care, supplements, household, pet care, and baby products) production facility
HACCP certification and PCQI certification
Advanced knowledge of Product/Food Safety for complex products categories and processing environments + Quality Assurance and control processes and workflows
Advanced understanding of Retail product lifecycle management, Project leadership skills, Cross-functional team leadership skills
Expert ability to leverage market understanding for project decisions, demonstrate knowledge of WFM operations
Ability to travel domestically and internationally up to 30% of time, including overnight stays
Ability to work effectively with minimal direct supervision
Have fun and enable others to have fun while achieving results
Preferred
Graduate degree in science or relevant field
Experience with natural and organic foods
GFSI or Quality Systems and Product Safety Auditing Experience
Experience with specification databases/Product Lifecycle Management Systems
Sensory evaluation experience and skills
Benefits
Medical
Financial
Other benefits
Company
Amazon
Amazon is a tech firm with a focus on e-commerce, cloud computing, digital streaming, and artificial intelligence.
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$8.11BKey Investors
AmazonKleiner Perkins
2023-01-03Post Ipo Debt· $8B
2001-07-24Post Ipo Equity· $100M
1997-05-15IPO
Leadership Team
Douglas J. Herrington
CEO, Worldwide Amazon Stores
Werner Vogels
VP & CTO
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