Quality Manager SA | Adelaide

Job Description

• Join a leading FMCG, food manufacturer
• 3+ years experience  in a Quality Leader/Manager Role required
• Hands on Site Based role in our Forestville Facility

Goodman Fielder is a leading regional food company across Australia, New Zealand and Asia Pacific. We have a portfolio of iconic and trusted brands that Australians have grown up with and put in their supermarket trolleys every week, including Helga's, Wonder White, Praise, White Wings, Meadow Lea, and many more.

Our aspiration is to be the leading integrated food solutions business in the Region. We are a team that believes that anything is possible. A team that understands our business and focuses on the right things that make the biggest difference and one that considers our end to end value chain when making decisions to optimize our business. We drive change as an opportunity for us to innovate and transform our business and to achieve beyond what we think is possible.

About the opportunity:

The Quality Manager is an integral member of the Forestville leadership team, providing leadership for Quality Assurance (QA). The Quality Manager will make a strong contribution to a high performing leadership team and team culture within the Quality function.

Specifically, you will:

• Build the capability of the site leadership team, and ensure that it can execute its requirements under the GF Quality Management System
• Build relationships, manage, support and influence stakeholders in a positive way, to ensure they complete their requirements under the GF QA Management Systems
• Provide leadership and direction for your team, developing them through training and development into a high performing team level
• Support the National Manager to drive improved Quality performance across the region
• Provide site management and personnel with advice and technical support
• Understand potential risk and implement reduction strategies where appropriate
• Actively contribute and collaborate with the GFA QA teams
• Support the National Quality Manager to implement strategic plans and drive improved Quality performance across the region
• Develop and maintain the site quality plans with clear goals and timelines
• Increase Good Manufacturing Practices and adherence across the site
• Lead day to day operations of hygiene cleaning team (7)

To be successful in this role you will need:

• Tertiary Qualification in Food Technology or Science related degree
• 3+ years in Quality Lead role in FMCG environment
• Auditing experience
• Sound knowledge of relevant food safety and quality regulatory and customer standards
• Experience developing, implementing & managing quality management systems
• Experience managing customer & consumer quality & food safety issues
• Ability to think logically and dedicated to problem resolution
• Project management skills and ability to meet agreed deadlines
• Exceptional Investigation/Problem solving skills with the ability to interpret and analyse data with the purpose of driving change

What can we offer you?

With operations sites spanning across Australia, working as part of a highly-driven team at Goodman Fielder, you can expect the opportunity to build your own home-grown career across functions, locations and brands.  This role will challenge and develop you professionally and personally.