Quality Assurance Manager
Ensure Farmlands Manufacturing meets customer expectations of quality through the effective design, implementation and management of quality management and continuous improvement processes.
- Competitive remuneration + insurances + benefits
- Flexible working conditions + free parking
- Kiwi-owned Brand - Aotearoa's largest farming co-operative
Mō te whai waahi | About the opportunity
We have an exciting and rare opportunity to join the Farmlands team in a full time permanent position based in our Wairakei Road support office.
Working within manufacturing operations, the role will report to the Head of Manufacturing and include:
- Designing, Implementing and managing quality assurance processes to ensure certification is maintained in our areas of responsibility
- Working with a wide range of people and teams across Farmlands including Mills Managers, Inventory Specialists, Maintenance and Production teams.
- Engaging with our suppliers ensuring our brands meet internal quality requirements
- Ensure all quality issues are identified, investigated, measured, monitored and resolved
Mōhou ake | About you
You will be an inspiring consultative leader with an open door attitude towards others. Ideally you will have a commercial manufacturing background with 5 years experience in managing Quality Assurance systems and have a process engineering qualification or similar.
- Deep understanding of Lean Manufacturing principals
- Excellent Literacy and numeracy and computer skills
- Prepared to listen to others with an ability to influence
- Rural or Agricultural affinity
- ISO9001 audit capability skills
Mō ngā painga | About the benefits
You'll be rewarded with:
- Competitive remuneration package
- Medical insurances after 6 months
- Sick leave from Day 1
- Paid birthday leave
- Access to training through our online library, The Greenhouse
- Staff discounts at Farmlands Retail Stores
- Exclusive Farmlands shareholding offer providing access to a vast array of discounts with our Card Partners
- Additional support for parents - 10 weeks of fully paid parental leave for primary carers and 2 weeks' paid partner's leave
- Flexible working your way
- Free parking at our Support Office
- Close to a range of eateries and gyms - with great coffee just down the road
- Pet-friendly office - bring your (well-behaved) furry friend to work
Te Tono | How to apply
Apply online with your CV and cover letter and we'll do the rest. We'd love to hear from you and know you'll most definitely grow your career - and us - at Farmlands.
Applicants must have the legal right to work in New Zealand.
Mō matou | About us
Be part of a great New Zealand story! Te Whenua Tāroa - Farmlands was born from people joining together to do things differently. Fast forward from our humble beginnings in 1962 and we're New Zealand's largest farming co-operative with an annual turnover of more than $2.3 billion, with over 1200 staff in over 80 locations from Cape Reinga to Bluff!
In addition to our strong core retail business, we also have a well-established shareholder card network (with over 75,000 shareholders and over 7,000 card partner locations), with operations dealing with feed production, nutrition, ecommerce, fuel, distribution, agronomy, and a wide variety of other areas.
- Team
- Supply Chain
- Role
- Manufacturing
- Locations
- Christchurch Support Office
- Employment type
- Full-time
- Job Type
- Permanent - full-time
- Position Description
- https://JobDesc.azureedge.net/ttjds/PD Quality Assurance Manager May 2024.pdf
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Quality Assurance Manager
Ensure Farmlands Manufacturing meets customer expectations of quality through the effective design, implementation and management of quality management and continuous improvement processes.
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