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Guided by our Synlait Spirit, we're looking for a Quality Compliance Manager to join our team in a fixed-term maternity cover role. This role will support our China SAMR registration renewal work, help keep us audit-ready, and work with teams across the business to close out important quality and compliance actions.\nThis opportunity is ideal for a quality and compliance professional who is fluent in both English and Mandarin Chinese.\nThe successful candidate will be able to understand detailed compliance requirements, explain them clearly in both languages, and translate them into practical actions. You will work closely with teams across the business to ensure the right records, processes, and supporting information are in place when needed.\nWhat you'll be doing\nIn this role, you'll help keep important quality and compliance work moving, including China SAMR registration renewal, audit readiness and wider compliance activities.\nYou'll:\nSupport communication in English and Mandarin Chinese, including reviewing translated documents and helping teams prepare clear information for SAMR audits.\nLead China SAMR registration renewal quality related activities and help the business understand and meet related quality and compliance requirements.\nFollow up audit actions, track progress and help gather the information needed to show that all relevant actions for compliance and audit readiness, including SAMR, have been completed.\nWhere needed for Compliance tasks and in preparation for audits, review procedures, reports and supporting documents to make sure they are clear, complete and ready to share during audits or reviews.\nSupport business projects by helping teams understand the quality and compliance information they need to consider.\nHelp teams prepare for audits by explaining what information may be needed and how to present it clearly.\nSupport the business to strengthen quality and compliance by helping identify gaps, tracking improvement actions, and promoting audit-ready and compliant ways of working across Synlait\nWhat you'll bring\nWe're looking for someone who brings sound quality and compliance experience, strong follow-through and the ability to work well with a range of people.\nYou'll have:\nFluency in both Mandarin Chinese and English is essential for this role, with the ability to support clear technical communication between teams.\nSignificant experience in quality and compliance within dairy, infant formula, food manufacturing, FMCG or a related regulated industry.\nExperience preparing for audits, following up actions and checking that the right supporting information is available.\nKnowledge of food safety, quality systems and regulatory requirements. Experience with China market requirements would be an advantage.\nA relevant tertiary qualification and formal auditing qualification.\nConfidence working across different teams, building good relationships and following up actions to completion.\nGood attention to detail when reviewing documents, reports, action lists and translated information.\nAbout us\nSynlait is a dynamic, purpose-led milk nutrition company that is Doing Milk Differently for a Healthier World!\nWe pride our organisation as being different and allowing our spirit to drive our success, shifting perceptions and driving value through new thinking and a new attitude.\nYou’ll be joining down-to-earth, authentic people working together to create the very best in milk nutrition as we combine expert farming with innovative thinking and state-of-the-art processing to produce a range of nutritional milk products for our global customers.\nWe will challenge you by providing the opportunities you’ve been seeking to expand your career; we believe that everyone brings unique experiences and perspectives to the table so are committed to creating an inclusive workplace and embrace diversity to drive innovation and business success.\nWhat we offer\nPartnered with top brands for great benefits and discounts\nFree parking\nAccess to our free staff Synlait bus, leaving from Rolleston multiple times daily\nState-of-the-art facilities with hush rooms for quiet work, drop-in meeting spaces, ample meeting rooms, training room facilities, and a cafeteria that would rival many. \nWork-life flexibility\nSocial Club membership opportunities\nB CorpTM certified \nWhat's next? Apply now!\nInclude your most recent CV and cover letter summarising your abilities and what you can bring to Synlait. We wish you the best of luck in your application. 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