Vendor Assurance Coordinator

6 days ago


East Melbourne, Australia IXOM Full time

East Melbourne, VIC, AU, 3002- PermanentIXOM plays a vital part in the lives of tens of millions of people every day. We’re the experts behind the scenes, who ensure safe and reliable access and help industries, businesses and local communities to thrive.

Our products, services and solutions are used across many end markets, including dairy, agriculture, viticulture, electricity, steel, food and beverage, pulp and paper, mining and construction, and water treatment (just to name a few).

We are supported by over 1,300 people globally and our operations span across four continents and nine countries, with headquarters in Melbourne, Australia.

**About your role**

In this role, you will be working with the Quality team and internal stakeholders to partner with our suppliers of ingredients, materials, packaging and finished goods and various service providers to provide trusted and consistent products for our customers and reduce quality risks through risk assessment, audit and compliance activities.

As part of our global strategy for our Quality team, the Vendor Assurance Coordinator will ensure best practice approach of compliance and assurance through a Vendor Assurance framework for continous improvement by maintaining consistency and supporting reliable data management and outcomes across vendors.

**Key Responsibilities**
- Coordinate and govern compliance to the Vendor Audit Schedule
- Coordinate and provide compliance reporting for the Vendor Quality Assurance function
- Carry out analysis and reporting to evaluate the effectiveness of existing program
- Coordinate vendor audits with vendors and internal auditors
- Ensure documentation compliance for the Vendor Quality Assurance function
- Undertake vendor performance monitoring activities
- Assist with Vendor Risk Profiling/classification activities where required
- Follow-up, monitoring and close-out of vendor non-conformances
- Participate in Root Cause Analysis investigations as applicable
- Undertake Vendor Assessment activities as required
- Support and maintain performance and relationships with vendors

**Who are we looking for?**
- Tertiary qualified in Science, Engineering, Food Safety or related field
- Ability to collaborate and partner with internal and external stakeholders at all levels, keeping them abreast of updates as necesary
- Good verbal and written communication skills and ability to build strong working relationships
- Proven experience of working in a high-risk environment with attention to detail
- Knowledge of risks across numerous product categories (eg. Food, Pharma, Feed, Chemical) would be advantageous
- Ability to work autonomously, proactively and take initiative
- You may have 2-3 years (minimum) of experience since graduating and are looking to continue your career in the Quality field

**Benefits at IXOM**

We take looking after our people seriously.

For a start, you'll work for a large global organisation, where you'll not only earn a competitive salary, but you'll also have access to an Employee Assistance Program, a recognition program, and a range of health and wellness benefits and discounts.

Our wellbeing program is second to none, and we offer a range of education assistance and learning resources, as well as secondment and promotion opportunities to help you grow both personally and professionally.

We support what’s important to you by promoting workplace giving, diversity and providing volunteering leave, and, of course, we offer flexible working wherever possible.

**To Apply**

If this sounds like you, we’d love to hear from you

We are a 2024 Circle Back Initiative Employer - we commit to respond to every applicant.

**Our Process**

At IXOM we are committed to employing individuals who align with our values and meet the requirements of the role. As part of the recruitment process, there are a number of checks which may be conducted to demonstrate applicants’ suitability for a role including police / criminal background checks, medical, drug and alcohol testing, and reference checks.



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