Quality Manager

Position Title : Quality Manager

Position Type : Regular - Full-Time

Position Location : Ballarat

Requisition ID : 39044

In every role McCainers are ambitious curious and passionate about creating exceptional work experiences - together. With a customer-first mindset we make doing business with McCain easy.

About the role .

Join McCain as the Quality Manager at our Ballarat site and play a pivotal role in ensuring the food safety and quality of our delicious Pizza & Dinner products! In this exciting leadership position you will be responsible for overseeing all aspects of product qualityfrom raw materials through to the final productdriving excellence in everything we make. With end-to-end accountability for food safety processes your expertise will shape best practices safeguard our reputation and deliver on our high standards across the site. Youll develop and inspire your team through hands-on training performance management and by acting as a trusted mentor to line staff helping to build a culture of collaboration continuous improvement and outstanding quality. If youre passionate about food safety leadership and making a real impact this is your opportunity to lead and grow with an industry leader at Ballarat.

What youll be doing.

• Lead food safety and quality management across Pizza and Dinner production facilities at the Ballarat site ensuring compliance with all internal and external standards.
• Oversee daily activities of both direct and indirect quality personnel as well as participate as a member of the Prepared Foods Senior Leadership Team.
• Drive a positive culture of quality and food safety championing continuous improvement and achievement throughout the site.
• Serve as HACCP team leader for Prepared Foods ensuring best practice risk assessments and compliance.
• Manage the integrity of raw material inputs as well as hold and release processes to maintain stringent food safety and quality outcomes.
• Support sanitation cleaning and integrated pest management programmes to exceed regulatory and site standards.
• Administer key certification and compliance programmes including GFSI HACCP FSV KEFSQ RSPO ALDI MSA and MSC along with routine GMP and AIBI inspections.
• Oversee the site sensory program including staff calibration for accurate product evaluation.
• Build and execute strategies to achieve food safety and quality KPIs reduce complaints and support new product development initiatives.
• Mentor and develop the quality team ensuring capability growth; provide clear reporting and engage key stakeholders on site performance.

What youll need to be successful.

About the team .

Youll be joining a high-performing and collaborative team that prides itself on delivering results while maintaining a supportive and enjoyable work environment. We work hard tackle challenges together and make sure to have fun along the way.

About McCain .

Click Here to learn more about McCain and how we provide you with opportunities to make an impact that matters.

Leadership principles .

At McCain our leadership principles guide how we engage with customers collaborate as a team and achieve success. We focus on understanding customer needs driving innovation empowering people and taking ownership to clear obstacles and deliver results.

The McCain experience .

We are McCain. This statement is a testament to our collective strength and our individual value. Your contributions play a vital role in our success. Our winning culture is rooted in authenticity and trust empowering us to bring out the best in one another. Here youll find opportunities to learn grow and thrive. Join us and experience why were better together.

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McCain Foods is an equal opportunity employer. As a global family-owned company we strive to be the employer of choice in the diverse communities around the world in which we live and work. We recognize that inclusion drives our creativity resilience and success and makes our business qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race religion color national origin sex age veteran status disability or any other protected characteristic under applicable law.

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Job Family : Quality & Food Safety

Division : ANZ

Department : Ballarat Quality Control

Location(s) : AU - Australia : Victoria : Ballarat

Company : McCain Foods (Aust) Pty.

Required Experience :

Manager

Key Skills

APQP,Quality Assurance,ISO 9001,Lean Six Sigma,PPAP,Root cause Analysis,ISO 13485,Quality Systems,Quality Control,Quality Management,As9100,Manufacturing

Employment Type : Full Time

Experience : years

Vacancy : 1