Woolworths

Quality Compliance Specialist

• Permanent Opportunity
• Flexible Working Arrangement – Favona Based
• Grow with the Group

Ready to make an impact?

We’re looking for a Quality Specialist (Compliance) to join our team here in Aotearoa reporting to our Head of Quality and Food Safety. 

Joining our team you’ll take accountability for protecting and promoting our brand through safe and responsible products that build trust by monitoring and leveraging customer feedback. You will be the subject matter expert who is empowered and has the technical capability to provide the business with sound guidance and can help educate and support the wider Woolworths team as applicable.

About the Role | Mō te Tūranga

You will be responsible for: 

• Managing Audit exemption requests
• Supplier development and onboarding
• Supplier WSE maintenance and issue resolution
• Customer complaint trending and action plans
• Investigation of Sev 1 and Sev 2 complaints as applicable
• Involvement in projects as applicable e.g. PEAL, ARL,Geographical Indications
• Delivery of Compliance training where applicable
• Withdrawal/recall follow up and investigation
• Maintaining a high level of expertise in the relevant regulations that impact Woolworths’ products and processes.

About You | Mōu

To succeed in this role you will need to have a good understanding of manufacturing processes, be able to influence through internal and external relationships and have proven risk assessment skills. 

• Relevant Degree or equivalent formal qualification in related discipline.
• Sound knowledge of relevant industry and regulatory standards as relates to
• Fresh Food, Long Life, Non-food or other Grocery goods
• Strong organisational skills
• Understanding of manufacturing processes
• Ability to work on own, be a self-starter
• Confidence
• Attention to detail
•  Ability to work in a fast paced culture of change
• Able to influence through internal and external relationships
• Adept at stakeholder engagement / management

To be successful in this position, you will have sound knowledge of relevant industry and regulatory standards as relates to Fresh Foods, Long Life, Non food or other Grocery goods. You will also have a relevant degree, or equivalent formal qualification in a related discipline. 

Working with Woolworths NZ | Me mahi tahi tatou ki Woolworths NZ

Our purpose is to make Kiwis' lives a little better every day.  

We’re friendly, down-to-earth, and energetic - we work hard but we have a great time doing it, and we love what we do.  There is plenty of scope for new ideas, lots of room for you to add value, and importantly, you’ll be working with a business that touches the lives of three million New Zealanders a week.  We offer a diverse range of career opportunities across our ecosystem

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