Quality Compliance Leader

No Relocation Assistance Offered
Job Number #166856 - Villawood, New South Wales, Australia

**Who We Are**

Colgate-Palmolive Company is a global consumer products company operating in over 200 countries specialising in Oral Care, Personal Care, Home Care, Skin Care, and Pet Nutrition. Our products are trusted in more households than any other brand in the world, making us a household name

Join Colgate-Palmolive, a caring, innovative growth company reimagining a healthier future for people, their pets, and our planet. Guided by our core values—Caring, Inclusive, and Courageous—we foster a culture that inspires our people to achieve common goals. Together, let's build a brighter, healthier future for all.

**About Colgate-Palmolive**
Do you want to come to work with a smile and leave with one as well? In between those smiles, your day consists of connecting with others across the world, full of stimulating discussions, and making impactful contributions
If this is how you see your career, Colgate is the place to be Our dependable household brands, dedicated employees, and sustainability commitments make us a company passionate about building a future to smile about for our employees, consumers, and surrounding communities. We win as a global organization by continually learning and collaborating. The pride in our brand fuels a workplace that encourages creative thinking, champions experimentation, and promotes authenticity which has contributed to our enduring success. If you want to work for a company that lives by their values, then give your career a reason to smile...every single day.

The Quality Compliance Leader directs conformance to the GMP/Quality standards and establishes a culture to enable the Villawood manufacturing site to deliver consistent, safe, and effective products.

Positive Release of Finished Goods is at the core of this position’s daily responsibility. A key requirement of this role is to maintain a comprehensive site documentation system, author and maintain the site Validation Master Plan, and ensure site-wide compliance to Colgate-Palmolive Global Quality Standards. This is a **12 month fixed term contract** position.

**Main Responsibilities**:

- Conduct Mock Recovery Audits
- Conduct On-Shelf Quality Audits
- Manage Customer and Consumer Complaints & Monitor Consumer Complaint trends and history. Ensures that all returned samples and adverse event complaints are fully investigated and documented
- Manage the Site Annual Product Review and provide necessary compliance documentation and corrective action strategies for continuous improvement
- Perform incoming/imported products inspection
- Manage Internal & External Audits
- Quality management of Local and CBS (Specific to South Pacific) External Manufacturer
- Support New Product Development (NPD) launches for External Manufacturing (EM) Home Care and CBS Oral Care Products (TGA and Medsafe Regulated products)
- Manage development of quality technical agreements with suppliers
- Supervision and management of Site Documentation system (This includes all documents vital to an internal or external inspections - SOP’s, Management of Change, Notices of Deviation, Batch Records, Non conformances, and Validations)
- Compile & complete product information to write bundle books
- Conduct training to employees and contractors on Quality related courses
- Support the development, implementation, and monitoring of the manufacturing site Quality Plan to ensure compliance with both GMP’s and CP Global Quality Standards
- Responsible for daily documentation authorizing product release and the execution of release procedure

**Required Experience & Qualifications**:

- Bachelor’s Degree in Chemistry, Microbiology, Biochemistry, or a related field
- 5+ years work experience in a GMP, TGA/FDA regulated industry, preferably in a manufacturing environment

**Preferred Requirements**:

- Experience with SAP, LIMS or similar integrated computerized systems
- Supervisory experience
- 2 years of experience completing Product Release documentation and finalApproval Experience in hosting/leading internal & external inspections
- Knowledge of site wide documentation system, Product Release, and Batch record review
- Must be familiar with and able to work with GMP compliant Failure Investigations
- Corrective and Preventive Actions, and Notices of Deviation
- Knowledge of Quality and Change Control Systems
- Validation Experience (Process, Product, Equipment)

**Our Commitment to Diversity, Equity & Inclusion**
Achieving our purpose starts with our people — ensuring our workforce represents the people and communities we serve —and creating an environment where our people feel they belong; where we can be our authentic selves, feel treated with respect and have the support of leadership to impact the business in a meaningful way.

**Equal Opportunity Employer**
Colgate is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consider