Quality Assurance Manager

• 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.