Requisition ID: 66340
Position Type: FT Permanent
Workplace Arrangement: #LI-Onsite
Kerry is the world's leading taste and nutrition company for the food, beverage and pharmaceutical industries. Every day we partner with customers to create healthier, tastier and more sustainable products that are consumed by billions of people across the world. Our vision is to be our customers' most valued partner, creating a world of sustainable nutrition. A career with Kerry offers you an opportunity to shape the future of food while providing you opportunities to explore and grow in a truly global environment.
In this role, you will lead the Food Safety & Quality team at our Murarrie site, overseeing FSQ across the end-to-end value chain. You will partner closely with cross-functional teams including RDA, Procurement, Operations, Supply Chain, Customer Care, Commercial and other key stakeholders to ensure strong food safety and quality standards across the business. You will also serve as the key point of contact for customer queries, regulatory matters and escalations related to the Food Safety & Quality function.
Work Location: Murarrie – Brisbane
- Leading and developing the Murrarie FSQ team to ensure business continuity and support
- Engaging with Global and local customers based across APMEA
- Manage quality and food safety issues in line with regional communication and escalation protocols to enable appropriate level of decision making.
- Drive quality culture through quality improvement programs, factory-floor employee engagement and reward/recognition programs
- Ensure compliance to product standards and oversee Product Scale Up Process with RD&A and ensure quality requirements are agreed at the time of commercialization.
- Providing leadership, direction and oversight for Kerry Food Safety/Quality Systems & laboratory operations, establishing the organization’s commitment to the management systems, implementing, and ensuring that integrity of the management system is maintained when changes to the management system are planned and implemented.
- Responsible for all aspects of quality control activities of raw materials, in-line and finished products
- Health & Safety: To ensure health and safety is taken care of at all times.
- To perform any task, assigned by the superior from time to time.
Quality Management System / Key Performance Indicators (KPIs):
- Shall own, drive and implement Food Safety & Quality objectives in line with the Kerry Global programs and one way of working – Intelex System, Kerry Golden 6.
- Shall implement KPIs, Quality Improvement Programs and guidelines.
- Shall conduct risk assessments and implement corrective actions.
- Shall continually evaluate, benchmark and trend process controls, food safety and quality programs
- Manage the customer complaints / CAPA
- Organize, direct, control and evaluate the quality system of the products within the site independently.
- Compliance to all policies, regulations, and law set forth by federal & state, AIB, BRC, HACCP, FSSC 22000, SEDEX, Customer Audits and necessary guidelines.
Quality Culture and People Management
- Enhance and drive Food Safety & Quality Culture within the site through standardizing APMEA wide programs.
- Responsible for quality talent management, development & training program, and participate in goal setting and performance review for the site team.
- Training: Provide necessary guidance / training and committed to company training.
Customers and Stakeholder Engagement
- Build network and relationships with customers and Kerry internal stakeholders through strong engagement with regards to quality and food safety matters.
- Lead site team to carry out duties needed to ensure the production of safe products that meet customer specifications and expectations.
- University degree in Food Science / Microbiology or other science disciplines with related manufacturing experience
- Technical knowledge in food hygiene standards, HACCP, BRC, AIB requirement and process control procedures/manual and statistical process control (SPC).
- Strong background in food chemistry, sensory, microbiology, food packaging systems and food engineering is an added advantage.
- Knowledge of Halal, Kosher, FSSC 22K, HACCP, SPC and AIB product safety system.
- Understands GMP and GLP requirements.
- Knowledge of food and facility security requirements.
- Minimum of 5 years’ experience in Managerial role.
- Ability to drive continuous improvement and change management initiatives.
- Strong leadership with excellent interpersonal/ communication, coaching and conflict management skills.
Beware of scams online or from individuals claiming to represent us. A Kerry employee will not solicit candidates through a non-Kerry email address or phone number. In addition, Kerry does not currently utilise video chat rooms (e.g., Google Hangouts) to conduct interviews. Refuse any request that asks you to provide payment to participate in the hiring process (e.g., purchasing a “starter kit,” investing in training, or something similar). Kerry will not ask you to pay any money at any point in the hiring process with the exception of reimbursable travel expenses. In addition, any payments made by Kerry will be from official firm accounts bearing the Kerry name.
Recruiter: #LI-CST1
Posting Type: LI
