Director of Supplier Quality Assurance

COMPANY NAME: MCCORMICK GLOBAL INGREDIENTS LTD.

McCormick Global Ingredients Limited (MGIL), located in the Cayman Islands, is a global leader in the buying/selling of culinary spice and herb raw materials. MGIL has direct involvement with supplier development and product quality management at the source country to ensure product purity and integrity.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Develop and manage quality practices and principles throughout MGIL's supply chain - responsible for advanced quality planning to meet regulatory, food safety and health requirements of all MGIL items.
• Development and implementation of quality programs, practices and organizations at key vendors.
• Provides leadership, guidance and consultation on quality matters in support of MGIL and other business objectives. Meets and communicates with key customers in support of supply chain quality and risk.
• Responsible for global Quality Supplier Audits. Conducts vendor site audits or reviews site audits based against annual plan. Reviews organization, facilities and quality issues and provides guidance and verifies corrective actions to ensure compliance.
• Develops new vendors to meet required standard.
• Develops QA strategy to onboard new vendors.
• Manages key regulatory issues and coordinates efforts at vendor sites to ensure compliance with legislation and regulatory requirements.
• Provide raw material technical support which includes pertinent vendor performance and raw material data analyses for material categories. Work with customers to resolve issues related to raw materials and vendors.
• Good understanding of commodity markets, source origin challenges
• Ability to manage, coach and develop a team

REQUIREMENTS

• BS or BA in Food Science, Biology, Chemistry or related field required
• Minimum 10+ years quality experience. 5+ years in operational auditing. 5+ years Agriculture experience
• Certifications - HACCP, GMPs, Pesticide/MRL knowledge critical, risk assessment knowledge, GFSI audit.

Salary range: US$200,000 to $220,000 per annum plus statutory benefits