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# Quality Specialist - ROW (Consumables) at unybrands

- **Company:** unybrands
- **Location:** United States
- **Work type:** remote
- **Posted:** 2026-09-07
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-08
- **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/unybrands/jobs/6184361004

## Job description

Founded in 2020, unybrands is the next-generation brand accelerator platform built to acquire, integrate, and scale digital-first consumer brands. Headquartered in Miami, with offices in New York, London, Berlin, and Shenzhen, our 240+ team brings deep expertise across e-commerce, brand management, consumer retail, operational scaling, and M&A.

Since inception, we have acquired 30+ brands across Pet Care, Personal Care, Home Care, Supplements, Baby & Juvenile, Garden & Outdoor, Sports & Fitness, and Home & Lifestyle — completing 20+ acquisitions and delivering 16 consecutive quarters of like-for-like organic growth post-integration.

Our competitive advantage lies in a fully integrated operating system purpose-built to transform digital brands into omni-channel category leaders. Powered by a proprietary technology stack built on NetSuite ERP with 200+ data integrations, our platform enables brands to thrive across marketplaces, direct-to-consumer channels, and brick-and-mortar retail.

We focus on acquiring digital-first brands within carefully selected verticals, then applying tailored value creation playbooks that drive growth through innovation, expansion, and automation. We believe the next generation of consumer brands will be built differently — and we're building the AI-enabled retail tech platform to help them consolidate and win.

## Role summary

This role coordinates quality release for consumable products - dietary supplements and pet consumables (treats, chews, food) - manufactured by suppliers across Europe, the United States and South America.

Unlike hardline categories, where a standard pre-shipment inspection is often the main release gate, consumables are released on the strength of quality documentation, laboratory results and raw material traceability. The Quality Coordinator is the final coordination point who determines whether the evidence package for a batch is complete and sufficient before a shipment moves.

This is a judgment role, not a checklist role. The person in it decides whether what a supplier has provided demonstrates a compliant, safe product - and holds shipments when it does not.

## Key responsibilities

1. Quality release coordination

- Manage day-to-day QC coordination for supplements and pet consumables across an assigned supplier portfolio.
- Confirm that all required quality, testing and documentation checks are complete before a product is released.
- Act as the central coordination point between suppliers, inspection agencies, QA, procurement and operations on shipment readiness.
- Apply judgment on whether available evidence is complete and sufficient - not simply whether a factory passed a standard visual inspection.

1. Batch documentation and certificate review

- Review, verify and organize Certificates of Analysis (COAs), microbiological reports, raw material and finished-good lab results, batch records and specification sheets. Confirm that batch documentation aligns with the approved product specification, formulation requirements and destination market standards.
- Verify labeling and packaging compliance against approved artwork and regulatory requirements for each market.

1. Microbiological and contamination-risk control

- Coordinate testing and review for contamination-sensitive categories, including yeast and mold, Salmonella, E.coli, coliforms and other product-specific hazards.
- Review results against specification limits and escalate out-of-specification, incomplete or inconsistent results to QA and technical stakeholders before release.
- Flag recurring patterns that indicate a systemic hygiene or process control issue rather than a one-off batch failure.

1. Third-party inspection and audit management

- Arrange third-party inspections scoped appropriately for consumable manufacturing - not default hardline PSI scope.
- Ensure inspection scope covers hygiene controls, batch segregation, cleanliness, allergen controls, storage conditions, traceability systems, process discipline and documentation practice.
- Assess whether a facility is capable of consistently producing compliant consumable product, and report findings to the Quality Manager.

1. Release criteria design

- For each product and supplier, determine whether PSI alone is sufficient or whether additional controls are required - lab result review, batch documentation verification, formulation confirmation, label compliance checks or traceability confirmation.
- Coordinate those additional controls and confirm closure prior to shipment approval.

1. Formulation and specification control

- Work with internal stakeholders and suppliers where quality depends on formulation accuracy, ingredient specifications, dosage and composition consistency, or raw material controls.
- Ensure the QC process reflects the current approved formulation and technical specification, with particular attention during product changes, supplier changes and new product introductions.

