Operating within a highly regulated environment and supplying high quality products to both domestic and export markets, our Client is seeking aquality leader to play a key role in leading its Quality Assurance function, ensuring the highest standards of food safety, regulatory and customer compliance across the operation.

The Company

Operating within a highly regulated environment and supplying high quality products to both domestic and export markets, our Client is seeking aquality leader to play a key role in leading its Quality Assurance function, ensuring the highest standards of food safety, regulatory and customer compliance across the operation.

The Role

Reporting to the Group Quality & Accreditations Manager, this role leads the Quality team within a highly complex environment, overseeing the day-to-day Quality function, including four Officers in Charge and a broader team of approximately 15 QA Officers.

- Lead and develop Officers in Charge and the broader QA team
- Drive compliance across food safety, quality, regulatory and customer standards
- Lead investigations, corrective actions and preventative improvement activities
- Partner closely with Operations to improve quality and food safety performance
- Support external audits, regulatory inspections and customer requirements
- Provide guidance across HACCP, approved arrangements and site procedures
- Develop team capability,



training and performance across the Quality function
- Build solid relationships with operational, regulatory and leadership stakeholders

Your Background

This role will suit an experienced Quality professional who has led a broad Quality function, including supervisors and QA teams, with strong people leadership capability and experience operating within a highly regulated food manufacturing environment.

- Proven leadership experience within food manufacturing or a regulated FMCG environment
- Solid knowledge of food safety, quality and compliance systems, including HACCP
- Experience leading and developing Quality Assurance teams
- Strong understanding of regulatory and customer audit requirements
- Experience managing investigations, non-conformances and corrective actions

Experience within export food manufacturing, meat processing or another highly regulated protein environment will be highly regarded. The role also requires relevant industry certifications and a strong understanding of food safety and regulatory requirements.

What's On Offer

This is an opportunity to step into a senior and highly influential quality leadership role, leading a sizeable team and playing a critical role in the business's food safety, quality and regulatory performance.

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📌 Quality Lead (Queensland)
🏢 Sonder Executive
📍 Queensland