Chief Quality Assurance Director

1 week ago


Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Pact Group Full time
About Us

Pact Group, a leading innovator in the packaging and recycling industry, is committed to creating a better future through sustainable practices. As one of the largest plastics recyclers in Australia and New Zealand, we operate 110 manufacturing facilities across 15 countries.

We're dedicated to reducing waste and promoting a circular economy through our commitment to $500 million investment plan. Our goal is to create lasting value by finding new and better ways of doing things.

Job Title: Chief Quality Assurance Director

$150,000 - $200,000 per year, depending on experience

About the Role

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced quality assurance professional to lead our combined efforts in maintaining and improving quality systems throughout our sites. The successful candidate will be responsible for ensuring compliance with FSSC 22000 v5.1 for food contact products and other 3rd party certification requirements.

Main Responsibilities:
  • Provide leadership on all aspects of quality management systems on site, particularly FSSC 22000 v5.1 for food contact products.
  • Maintain, review, and improve quality assurance systems, including FSSC 22000 v5.1 for food-contact products, and additional 3rd party system certification requirements.
  • Participate in testing of raw materials and finish product, and ensure equipment is working effectively to analyze and complete testing.
  • Work with the Site Leadership team and JV partners to maintain and implement quality systems improvements and new processes to achieve agreed QAS certification/s.
  • Manage quality assurance testing for timely completion, recording, and feedback to appropriate personnel across the facility and remote stakeholders.
  • Manage all quality assurance communications from external and internal (customers and suppliers) for timely acknowledgement, investigation, correction, and feedback to appropriate personnel across the facility and remote stakeholders for Complaints and Non-conformances. Initiate and conduct regular Quality meetings.
  • Lead and manage all site quality audits (internal and external) for FSSC, Customer Food Safety and Quality requirements and other 3rd Party certifications.
  • Support the Site Manager to build and maintain strong personal relationships with key client stakeholders, ensuring contractual compliance in service delivery to retain and grow.
  • Promote a culture of zero harm including an unrelenting focus on continually improving our safety culture.
  • Management of the technical support team providing hands-on support where required.
About You:
  • 5+ years in a similar quality leadership role.
  • Sound experience in global & interdepartmental planning & execution of strategy.
  • Board, partner, and external stakeholder engagement & reporting experience.
  • Track record in successful set-up of Quality systems such as FSSC 22000 and ISO 9001.
  • Previous experience in a quality role in a food-plastics or food company. Additional experience in a technical or operational role/s in the food-plastics or food industry will be highly regarded.
  • A personable leader, with the ability to communicate and connect across all levels.
  • Experienced in driving cost improvement strategy in an industrial, low margin, high volume business or business unit.
  • Knowledge of Opex and Capital budget responsibilities related to Quality Agenda.
  • Experience interfacing with customers, suppliers, System certifiers/Auditors.
  • Led significant value creation projects for the division.
  • Experience with multi-site industrial companies.
  • Australia/New Zealand experience.
About Your Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in science or related field.

 



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