Head of Quality Assurance

The Company is seeking a Head of Quality Assurance to provide strategic leadership across quality, food safety, and compliance for multi-site meat processing operations. The role involves establishing consistent standards and systems, developing site-based quality teams, and ensuring operations meet domestic, export, regulatory, and customer requirements. Responsibilities include overseeing food safety and quality management systems, leading regulatory and external audits, monitoring performance and emerging risks, and advising senior leadership. The successful candidate will also work closely with operational leaders to embed quality and food safety into day-to-day practices and drive continuous improvement. Candidates should bring significant senior-level quality assurance experience in meat processing, including strong export experience and a record of leading QA teams across multiple sites or business units. Strong technical knowledge of HACCP, GMP, food safety, and quality management systems is required, along with experience managing regulatory, customer, and third-party audits. Applicants should understand relevant industry standards and programs, including meat industry, product assurance, livestock traceability, and religious compliance requirements. Strategic judgment, commercial awareness, and the ability to influence senior stakeholders and develop capable teams are also important.