Quality Assurance Manager

•    Be a key member of the Site Operational leadership team
•    Drive the food safety quality culture and make a difference!
•    Free daily fresh product to take home

We have an exciting opportunity for a Quality Assurance Manager for our Dry Creek site. Reporting to the Regional Quality Manager, this standalone quality role will provide leadership, coaching, and compliance of the site Quality Management System to national standards, policies, and procedures. 
The successful candidate will support the site leader and their teams in continuous improvement initiatives and site food safety quality culture.

Purpose of the Role
•    Lead and provide clear direction to site teams to drive Food Safety & Quality culture and ensure food safety and quality standards are met
•    Proactively engage with the operations team to influence and achieve targets and milestones in Food Safety & Quality
•    Lead investigations, risk assessments for Food Safety Incident reports/Customer Complaint investigations
•    Provide leadership, coaching and development to the site teams
•    Leading and completion of audits (BRC, YUM, etc)
•    Provide accurate and timely reports to sites and regional leadership team

About You

The ideal candidate will have: 

•    Minimum 3-5 years in a senior position within the food manufacturing and/or pharmaceutical industry 
•    Strong stakeholder engagement and influencing skills with proven capability to provide feedback to stakeholders while maintaining positive relationships
•    A tertiary qualification in food science or related discipline
•    Able to provide insight and quickly identify a way forward when presented with issues
•    A continuous improvement mindset with the ability to communicate exceptionally well at all levels

Why Join Us?
At Tip Top Bakeries, we're proud to produce an extensive range of wholesome sliced bread, muffins, crumpets, pies, and bakery snacks. Our purpose of ‘Everyday Moments of Goodness' represents the lives we touch and the difference we make. Those moments that bring a smile, make us proud, or keep us safe, are moments we strive for through our work.

We take pride in supporting our people to learn, grow, and develop throughout their careers with Tip Top Bakeries. We believe in the power of an inclusive and diverse workforce and invest in meaningful initiatives to remove barriers and enable our employees to have a satisfying and rewarding career with us. Our vision for Tip Top Bakeries is an organisation where everyone belongs, everyone is valued, and everyone has equal opportunity.

Join the team and be part of one of our iconic brands like Tip Top, Abbotts Bakery, Bürgen and Golden.

Working with Tip Top, we offer many benefits including:
•    Family-friendly policies including 12 weeks of paid parental leave, additional paid time off to ease back to work and ongoing superannuation contributions during unpaid parental leave
•    Recognition and award programs, including access to our online rewards platform
•    Health and wellbeing programs including access to our 24/7 Employee Assistance Program, and on-site physiotherapy services
•    Flexible working options
•    Access to an extensive range of internal trainings and development programs for your career
•    Financial support for approved study pathways, as well as traineeship and apprenticeship programs
•    Two paid volunteer days per year as part of our focus on Community Partnerships
•    Novated Leasing Options

Start the Conversation

If this role sounds like you and you’re eager to learn, grow, and help create everyday moments of goodness, we want to hear from you. To apply for this opportunity please submit your application by clicking on the ‘apply now' button.

Our Recruitment Process typically consists of a brief, prearranged telephone or video call, followed by 1-2 interviews in-person or over Zoom/Teams. We’re happy to adjust our recruitment process to support your accessibility needs. Let us know your needs in providing a positive, barrier-free recruitment process via phone on (02) 9168 4200 or email to ttpeopleservices@gwf.com.au . Please do not call to enquire about this position as the phone number is for requesting accessibility needs only.

During the recruitment process you may be required to complete pre-employment screening which include a medical (includes drug & alcohol testing) and a criminal record check.

At Tip Top we strive to create a place where Everyone belongs, Everyone is valued, and Everyone has equal opportunity. We encourage applications from people of all ages, nationalities, abilities, and cultures – including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, the LGBTQI+ community and people living with disability.