Job Description

Raw Material Quality Specialist - Erlanger, KY

The Raw Material Quality Specialist is responsible for supporting raw material qualification for new and second source raw materials, supplier approval, and ongoing risk management activities across BEVQC, QC, and QCMICRO workflows. This role serves as a key liaison between Quality, Food Safety, Microbiology, and Procurement teams to ensure raw materials meet established quality, regulatory, and food safety requirements. While providing primary support for color-related workflows, the specialist is responsible for completing all assigned raw material workflows as needed.

Key Responsibilities
BEVQC Workflow Management

• Support new and second source and reactivate raw material qualification workflows.
• Review vendor specifications and Safety Data Sheets (SDS) and enter critical raw material information into AS400, including:
• Flash Point
• Appearance
• Aroma
• Color
• Shelf-Life
• Storage Conditions
• Maintain and update this data for all approved raw materials.
• Ensure raw material information remains accurate, current, and aligned with supplier documentation.
• Participate in cross-functional workflow review meetings and provide status updates.
• Partner with Procurement and Category Specialists to resolve specification discrepancies and support supplier qualification activities.

QC Workflow Management

• Support new and second source, distributor, mass replace, and reactivate raw material qualification workflows.
• Evaluate test samples against vendor specifications for physical and chemical attributes.
• Conduct sensory evaluations for second source raw material workflows.
• Verify alignment of all supplier specifications with applicable USP and/or FCC monographs.
• Implement 3rd party testing programs for high risk raw materials per risk assessment, including pesticide and heavy metal monitoring where warranted.
• Participate in cross-functional workflow review meetings and provide status updates.
• Partner with Procurement and Category Specialists to resolve specification discrepancies and support supplier qualification activities.

QCMICRO Workflow Management

• Support new and second source and reactivate raw material qualification workflows.
• Review supplier documentation within OpenText to ensure completeness and compliance for all food safety and microbiological documentation.
• Utilize HorizonScan, FDA Appendix, FDA/USDA alerts amongst other risk management tools to evaluate material specific hazards and supplier risk.
• Complete raw material risk assessments and supporting risk analysis documentation.
• Review supplier food safety documentation, hazard analyses, preventive controls, and verification activities to assess compliance with FSVP requirements if applicable.
• Perform supplier and material assessment, supplier site, and FSVP if applicable activities within eQMS to qualify the supplier and raw material.
• Support supplier qualification and ongoing monitoring programs by evaluating food safety and microbiological risks and applying appropriate microbiological specifications and sampling plans.
• Participate in cross-functional workflow review meetings and provide status updates.
• Partner with Procurement and Category Specialists to resolve specification discrepancies and support supplier qualification activities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Food Science, Chemistry, Microbiology, Quality Assurance, or a related field.
• Experience in raw material quality, supplier quality management, food safety, and regulatory compliance.
• Knowledge of raw material qualification processes, supplier approval programs, and risk assessment.
• Familiarity with USP and FCC monographs, GMPs, HACCP, food safety regulations, and supplier management systems.
• Experience with systems such as AS400, OpenText, eQMS, HorizonScan, and Microsoft Office applications preferred.
• Strong analytical, organizational, communication, and cross-functional collaboration skills.

Before applying for an exempt, non-exempt or hourly job opportunity, you are expected to initiate a discussion and share your intentions with your supervisor. * If you’ve been in your current position for more than 18 months, supervisor approval is not required. * If you’ve been in your current position for less than 18 months, verbal supervisor approval is required.
​Hiring Manager-Brittany Zumach ​
Recruiter- Ashley Medina

City

Erlanger

State

KY - Kentucky

Location Country

United States

About ADM

At ADM, we unlock the power of nature to provide access to nutrition worldwide. With industry-advancing innovations, a complete portfolio of ingredients and solutions to meet any taste, and a commitment to sustainability, we give customers an edge in solving the nutritional challenges of today and tomorrow. We’re a global leader in human and animal nutrition and the world’s premier agricultural origination and processing company. Our breadth, depth, insights, facilities and logistical expertise give us unparalleled capabilities to meet needs for food, beverages, health and wellness, and more. From the seed of the idea to the outcome of the solution, we enrich the quality of life the world over. Learn more at www.adm.com.

Base pay offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, including market location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Hourly and salaried non-exempt employees will also be paid overtime pay when working qualifying overtime hours.

If hired, employees will be in an “at-will position” and the Company reserves the right to modify base pay (as well as any other discretionary payment or compensation program) at any time, including for reasons related to individual performance, Company or individual department/team performance, and market factors.

The pay range for this position is expected to be between:

$56,600.00 - $105,600.00