Purpose of the Position

Australian Dairy Park (ADP) is a subsidiary of Ausnutria Australia. ADP is a dairy business manufacturing formulated milk powders for infants, toddlers, and adults for domestic and overseas markets.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage supplier compliance and vendor approval program for ADP
• Coordinate regulatory bodies applicable to site GB, FSANZ, CODEX, GACC, SAMR, FSSC, RMP, HACCP, Halal, Organics and oversea market access requirements for export.
• Conduct gap assessments for all the required standards applicable to products category packed on site.
• Conduct and manage supplier audits for and close out the identified gaps in timely manner.
• Manage the supplier Non-Conformances prior to closing them and monitor the re-occurring issues
• Address gaps for improvement and drive full implementation in all areas.
• Review supplier ingredient specifications for full compliance for applicable export markets prior to use in production.
• Liase with external customers for any information required for ingredients or products.
• Support supplier Exception Approvals for any temporary deviations or changes for effective implementation.
• Support on management of Documentation system for supplier
• Conduct GMP audits.
• Drive Good manufacturing and Prerequisite program on site.
• Lead and support improvement projects for the Quality Team.

Attributes

• Excellent data entry skills
• Attention to detail
• Effective communication
• Time management
• Organisational skills
• Maintain relationships with international customers
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
• A resourceful and resilient approach to problem solving.
• The ability to take the initiative.
• Demonstrated ability to quickly learn new processes and systems.
• 'can-do, will-do' attitude,

Education and Experience

• Food industry experience
• Good level Communication Skills
• Quality System Practices
• Health & Safety Practices
• Computer Literate
• Exposure to Quality Systems including HACCP

Preferred:

• Food Technology degree / QA diploma
• Infant Formula Knowledge
• Dairy Powder Knowledge
• HACCP understanding
• Ability to work autonomously.
• Exposure to developing Quality Systems and performing Quality Audits
• Infant formula or Dairy Experience

Main Relationships

• Operations Team
• Procurement
• Quality Team
• R&D team