Quality & Certification Advisor - APAC

Quality & Certification Advisor:  Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

At Azelis Australia, you’ll join a business with a strong local footprint backed by a global network in the specialty chemicals and food ingredients industry. Azelis Australia operates across multiple market segments, with offices, blending facilities and warehouses in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane, and serves more than 1,200 customers with a team of over 60 employees.

Azelis also promotes a strong employee value proposition centred on career growth, professional development, equal opportunity, employee voice and competitive remuneration. The company highlights a culture built on being innovative and resourceful, agile and empowered, collaborative and respectful, and transparent and results oriented.

We are currently seeking a Quality & Certification Advisor to join our Melbourne team.

In this role, you will support the day-to-day execution of quality, certification and compliance activities across Australia, helping ensure strong data integrity, documentation discipline, audit readiness and timely stakeholder support. This is an excellent opportunity for a quality professional who enjoys working in a structured, regulated and fast-paced environment while contributing to continuous improvement across the business.

What you’ll be doing

You will support a broad range of operational quality and certification activities, including:

• Executing daily Quality & Certification tasks in line with defined controls, templates and work instructions
• Maintaining accurate records, approvals and supporting evidence to ensure traceability and compliance
• Supporting review and maintenance of quality and certification records, including corrective updates
• Assisting with internal change control processes, mock recall activities and quality disposition tasks
• Supporting supplier documentation checks, including Certificate of Analysis (CoA) verification
• Assisting with product and manufacturer risk analysis activities and maintaining supporting records
• Supporting product stewardship and regulatory activities, including submissions, notifications and registrations
• Assisting with restricted/controlled product and embargo screening activities where applicable
• Maintaining product documentation, label-related data and compliance records across systems and repositories
• Supporting certification schemes such as organic, kosher and sustainability/RSPO, including audit readiness activities
• Updating KPI inputs, dashboards and reporting artefacts
• Responding to routine stakeholder queries and escalating more complex matters where required
• Contributing to investigations, root cause analysis and process improvement initiatives

What we’re looking for

To succeed in this role, you will ideally bring:

• A Bachelor’s degree or higher in Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Science, Food Science/Food Technology or a related discipline
• 3–5 years’ experience in Quality & Certification, Product Stewardship, Regulatory Affairs or a similar support/execution role
• Experience working in a regulated, audit-driven environment
• Practical understanding of quality management systems, including document control, non-conformance handling, CAPA awareness and change control
• Awareness of ISO 9001 and/or ISO 22000 certification readiness practices
• Strong attention to detail with a disciplined approach to data integrity and record keeping
• Excellent organisation, prioritisation and communication skills
• A service-oriented mindset with the ability to work effectively across stakeholders
• Confidence using enterprise systems and digital tools; exposure to D365, HSE tools, Power BI or document repositories will be highly regarded

Why join Azelis?

Azelis employs more than 4,100 people across 64 countries, offering employees the opportunity to grow within an international business that values innovation, entrepreneurship and development. The company states that it invests in personal and professional development, talent mobility, and diversity and inclusion, with the ambition to be an employer of choice in its industry.

Sustainability is also a key part of the wider Azelis proposition. Through its Impact 2030 programme, Azelis has committed to measurable progress across portfolio, environment, people and governance, embedding sustainability into how it operates and supports customers and principals.

Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Apply

If you’re a proactive and detail-oriented quality professional looking to build your career in a collaborative, growth-focused and values-led business, we’d love to hear from you.

Apply now or contact us for a confidential conversation.