Quality Assurance Manager

Position Snapshot

Location: Wahgunyah, VIC (Northeast Victoria - close to regional hubs of Albury/Wodonga and Wangaratta)
Full time, Permanent role
5+ years' experience

Position Summary

Are you passionate about quality and committed to ensuring zero defects in a manufacturing environment?

• The Nestle Wahgunyah factory is looking for an enthusiastic professional to develop and maintain competences and quality awareness in a factory.
• As a Quality Assurance Manager, you will be the guardian of food safety and compliance in our regional factory location.

A day in the life...

Reporting to the Factory Manager, you will develop autonomy, empower and engage people to become a high performing organization. Other key responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Drive Nestle Continuous Excellence in the pursuit of zero defects, maintaining consumer trust and preference.
• Develop and maintain competences and quality awareness among our factory employees, creating a culture of excellence.
• Setup, manage, enforce, and maintain our Nestle Quality Management System and Operating Quality Manual.
• Oversee the factory laboratory, ensuring correct functioning, personnel safety, availability of equipment, and technician training.
• Ensure adherence to good hygienic practices and supervise the factory pest management program.
• Manage the internal auditing program, assessing the performance of our quality system and proposing actions for improvement.
• Utilize your expertise in continuous improvement and root cause analysis to drive structured improvement efforts.
• Lead the factory management review of quality and maintain full compliance of our products.

What will make you successful

• Joining a collaborative team of specialists, you will be a strong leader with a drive to deliver quality outcomes.
• Strong background in quality assurance and understanding of manufacturing processes.
• University qualification in Microbiology, Chemistry, Food Science, or a related discipline.
• Demonstrated capability to lead a group, such as being a group leader in a factory or a Quality Assurance specialist or Research & Development Centre.
• Lead critical transformative culture change and optimization projects to enhance the GMP and hygiene of the site as well as quality assurance in manufacturing.
• Demonstrated ability to deliver results through effective collaboration with cross functional teams.
• Experience driving change initiatives and building strong networks across factories and/or markets.
• The right person must be proactive, thorough and detailed, with a high level of relationship building.
• Excellent communication skills and a proven capacity to influence and negotiate to drive high standards of performance and quality.

Applicants must have full Australian working rights

Applicants will be required to undergo pre-employment checks, including but not limited to health checks, prior to appointment to this role.

Please note that this role may close earlier than the advertised deadline at our discretion, so we encourage early applications.

Benefits

You will have the chance to work with an outstanding and highly engaged team, build and grow your career with an inclusive, global FMCG leader.

In addition, we offer:

• Varied career experiences and personalised development support
• Wellbeing benefits including vaccinations and health insurance discounts
• Diversity & Inclusion initiatives and program
• Paid parental and partner leave
• Purchase Leave Scheme
• Volunteering leave, Sports leave, Emergency Services leave
• Discounted Nestle products
• Novated Leasing
• Salary Sacrifice to Superannuation

Our Story

• Nestle enjoys a reputation as one of the world's largest FMCG companies and a leader in nutrition, health and wellness. Our inclusive and high-performance culture is a testament to the great training, development, rewards and recognition we extend to every member of our 5000-strong Oceania workforce.
• Nestle Oceania supports a culture of diversity and inclusion in all that we do. Take a look at Careers at Nestle Australia | Nestle Australia (nestle.com.au) to see some of the ways we live and practice this every day in our workplace.
• For more information please visit our website Nestle Australia Home | Nestle Australia (nestle.com.au) or Our LinkedIn page http://www.linkedin.com/company/nestle-s-a-

Apply today!