1. Traceability and batch control

- Verify that finished goods can be traced back to the correct batch records, production dates, testing records and supplier documentation.
- Ensure traceability data is complete and usable in an audit, complaint investigation, product hold or recall scenario.

1. Supplier corrective action

- Follow up with suppliers and inspection partners on missing COAs, incomplete batch records, failed microbiological results, specification deviations and labeling inconsistencies.
- Track corrective actions to closure and ensure open issues are resolved before release where required.

1. Regional risk monitoring

- Monitor quality risk across US and South American suppliers, where supplier maturity, operating standards, inspection partner capability and documentation quality vary considerably. Identify weak points in supplier controls and escalate where tighter release criteria or additional intervention is warranted.

1. New product and supplier onboarding

- Establish the correct QC approach at the start of a new supplier or product relationship: testing expectations, documentation requirements, traceability controls, inspection scope and release criteria - defined before regular production begins.

1. Records and audit readiness

- Maintain organized, current QC records: inspection reports, COAs, lab results, batch documentation, deviation logs and corrective action tracking.
- Support customer requests, internal review, supplier performance tracking, and quality-system or regulatory audits.

Required qualifications

- 3+ years in quality assurance, quality control or supplier quality in a food, beverage, dietary supplement, nutraceutical, pet food or comparable consumable manufacturing environment. Depth in any one of these is what counts - direct experience with supplements or pet consumables is welcome but not expected.
- Working knowledge of GMP and HACCP principles, or an equivalent food safety management framework, as applied to consumable manufacturing.
- Demonstrated ability to read and critically assess COAs, microbiological reports, batch records and specification sheets - including recognizing when a document is incomplete, inconsistent or does not actually support release.
- Familiarity with microbiological testing parameters and specification limits in a consumable category. The specific organisms and limits we work to can be learned on the job.
- Experience working with third-party inspection, audit or laboratory partners.
- Fluent English, written and spoken - used for internal reporting and a large share of supplier correspondence.
- Strong documentation discipline and organized record-keeping.

A note on fit. If your quality background is in food or consumables generally rather than in supplements or pet products specifically, please apply. We are hiring for quality judgment, rigour and follow-through; category specific knowledge is something we will teach. Candidates who meet most - not every - requirement above are encouraged to put themselves forward.

## Preferred qualifications

- Experience with dietary supplements, nutraceuticals or pet consumables (chews, treats, rawhide alternatives or similar).
- Experience with EU or UK market requirements for supplements or pet food.
- Prior work with manufacturers or exporters in South America.
- Working Spanish and/or Portuguese, for direct communication with suppliers across the region.
- Familiarity with third-party certification schemes (SQF, BRCGS, FSSC 22000).
- Degree in Food Science, Chemistry, Biology, Veterinary Science, Nutrition or a related technical field.

unybrands is an equal opportunity employer and considers all applicants for employment without any regard to race, skin color, religion, gender identity, sexual orientation, and age. Nor are applicants discriminated against based on disability or protected classes.

## About unybrands

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: unybrands acquires, builds, and scales e-commerce brands operating on Amazon, Shopify, and Walmart marketplaces to help founders find their perfect exit.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Series B, founded 2020)
- **Headquarters**: Miami, Florida, United States
- **Founded**: 2020
- **Founders**: Ulrich Kratz (Co-Founder and CEO)

## Core Business
- **Primary Industry**: E-commerce Aggregation, Technology, Information and Internet
- **Target Customers**: Founders of Amazon FBA and DTC e-commerce brands (B2B), with a focus on 8 product categories: Pet Care, Personal Care, Home Care, Supplements, Baby & Juvenile, Garden & Outdoor, Sports & Fitness, and Home, Lifestyle Culinary & Arts.
- **Mission/Purpose**: "To shape the next generation of e-commerce by buying, building, and scaling brands operating on and off Amazon."

## Products & Services
- **Brand Acquisition & Scaling**: A full-service buy-and-build platform that acquires established e-commerce brands (from initial discovery call to closing in 4-6 weeks) and then scales them via proprietary technology, multichannel distribution, and operational expertise.
- **Proprietary Growth Platform**: A technology and data-driven platform engineered specifically to boost e-commerce businesses, including logistics, marketing, and supply chain management tools.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation**: Not publicly disclosed.
- **Key Metrics**:
    - **Annual Revenue**: ~$175 million [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/unybrands)
    - **Total Funding**: $325 million [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/unybrands)
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Crayhill Capital Management (led Series A), European family offices, and other growth/VC investors. The company's Series B was completed in February 2024.
- **Growth Signals**:
    - 143 employees as of mid-2024, with 8.7% year-over-year headcount growth.
    - Operates in 15 countries including Germany, UK, Venezuela, Philippines, and China.
    - Completed a large acquisition in Europe alongside the Series B funding round in 2024, indicating continued portfolio expansion despite a challenging market for Amazon aggregators [pulse2.com](https://pulse2.com/unybrands-raises-series-b-funding-round-to-scale-e-commerce-businesses/).

## Competitive Advantages
- **Speed and Transparency**: A streamlined acquisition process that takes 4-6 weeks from call to closing, backed by a dedicated investment committee (IC) that provides quick LOI approval.
- **Multichannel Expertise**: Unlike pure Amazon aggregators, unybrands scales brands across Amazon, Shopify, and Walmart, reducing single-platform dependency.
- **Deep Category Focus**: Specializes in 8 high-growth product categories, bringing deep consumer brand and e-commerce experience to each acquisition.
- **Global Infrastructure**: With hubs in Miami, Seattle, Berlin, and London, and supply chain operations across the US and Europe, the company offers a robust operational backbone for acquired brands.

## Strategic Focus
- **Continued Aggregation**: Actively seeking to acquire more strong e-commerce brands, evidenced by the 2024 Series B and large European acquisition.
- **Technology-Led Growth**: Investing in proprietary technology to operate and scale brands globally, with a focus on data-driven decision-making and AI adoption (e.g., an "AI Adoption & Operations Analyst" role is currently open).
- **Omnichannel Expansion**: Moving beyond Amazon FBA to build brands as true DTC (Direct-to-Consumer) entities on platforms like Shopify and TikTok Shop.
- **Sustainability & ESG**: Emphasizing giving back initiatives and sustainable practices as part of their corporate identity.

## Why Work Here
- **Global & Hybrid Culture**: unybrands offers a hybrid working model for most roles, allowing for flexibility while fostering in-person collaboration. The diverse team operates across multiple time zones and locations.
- **Competitive Benefits**: Up to 90% of health care/dental costs covered, 25 days of paid time off (vacation policy), and a strong focus on career growth via mentorships, cross-functional exploration, and leadership opportunities [unybrands.com/careers](https://www.unybrands.com/careers/).
- **Growth Trajectory**: With a Series B completed and continued hiring across Brand, Marketing, Logistics, Finance, and Engineering, the company offers the stability of a funded startup with the momentum of a scaling enterprise.
- **Values-Driven Environment**: Core values include Transparency, Strategic Urgency, Commitment to Brands, Continuous Learning, and "One Team" collaboration. The company is an equal opportunity employer with active DEI efforts.
- **Open Roles**: Current openings include Senior Data Engineer, AI Adoption & Operations Analyst, Supply Chain Manager, Brand Managers, TikTok Shop Specialist, and various Marketing and Finance positions, indicating a healthy, growing team [greenhouse.io](http://job-boards.greenhouse.io/unybrands).

## Sources
1. [unybrands.com](https://www.unybrands.com/) - Official website (company description, process, focus categories)
2. [unybrands.com/careers](https://www.unybrands.com/careers/) - Careers page (benefits, culture, open roles)
3. [unybrands.com/about](https://www.unybrands.com/about/) - About page (values, team leadership)
4. [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/unybrands) - LinkedIn company page (revenue, funding, employee count, growth)
5. [greenhouse.io](http://job-boards.greenhouse.io/unybrands) - Official job board (current openings)
6. [pulse2.com](https://pulse2.com/unybrands-raises-series-b-funding-round-to-scale-e-commerce-businesses/) - Pulse 2.0 (Series B funding news)

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