Quality Manager

• Opportunity for professional growth and development
• Attractive remuneration and benefits

About the Role

We have an exciting opportunity for a Quality Manager to join our busy Nambour team. Reporting to the Site Manager, you will be responsible for planning and directing the daily management and coordination of the site's Quality Assurance function, ensuring the site achieves the highest possible product quality, and food safety standards to comply with all external / customer certification standards and applicable legislative requirements.

Key Responsibilities

• Proactively assess, determine, negotiate and agree on in-house quality procedures, standards and specifications based on all legislative, BRC, SQF/FSSC22000, GMP, HACCP and customer requirements
• Regularly review the company's Food Safety Programs to ensure accurate reflection of legislative and customer requirements
• Implementation of Lactalis Group methodologies, to ensure consistency of the quality procedures and policies considering the recent acquisition
• Collaborate with the Production Team to define, implement and embed QA procedures, standards and systems
• Specify raw material quality requirements for suppliers
• Actively oversee the company's Food Safety and GMP audit program, ensuring resourcing is directed towards audit and remediation activity to facilitate full compliance and customer standards
• Ensure that the Nambour business complies with QA policies, procedures and standards at all times
• Proactively manage all third party audits to ensure that appropriate remediation activity is specified for each non conformance identified and that all agreed remediation deadlines are achieved
• Manage the testing schedule for products, equipment and utilities and promptly investigate and action out of specification results
• Proactively manage, and support the training and development of QC, QA and Hygiene teams
• Prepare detailed reports for management and customers that detail QA audit activity, results and remediation's, areas of particular QA attention, key projects etc. (as applicable)
• Accurately maintain the QA database and filing systems
• Ensure accurate and timely reporting of all non conformances and remediation

About You

• Demonstrate strong working knowledge of management systems and compliance obligations, preferably in a food production environment
• Analytical, problem solving and technical skills to support the development and implementation of Quality policies, processes and programs
• Strong interpersonal skills to support and build relationships with key stakeholders
• Ability to manage time and priorities in a fast paced environment
• At least 5 years' experience in Quality Management within dairy is highly regarded;
• A Bachelor's Degree in Food Science, Quality Management or related fields is preferred
• SAP experience in managing quality data is highly regarded.

Quality Manager

Procurement, Manufacturing & Transport Quality Assurance & Control