Dairy Raw Materials Optimisation Lead

Parmalat Australia; Cumberland; On-site; AUD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay and benefits

Career development and progression

Collaborative workplace culture

Commitment to safety, quality, and创新

Job summary

Lactalis is seeking a driven process improvement specialist to join our dairy manufacturing team in NSW. You will map end-to-end milk process flows, identify losses, and drive practical improvements that cut waste and boost site performance.

Reporting to the Site Manager, you will collaborate with production, engineering, automation and contractors, develop material management initiatives, analyse data, and contribute to site savings plans and budgets with measurable commercial outcomes.

Qualifications

• Strong process understanding across end-to-end manufacturing.
• Experience in dairy or food processing with relevant qualifications.
• Curious, investigative mindset with troubleshooting ability.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.

Responsibilities

• Map and understand the end-to-end flow of milk and milk components across unloading, transfer and manufacturing processes, identifying key points of loss and opportunity.
• Use raw material management methodology to develop, monitor and drive continuous improvement initiatives across key performance areas including yield, standardisation, giveaway, waste and process performance.
• Analyse data, investigate discrepancies and provide clear insights that support decision‑making, prioritisation and root cause resolution.
• Partner with production, engineering, automation and contractor teams to implement value‑focused solutions and support manufacturing performance.
• Contribute to site savings plans, raw material reporting, budget planning and improvement projects that deliver measurable commercial outcomes.

Skills

Process understanding

Dairy/food manufacturing

Troubleshooting

Stakeholder management

Education

Dairy/food qualification

Chemical engineering background

Food technology

Job description

Lactalis is seeking a driven process improvement specialist to join our dairy manufacturing team in NSW. You will map end-to-end milk process flows, identify losses, and drive practical improvements that cut waste and boost site performance.

Reporting to the Site Manager, you will collaborate with production, engineering, automation and contractors, develop material management initiatives, analyse data, and contribute to site savings plans and budgets with measurable commercial outcomes.