Owned Brands Product Compliance Internship

ABOUT THRIVE MARKET

Thrive Market was founded in 2014 with a mission to make healthy and sustainable living easy and affordable for everyone. As an online, membership-based market, we deliver the highest quality healthy, and sustainable products at member-only prices, while matching every paid membership with a free one for someone in need. Every day, we leverage innovative technology and member-first thinking to help our over 1,600,000+ members find better products, support better brands, and build a better world in the process. We are also a Certified B Corporation, a Public Benefit Corporation, and a Climate Neutral Certified company.

Join us as we bring healthy and sustainable living to millions of Americans in the years to come.

THE ROLE

We are looking for an intern to assist the Product Innovators and Food Safety Quality Assurance (FSQA) teams to re-review all Owned Brand products that were launched prior to the current FSQA review process to ensure all products have a current full compliance specification and supporting documents on file. 

PROJECT OVERVIEW:

The project involves collection and review of documents for 350+ SKUs with approximately 100+ vendors to ensure that all required paperwork is reviewed and completed accurately prior to final review by the FSQA team.

The intern will act to support the Product Innovators and FSQA in managing and completing compliance documentation for 100+ vendors across 350+ existing SKUs. The project will ensure all vendor documentation is collected, reviewed, corrected, and completed according to Thrive’s updated standards and have been reviewed consistent with how new items are reviewed.

The intern will serve as the technical reviewer of vendor document and specification submissions of nutrition facts panels, ingredient specifications, certifications and product testing to support claims, allergen statements etc. for all product categories to include food and non-food.  This role would be responsible for ensuring correct completion of the compliance specification documents for Thrive Market Brand (TMB) products. They will be responsible for review of vendor documents and certification as they relate to verification of label & regulatory compliance and any other program support and administration.

PROJECT TIMELINE / WORKING HOURS:

- Minimum of 15 hours and up to 24 hours per week

- Must be available for a minimum of 3 months

- Suggested wage based on location and experience $18-$25/hr

QUALIFICATIONS

• A background in or current enrollment in a Food Science or Nutrition degree program
• Knowledge of FDA and USDA labeling laws and regulatory requirements




This role would act to support the QA & Merchandising teams to ensure products are adequately verified, audited and compliant with all regulatory requirements and Thrive Market (TM) standards. 




A successful candidate for this position should have:

• Strong organizational and time management skills
• Ability to prioritize multiple tasks effectively
• Strong attention to detail
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Strong interpersonal skills with a focus on collaboration across all levels of the company, vendors, and customers

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

• How to review and interpret food safety, quality and regulatory documentation
• Review on ingredient specification and corresponding ingredients statements
• Interpretation on nutrition lab analysis and generated NFP/SFP Panels
• Nutrition and regulatory claims substantiation
• Allergen controls and labelling review
• Review of documentation against defined ingredient standards for compliance
• Collection and review of certifications such as Kosher, Organic, Non-GMO Project etc.
• Collection, check-off and filing of all required food safety documents such as audits, HACCP/Food Safety Plans, microbiological testing etc.
• Collection and interpretation on ethical sourcing documentation.
• Vendor outreach and correspondence on product specification management and supporting documentation collection
• Project management with cross functional teams and vendors

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