Quality Manager

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 sites 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 include:

• 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 companys Food Safety Programs to ensure accuratereflection 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 companys Food Safety and GMP audit programensuring resourcing is directed towards audit and remediation activity to facilitate full compliance andcustomer 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 remediations areas of particular QA attention key projects etc. (as applicable)
• Accuratelymaintain 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 Bachelors Degree in Food Science Quality Management or related fields is preferred
• SAP experience in managing quality data is highly regarded.

If you have the ambition drive and competency to succeed in this role please submit your application by selecting Apply and following the prompts.

Our story:

• Ours is aSTORYof a family business created by the Besnier Family in 1933 and is today the worlds No. 1 dairy company. We are 85000loyalteam members working across 100 countries and together we create the#LactalisExperience.
• Lactalis Australias iconic and heritage brands are ourPASSION providing quality and nutritious products for all Australians. We arehumble proud and resilient. We care for our employees land farmers and consumers which is our driving purpose to ensure a responsible and sustainable dairy industry.
• We take pride in developing our internal talent and encourageentrepreneurshipby bringing togetherpragmaticandtenaciouspersonalities. Ouraccountabilityensures we have ownership within our roles and with ourEXPERTISEand dairyknow howsets us apart.
• Lactalis is a supporter of reducing barriers that exist due to traditional working practices and therefore flexible work arrangements will be considered for this role.