Technical & Food Safety Leader — Continuous Improvement

Noumi; Sydney; On-site; AUD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid Parental Leave

Quarterly Product Allowance

Wellbeing Support

Salary Packaging Options

Job summary

Noumi, a leader in plant-based and dairy beverages, seeks a technically strong leader to drive standards, food safety and continuous improvement across multiple manufacturing sites. You will influence stakeholders and guide improvements in product quality and process efficiency.

The role collaborates with Quality, Operations, Engineering, R&D and NPD, reporting to the Head of Technical. Location flexibility across Ingleburn or Shepparton sites.

Qualifications

• Leadership experience across technical, food safety, quality or CI functions.
• Strong knowledge of HACCP, food safety risk management, validation and verification.
• Proven ability to lead root-cause analysis and CI projects through to implementation.
• Experience collaborating with Operations, Quality, Engineering, R&D and other functions.

Responsibilities

• Lead development and consistent application of technical and food safety standards across manufacturing sites.
• Strengthen food safety culture, HACCP programs and risk management practices.
• Provide technical expertise in investigating and resolving complex product, process and microbiological issues.
• Lead root-cause investigations and implement sustainable corrective and preventive actions.
• Drive CI initiatives to reduce defects, complaints, rework, waste and losses.
• Support risk assessments, validation and verification for new products and changes.
• Partner with cross-functional teams to improve capability and performance.
• Identify opportunities to standardise processes and share best practices across sites.

Skills

Leadership

HACCP knowledge

Stakeholder engagement

Analytical problem solving

Education

Tertiary qualification in Food Science/Technology or related

Job description

Noumi, a leader in plant-based and dairy beverages, seeks a technically strong leader to drive standards, food safety and continuous improvement across multiple manufacturing sites. You will influence stakeholders and guide improvements in product quality and process efficiency.

The role collaborates with Quality, Operations, Engineering, R&D and NPD, reporting to the Head of Technical. Location flexibility across Ingleburn or Shepparton sites.