Regional Quality & Compliance Manager

• Drive cultural change and improvement in quality and compliance performance
• Key leadership role in the region
• Chullora site based

Are you a passionate leader in food safety and quality? Do you thrive in a fast-paced, multi-site environment where you can drive cultural transformation and continuous improvement? Join Tip Top, one of Australia and New Zealand’s most iconic food brands, as our next Regional Quality & Compliance Manager.

In this role you’ll lead the Food Safety & Quality agenda across our Chullora, Springwood, Carrara and Townsville sites. Reporting to the Head of Quality & Regulatory Affairs ANZ, you’ll be a key member of the regional leadership team, fostering strong collaborative relationships with our leaders, customers and business partners. You will drive a culture of excellence, customer engagement and continuous improvement.

This role will be required to travel to other sites regularly as required.

Purpose of the Role

• Providing guidance to drive Food Safety & Quality Culture, ensuring food safety, and quality and safety (health) standards are maintained
• Build and maintain strong collaborative relationships with internal stakeholders cross functionally and divisionally (other GWF Business Units) ensuring effective collaboration
• Foster a culture of continuous improvement, encouraging open communication and feedback
• Lead and inspire a team of quality and compliance professionals to achieve exceptional results
• Drive strategic initiatives aligned with Tip Top’s Balanced Business Plan
• Support training, audits, reporting and escalation processes across sites
• Partner with major customers (e.g. Coles, Woolworths, QSR clients) to meet and exceed expectations
• Ensure compliance with regulatory, customer and internal standards (e.g. HACCP, BRC/SQF, WQA, YUM)

About You

The ideal candidate will have:

• Tertiary qualifications in Food Science, Microbiology, or a related field
• Min 5-7 years experience in the food industry, ideally across multiple sites would be highly regarded
• Proven leadership in quality systems, compliance and team engagement
• Strong stakeholder engagement and influencing skills
• A proactive, organised and collaborative approach to problem-solving
• Ability to effectively communicate/work with customers at various levels (e.g. Coles, Woolworths, Foodservice)
• Discipline in Food Safety, Quality Management (BRC/SQF, Coles, WQA, YUM, HACCP, Hungry Jack’s Standards and equivalents)
• Knowledge of industry standards/requirements and conversant with Regulatory Bodies (Health Authorities – State/National etc)

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. #LI-VT1