At Basile Imports our standards are high. That’s our signature, we source Italy’s finest traditional, regional and organic produce from quality suppliers, culinary masters that have put their own family name to products just like we have to our business.

Over the last 40 years our passion has been to provide the finest gourmet produce to the Australian food and beverage trade. These imports are leaders in their category. We offer extensive sales and distribution coverage and have over 40 year’s experience in procurement, storage and handling and sales and marketing of food and beverage products.

We are a national company with offices and warehouses in every state of Australia. We service major supermarkets, independent supermarkets, delicatessens, restaurants and cafes and liquor stores all over Australia.

We are seeking an experienced Quality Assurance Manager who is a highly motivated individual with excellent organisational and communication skills to guide our Quality Assurance Team based at our Head Office in Melbourne.

If you have a passion for Italian food, wine and culture and would love to work with Italy's most prestigious food and wine brands then this is the role for you!

Position is permanent full time, Monday to Friday and reports directly to the Marketing Director.

RESPONSIBILITIES

The role will be regulatory in nature and duties will include but are not limited to:

Management, administration, review and update of HACCP and ISO 9001 Management Systems

Preparation and maintenance of quality documentation and records for head office and interstate branches

Handling and covering regulatory issues with Food Standards Code

Reviewing product labels and following up with amendments till labels are approved

Product development and food quality compliance for all product labels and product packaging

Supplier maintenance and Approved Supplier program updates and record keeping

Maintenance of product specifications including creation or update

Fielding and investigating supplier, customer and consumer complaints including records and follow ups and maintaining trend analysis

Reporting on the performance of the Quality System and identifying any opportunities for improvement

Initiating action to prevent any nonconformities occurring with the products, process and Quality System

Being point of contact for external auditors and assessment bodies in dealing with all quality issues

Conducting and participating in internal and external audits

NCR Register updates, keeping and records

Food Safety Training

Pest Control report keeping and maintaining trend analysis

Mock Recall Report Writing

Warehouse Records Audit

Follow up emails with suppliers

Follow up emails from Sales Team requesting product specifications or quality issues to customers

Liaising with internal departments

At all times providing superior customer service and administrative support

All other duties as requested by Marketing Director

All applicants must have:

Food standards (industry experience) and Food Legal

Experience with quality systems such as ISO and HACCP

Qualification in food technology and quality food safety training

Excellent communication skills, verbal and written

Exceptional time management and organisational skills

Attention to detail and accuracy

Competent in Word

A salary suitable to the position will be negotiated subject to experience and qualifications.

For an insight on our company visit our website at www.basile.com.au.

If you think this is the job for you, please email resume to: [email protected]

Please note that only successful applicants will be contacted.