Benefits:- Competitive salary
- Opportunity for advancement
- Training & development
Job Title: Product Safety & Quality Advisor Senior – Retail Packaging
Location: Seattle, WA – Onsite preferred; remote considered for exceptional candidates
Position Overview:
We are seeking an experienced Product Safety & Quality Advisor Senior with a strong background in retail packaging, packaging quality, supplier quality, and material science. This role supports packaging innovation, sustainability initiatives, product safety, quality programs, supplier performance, and packaging specifications.
Key Responsibilities:- Apply technical packaging knowledge across food-contact and non-food-contact packaging materials.
- Support testing, product assessments, supplier assessments, packaging specifications, and quality programs.
- Analyze product and supplier quality signals, audit findings, metrics, field feedback, and regulatory information.
- Identify quality trends and lead investigations and resolution of packaging-related issues.
- Develop and implement packaging quality programs, product standards, and supplier quality requirements.
- Partner with suppliers and cross-functional/global teams to support new packaging initiatives and operating practices.
- Support manufacturing and process capability assessments.
- Ensure packaging products meet applicable product safety, quality, and compliance requirements.
- Required Qualifications3–5+ years of retail packaging, packaging QA, supplier quality, or materials-focused quality experience.
- Strong packaging/material science knowledge with emphasis on plastics, pulp, and paper.
- Experience with food-contact packaging, disposable cups, lids, paper, plastics, compostable fiber, and related materials.
- Experience developing and implementing quality programs and product standards.
- Experience performing manufacturer, supplier, or product quality audits.
- Knowledge of HACCP, GMP, ISO, GFSI, and/or BRC-compliant quality management systems.
- Experience reviewing information required for product safety and quality compliance.
- Strong communication, collaboration, problem-solving, and attention to detail.
- Microsoft Office proficiency.
- Bachelor's degree preferred; equivalent professional experience considered.
- Packaging Materials Experience
- Preferred experience with:
- Poly-coated paperboard / hot cups
- Polypropylene (PP) cups and lidsPLA and PHAMolded pulp/fiber
- Corrugated and containerboard
- Disposable utensils and related packaging
- Nice to HaveLean Six Sigma
- SmartsheetManufacturing/process capability experience
