Job Description
Lead Quality. Influence Culture. Drive Continuous Improvement.
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At Goodman Fielder, we're passionate about making everyday food better for everyone. As a leading food company across Australia and New Zealand, our trusted brands are found in millions of homes, and quality is at the heart of everything we do.
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We're looking for an experienced QA Manager to join our site leadership team and play a critical role in driving food safety, quality excellence, and continuous improvement across our manufacturing operation.
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This is more than a traditional quality role. You'll be a key business partner to operations, building capability across the site, influencing leaders, and creating a strong culture of accountability, compliance, and quality thinking.
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What You'll Be Doing
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Lead and champion site quality, food safety, and compliance programs.
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Build quality capability within the Site Leadership Team and frontline workforce.
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Drive implementation and continuous improvement of the Goodman Fielder Quality Management System (QMS).
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Partner with operational leaders to proactively identify risks and implement sustainable solutions.
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Lead customer, regulatory, and third-party audits, ensuring successful outcomes.
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Oversee HACCP, internal audit, complaint management, corrective actions, pest management, cleaning and hygiene programs.
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Monitor and analyse quality performance metrics to drive improvements and reduce risk.
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Support new product introductions and site change programs to ensure food safety and quality requirements are met.
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Facilitate Management Review and HACCP meetings, ensuring actions are completed effectively.
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Develop and execute site quality plans aligned with regional and national quality strategies.
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Foster a strong "Never Walk By" culture where quality ownership is embedded across the site.
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About You
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We're looking for an influential people leader who combines strong technical expertise with a practical, hands-on approach.
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You Will Bring
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Tertiary qualifications in Food Technology, Food Science or a related discipline.
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Minimum 5-7 years' experience in a Quality Leadership role within FMCG manufacturing.
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Strong knowledge of food safety, HACCP, quality systems, regulatory and customer requirements.
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Experience managing customer, consumer, regulatory and quality-related incidents.
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Proven success developing, implementing and improving Quality Management Systems.
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External and internal auditing experience.
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Robust problem-solving, risk assessment and root-cause analysis capabilities.
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Excellent stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence across all levels of the business.
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Strong project and change management capability.
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A proactive mindset focused on continuous improvement and delivering results.
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Why Join Us?
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At Goodman Fielder, You'll Have The Opportunity To
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Be a key member of the Site Leadership Team.
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Influence site culture and business performance.
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Work with some of Australia's most recognised food brands.
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Join a collaborative and supportive Quality network across ANZ.
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Drive meaningful improvements in food safety, quality and operational excellence.
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Access to career development opportunities and employee benefits program including access to fitness passport and health insurance discounts.
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Ready to make a real impact?
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If you're passionate about food safety, quality excellence, and leading change in a fast-paced FMCG environment, we'd love to hear from you.

📌 Quality Manager (Victoria)
🏢 Goodman Fielder
📍 Victoria