Food Safety & Quality Manager

• Be part of a collaborative site leadership team
• Opportunity to shape and influence how quality and food safety is delivered on site
• Chullora site based

We’re looking for a Food Safety & Quality Manager to lead quality and food safety performance at our Chullora bakery - a large, fast-paced manufacturing site.

Reporting to the Regional Food Safety & Quality Manager, this role partners closely with site leaders and operational teams to strengthen capability, improve ways of working and drive continuous improvement across the business. You’ll play a key leadership role on site, influencing outcomes through strong relationships, technical credibility and a hands-on approach.

This role requires someone who can confidently engage stakeholders at all levels, challenge constructively, navigate complexity and bring teams on the journey to achieve strong food safety and quality outcomes.

You’ll also lead and develop a direct report, providing coaching, guidance and support to build capability and ensure strong performance across the quality function.

Purpose of the Role

• Partner with site leadership to elevate food safety and quality performance
• Drive a proactive food safety and quality culture through coaching, visibility, engagement and continuous improvement
• Lead and continuously improve the Quality Management System (QMS)
• Drive strong HACCP, GFSI and customer audit outcomes, ensuring systems are effective and sustainable
• Lead internal audits, including non-conformance management and follow-through actions
• Use data, trends and insights to identify risks and drive meaningful improvement initiatives
• Support and coach teams to build capability and lift standards across the site
• Develop and mentor a direct report, providing clear direction, feedback, and support
• Contribute to broader site strategy and business performance outcomes

About You

The ideal candidate will have:

• Degree in Food Science or related discipline
• Experience in food manufacturing / FMCG
• Strong technical capability across HACCP, GFSI standards, audits and quality systems
• Proven ability to influence and build credibility across cross-functional teams
• Strong leadership presence with the ability to engage, coach and challenge constructively
• Able to bring others on the journey and guide outcomes through collaboration
• Previous experience coaching or mentoring team members
• Strong communication, problem-solving and analytical skills

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.

Important: We have been alerted to scam emails falsely claiming to represent George Weston Foods. Please note that we will never offer employment without a formal recruitment process, ask for payment, or request sensitive information via external links or unsolicited messages. All official communication will come from verified company channels.