Regional Quality

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Location: Sydney, NSW, AU

In this role you'll lead the Food Safety & Quality agenda across multiple sites and 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 requires travel to other sites regularly as required.

• Provide guidance to drive Food Safety & Quality Culture, ensuring food safety, 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)

• Tertiary qualifications in Food Science, Microbiology, or a related field
• Min 5-7 years experience in the food industry, ideally across multiple sites
• 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)

At Tip Top Bakeries, we 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. We support our people to learn, grow, and develop throughout their careers and are committed to an inclusive and diverse workforce.

• 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 internal trainings and development programs
• Financial support for approved study pathways, traineeships and apprenticeships
• Two paid volunteer days per year
• Novated Leasing Options

If this role sounds like you, 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. We can adjust the process to support accessibility needs; let us know your needs via phone or email listed in the posting.

During the recruitment process you may be required to complete pre-employment screening which includes a medical (drug & alcohol testing) and a criminal record check.

We encourage applications from people of all ages, nationalities, abilities, and cultures.