Food Safety & Quality Manager

About the company

Work for one of New Zealand’s market leaders in food oil refinery. They are setting the standard in excellence for food product manufacturing. The company is all about its people and shows how it values its staff by offering competitive salary and benefits.

About the role

Fostering best practice food safety and quality across all functions of the business is what this role is all about. You will be responsible for undertaking audits both internal and external, reviewing systems and strategies. You will work alongside operational teams to advise on risk and best practices for food safety, investigations for quality issues, and ensuring compliance with relevant food industry regulations.

This is a 12-month fixed term contract. 

Duties

• Management of all food safety and quality systems including creating a proactive food safety strategy and supporting culture.
• Ensure the operations and systems are compliant with their Risk Management Programs (RMP) and that their RMP meets the requirements of relevant regulations.  
• Maintain compliance of their food safety and quality systems to FSSC22000 and other quality management systems including HACCP 
• Manage external and internal regulatory audits including MPI, customer, and religious audits.
• Maintain awareness of religious requirements of products (such as Halal) and ensure appropriate religious certification is maintained.
• Manage continuous improvement processes including internal food safety, quality non-compliance and customer complaints.
• Validation and verification of processes for ensuring quality and food safety requirements are met. This includes metal detectors, CIP processes, pathogen monitoring, and water testing.

Skills & experience

• Minimum of 3 years in a similar role 
• Tertiary qualifications would be advantageous
• Proven experience and knowledge of RMP, HACCP, FSSC22000 
• Experience with internal and external audits.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Experience with infant formula and related standards ideally
• Certifications in Advanced HACCP, lead auditing, halal.

How to apply

Apply now by Clicking APPLY or contact Ewa on 021 884 017 for a confidential discussion.