Quality Assurance Coordinator

**Position Snapshot
**Location: Broadford, Victoria
Full Time, Permanent
1-2 years' experience in a similar role

**Position Summary
**Joining Nestlé means you are joining the largest Food and Beverage Company in the world. At our very core, we are a human environment - passionate people driven by the purpose of enhancing the quality of life and contributing to a healthier future.

We have an exciting opportunity for a Quality Assurance Coordinator to join the QA team at our Allen's Broadford Factory. The QA Coordinator will lead the quality improvements for the site, by promoting the quality culture, striving for zero defects, and executing plans to optimise the cost of non-quality.

**A day in the life
Reporting to the Quality Assurance Manager, you will be part of a collaborative team passionate about ensuring a strong quality culture at our Broadford site. Key responsibilities include:

- Drive the Quality Pillar to deliver step change improvements in defects and waste. Be the sites Subject Matter Expert (SME) for the Quality Pillar tools & methodologies
- Be responsible for routines and tools used for analysing Quality Loss data (including waste, rework & defects). Lead the analysis of data & drive process improvements to eliminate the losses
- Train and coach the Local Leadership Team and employees on the interpretation of quality data to drive improvements and ensure effective delivery of quality activities
- Be responsible for driving the review of the Quality Monitoring Scheme (QMS) across the site, ensuring input from all key stakeholders
- Actively participate in continuous improvement, delivering to the requirements outlined in the methodology and strengthening Quality and Food Safety Systems
- Ensure the use and success of structured root cause analysis after incidents relating to product quality, or the quality systems, have occurred. Put in place preventative measures to avoid recurrence of defects
- Optimise the quality processes by driving digitalisation of quality in manufacturing
- Be responsible for the Sensory program to ensure compliance to the Sensory Standards, including training, VQS update, sensory risk assessments, and execution of the verification panels. Support the rollout and execution of the On-Line Sensory program
- Be responsible for the calibration and monitoring of on-line and off-line monitoring instruments used for measurement of quality parameters across the site

**What will make you successful
**As a passionate advocate for quality, you will engage with stakeholders across all levels of the business to influence and positively reinforce the sites continuous improvement agenda and quality strategy. Utilising your excellent communication and interpersonal skills, autonomy and self-drive, you will challenge the ways of working to help enhance and improve the factory's quality culture and ownership.

You will have a Tertiary qualification in Food Science, Engineering, or related field of study. Experience within the food manufacturing industry will be strongly regarded.

A compliance/continuous improvement/problem solving mindset will see you succeed in this role.

**Applicants must have full Australian working rights
**Benefits
You will have the chance to work with an outstanding and highly engaged team, build and grow your career with an inclusive, global FMCG leader.

In addition, we offer:

- Varied career experiences and personalised development support
- Diversity and Inclusion initiatives and program
- Discounted Nestlé products
- Competitive remuneration package
- Employee Assistance Program

**Our Story
- Nestlé enjoys a reputation as one of the world's largest FMCG companies and a leader in nutrition, health and wellness. Our inclusive and high-performance culture is a testament to the great training, development, rewards and recognition we extend to every member of our 5000-strong Oceania workforce.
- You can realise your full potential at Nestlé, working among the leading teams in nutrition, health and wellness. As part of a global network, you can use your skills to influence others and make a positive impact where you own a piece of the action.
- At Nestlé, you will work in a supportive environment where your ideas and points of view will be championed by a collaborative team. Together, we will drive the strength of our brands, the quality of our products, and the future of our business.
- At Nestlé, you can make a difference to millions of lives, every single day. As a large, global company that's driven by purpose, you and your team can add your piece of legacy of creating a better, healthier future.
- In return you will have the chance to work with an outstanding team, and build and grow your career with an inclusive, global FMCG leader.