As a family company, we serve people and communities. When you work at Meijer, you're provided with career and community opportunities centered around leadership, personal growth and development. Consider joining our family - take care of your career and your community!

Meijer Rewards

• Weekly pay

• Scheduling flexibility

• Paid parental leave

• Paid education assistance

• Care.com/back-up care assistance

• Team member discount

• Development programs for advancement and career growth

Please review the job profile below and apply today!

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What You'll Be Doing:

• Take a leadership role in cross functional teams to bring products to market through an established commercialization process.
• Establish Quality Plans which include Quality and Compliance approval requirements for Meijer Own Brand Products.
• Work directly with vendors to communicate testing requirements and potential product improvements.
• Develop testing protocols to ensure protocols are designed to ensure compliance to regulatory and quality requirements.
• Evaluate and interpret test reports during the development and manufacturing phases to ensure Meijer's products meet Product Expectations including safety and compliance.
• Consult with Compliance team to ensure product compliance including the development of testing protocols, report interpretation and product investigations.
• Participate in building a strong quality assurance and product safety program that meets Meijer's business needs.
• Lead and consult on product concern investigations; ability to evaluate product returns, analyze consumer feedback to establish potential failure modes and risk assessment including safety hazards. Work with vendors to drive corrective action or adequate product disposition.
• Lead the continued development, improvement and execution of Meijer's quality management system.
• Lead in the development and implementation of Meijer's supplier qualification program.
• Complete comprehensive product concern investigations, returns and defects providing quick resolution of any issues.
• Participate in the development of and monitoring processes of 3rd party laboratories.
• Train, mentor and coach Engineer I's in department to develop Meijer product knowledge base.
• Thisjob profile is not meant to be all inclusive of the responsibilities of this position; may perform other duties as assigned or required.

What You Bring With You (Qualifications):

• Bachelor's degree required, preferred in a technical field such as engineering, math or science.
• 4+ years of related experience in a quality assurance, testing and new product development environment, preferably with a retailer or consumer goods company.
• Has an existing body of knowledge specific to products carried by Meijer.
• Demonstrated execution of processes and procedures, and collaboration with vendors, contract manufacturers, testing laboratories, third party sourcing agents and regulatory agencies.
• ASQ certification as an Engineer and/or Auditor (preferred)
• Broad understanding of manufacturing technologies and processes.
• Demonstrable Body of Knowledge of company product categories related to product compliance, performance and governmental agency trends and action.
• Positive, high energy individual, who thrives on building and improving processes and influencing others.
• Ability to generate accurate work product quickly as requested by business areas.
• Must be able to work autonomously on key deliverables.
• Ability to evaluate product offerings and adherence to quality requirements.
• Experience in product testing and protocol development.
• Ability to read and interpret testing and inspection protocols and results.
• Proven ability to independently problem solve, analyze, and assess.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to communicate effectively with testing/inspection organizations and regulators.
• Strong project management, organizational and presentation skills.
• Proficient with Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook.