Yang Zhai

Yang Zhai is an experienced quality assurance professional currently serving as the Corporate Supplier QA Manager at Blommer Chocolate Company since June 2022. In this role, Yang Zhai manages the supplier QA program and ensures raw material compliance. Previously held positions at Blommer include Corporate Supplier Quality Auditor, focusing on supplier risk assessment and compliance. Prior experience includes positions at Edlong: Everything Dairy Can Be as a Food Safety and Quality Supervisor, where management of a QC lab and food safety programs occurred, and a QA Specialist II/Raw Material Specialist at Sensient Technologies Corporation. Earlier roles at Edlong involved support for quality and food safety inquiries, internal and external audits, and risk assessments. Yang Zhai's career began with research assistant roles at the FDA and Illinois Institute of Technology, focusing on microbiological studies. Yang Zhai holds a Master of Science in Food Safety and Technology from Illinois Institute of Technology and a Bachelor of Science in Biotechnology from Shandong Normal University.