About the Company
Our client is a well-established Australian manufacturing business operating within a large-scale, multi-shift production environment. The organisation has a strong focus on safety, quality, operational performance, and continuous improvement.
An opportunity has become available for an experienced Quality Manager to take ownership of the site's quality function and play a key role in strengthening quality capability across the broader operation.
About the Role
The Quality Manager will lead the development, implementation, and continuous improvement of the site's Quality Management System, ensuring products consistently meet customer, regulatory, and internal requirements.
This is a hands-on leadership role focused on embedding quality into day-to-day operations rather than simply managing compliance. You will partner closely with production, maintenance, supply chain, and operational leaders to build capability, improve process discipline, and strengthen ownership of quality across the site.
Key responsibilities include:
Developing and implementing the site's quality strategy
Leading and continuously improving the Quality Management System
Ensuring compliance with HACCP, GMP, customer, and regulatory requirements
Managing site food safety and quality programs, including HACCP plans and CCP verification.
Leading customer, certification, and regulatory audits
Managing customer complaints, quality incidents, and product non-conformances
Leading root cause analysis and corrective and preventative actions




Driving continuous improvement initiatives to reduce variation and improve process capability
Managing laboratory operations, testing requirements, and equipment calibration
Maintaining document control, SOPs, specifications, and quality standards
Developing quality capability through coaching, training, and mentoring
Supporting risk assessments, recall preparedness, and traceability exercises
Reviewing quality performance data and identifying opportunities to improve efficiency and reduce cost
This role will suit a quality leader who is comfortable being visible on the floor, challenging existing processes, developing people, and driving accountability for quality across a complex manufacturing environment.
Skills & Experience
To be successful in this role, you will have:
Minimum 5 years' experience in a quality leadership role within manufacturing
Strong experience leading audits and managing regulatory and customer compliance
Proven experience implementing continuous improvement initiatives
Robust root cause analysis and investigation experience
Sound knowledge of HACCP, GMP, and Quality Management Systems
Experience leading and developing quality teams
Strong analytical and problem-solving capability
Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
Commercial mindset with the ability to balance quality, cost, and operational outcomes
Comfortable operating within a multi-shift manufacturing environment
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📌 Qa Manager (Melbourne)
🏢 Sharp & Carter
📍 Melbourne