Starbucks Hiring Product Safety Advisor – Food Science Job
Starbucks Corporation is an American multinational chain of coffeehouses and roastery reserves headquartered in Seattle, Washington. It is the world’s largest coffeehouse chain. As of November 2021, the company had 33,833 stores in 80 countries, 15,444 of which were located in the United States
Job Title– sr product safety & quality advisor, Retail Packaging (220022496)
Job Number: 220022496
Location US-WA-Seattle-Starbucks Support Center
Is this role eligible for remote or hybrid work? Yes-Hybrid
Starbucks – Quality
Schedule Full-time
Now Brewing – product safety and quality advisor senior, Retail Packaging! #tobeapartner
product safety and quality advisor senior – Retail Packaging (GFSQR) – Seattle, WA
From the beginning, Starbucks set out to be a different kind of company. One that not only celebrates coffee and the rich tradition, but also brings a feeling of connection. We are known for developing extraordinary leaders who share this passion and are guided by their service to others.
The Retail Packaging product safety and quality advisor senior role is a once in a career opportunity for a packaging QA professional to be part of the biggest sustainability commitments Starbucks has ever made. You will work with industry experts, cross-functional teams, and an outstanding supply base to drive projects from start to finish. At the same time, you’ll be continuing a legacy of world-class product safety and quality performance by managing quality signals, product incidents, and supply base management on a daily basis.
As a product safety and quality advisor senior, Retail Packaging, you will…
- Apply in-depth technical knowledge to projects and gather insights (i.e. testing, supplier and product assessment) across a wide variety of packaging materials including but not limited to: poly-coated paperboard (hot cups), polystyrene (hot cup lids), polypropylene
- PP (cold cups and straws), polyethylene PET (food containers), polylactic acid PLA, poly-hydroxyalkanoic acids PHA, corrugate, containerboard, utensils, and single-use items
Proactively analyze product and supplier quality signals, metrics, audit data, customer feedback, regulator and workgroup input. Identify trends and lead investigation and resolution of packaging-related concerns from regulators, retail stores, field QA partners or internal and external customers. - Interface and influence suppliers and cross-functional teams, including internationally-based partners, to deliver results within demanding timelines. Acts as a Retail Food Packaging Product Safety and Quality system expert in the development of new packaging initiatives or operating practices.
We’d love to hear from people with:
- Strong packaging and material science background with emphasis in plastics, pulp, and paper (3-5 years)
- Experience developing and implementing quality programs and product standards or manufacturer and supplier quality systems and product quality auditing with an emphasis in materials (3-5 years)
- Progressive experience managing the development and review of the information required to comply with product safety and quality (3-5 years)
- Quality Management System knowledge including HACCP, GMPs, ISO or GFSI and BRC compliant standards. Basic understanding of Food Safety and Quality GFSI requirements.
Starbucks Hiring Product Safety
