Winery Quality Assurance Specialist

Company Description

Established in 2012, Pinnacle Drinks exclusively partners with winemakers, growers, brewers and distillers to deliver some of the world’s leading brands across the wine, beer and spirits categories.

We are proud to be part of the Endeavour Group - Australia's leading retail drinks and hospitality business united around the common purpose of ‘creating a more sociable future together.’

**Job Description**:

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Love what you do and leave your mark**:

- ** 12 month Fixed Term opportunity, flexible location (Melbourne, Adelaide or Barossa Valley preferred)**:

- ** Opportunity to lead the implementation of QA programs & standards across our Australian and New Zealand winery operations**

The **Winery Quality Assurance Specialist** will drive & implement with our winery & estate teams HACCP food safety standards & quality assurance procedures across our owned operations.

The role provides implementation support for our six wineries & cellar doors located in Australia and New Zealand & will work to put in place simplified systems to ensure wineries are set up to follow processes.

You will work with all levels within our winery sites to deliver against our strategic initiatives as well as supporting our sites’ success on compliance & incident management.

Sound good? Read on.

Here is a taste of what you can expect in this role:

- Promote Quality, Safety, Health, and Environmental values and systems to embed quality safety, and sustainability into the culture and ways of working.
- Quality & HACCP systems - support our Pinnacle quality & sustainability strategy delivery & ensure key priority initiatives are communicated and understood across our sites. The role coordinates with all sites to track and roll up progress.
- Support sites to implement & maintain Quality & HACCP policies, procedures, and records for all winery operations.
- Champion our internal Pinnacle standards & governance framework ensuring they are communicated and embedded at our sites. The role will work closely with the Manager to review industry benchmarks, legal and corporate requirements to maintain the framework.
- Partner with sites to gain & maintain agreed external accreditations that align with our stakeholder needs & quality agenda.
- Expert / SME support on HACCP, food safety incidents, risk assessments, systems review & food safety legislation.
- Reporting & Monitoring - maintain and support continuous improvement in internal processes & systems to obtain reliable information from our sites & suppliers to meet agreed stakeholder and mandatory reporting obligations. Participate in internal audits and external audits and review of non-conformances, root cause analysis and corrective actions.

Qualifications

Now let’s talk about you:

- Degree in field of work ie Food Safety or Quality or equivalent.
- Minimum of 3 years’ experience in a food manufacturing environment.
- Training and experience in the implementation & management of Quality and/or Food Safety systems and thus understanding of HACCP, GMP and Quality System processes.
- Relevant wine industry experience desirable.
- Experience in the development and coordination of policies and procedures.
- Excellent presentation and negotiation skills.
- Strong internal and external stakeholder management.
- Training and experience in Auditing and management processes.
- Excellent communication skills; both verbal and written.
- Please note: travel will be required in this role._

**The benefits are good too**
- We offer flexible working in every sense
- An exclusive discount card for BWS, Dan Murphy’s, Woolworths, BIG W and other Endeavour Group brands, including our ALH pubs
- Monthly meeting-free days
- Your health and wellbeing is your most important asset, and as one of our valued team members, it’s our first priority. You will have a range of free services to help you live well and support your physical, mental and financial wellbeing
- Endeavour Group is full of opportunities - use our dedicated learning and development options to grow an idea, yourself, and your career. This is just the start, so dream big.
- At Endeavour, we value being a workplace where everyone’s welcome - if you meet a number of the requirements (and not all), we encourage you to apply._

Additional Information

**We are together creators**

With a portfolio that includes Dan Murphy’s, BWS, ALH Hotels, Pinnacle Drinks and more, Endeavour Group is big on sociability. Together we create the moments that bring millions of people together. And together we have more fun, create more opportunities, and score a lot more goals. We’re serious about creating a safe, inclusive and fun place to rock up to where equal opportunity is key, and flexibility is part of how we roll.

We’re all about creating a more sociable future - for our customers and each other. If this job excites you - and you’re close-enough on the requirements, reach out, we’d love to hear from y