Waitemata Quality & Training Manager

Location: Auckland
Function: Supply Chain
Sub-Function: Supply Chain - Production
Type of Contract: Permanent

Waitemata Quality & Training Manager
•    Southern Cross Regular Care, Life Insurance and other benefits including Monthly Product Allowances
•    Opportunities for Career growth internally and globally within our Heineken Network. 
•    50% off at one of NZ’s largest hospitality groups with footprint from Auckland through to Wellington.  

About us…
When you join DB, you join the global HEINEKEN whanau. From New Zealand to the Netherlands, we have the resources and culture to help you create something special. Our culture is welcoming and inclusive, we value ideas and innovation, and we offer opportunities for our people to learn and grow, both personally and professionally either locally or globally. We help make the world a little better… one day, one beer, one cheers at a time!

About this job...
As Waitemata Quality & Training Manager, you will lead a team of 5 laboratory staff and 1 training specialist to provide the best in class quality management services to our Brewery.  This role is essential for developing and championing a quality culture mindset, not only with the quality team, but also with the wider Waitemata Brewery team as well. 

You will deliver the goods by:
•    Leading a team of highly skilled lab technicians – champion and lead the Quality Assurance priorities for DB Breweries. 

•    Ensuring that all product’s meet the requirements for microbiological, analytical, and packaged product specifications. First Time Right

•    Owning the maintenance of the Brewery Quality Management and Food Safety Risk Management systems. You will ensure compliance with the NZ Food Safety standards, along with Heineken Global compliance standards. 
•    Leading the Food Safety internal/external audit to ensure quality management compliance on site.
•    Monitoring and analysing customer complaints relating to quality. 
•    Managing the quality budget – this includes, training, operational and personnel expenses. CAPEX management may also be required
•    Ensuring delivery of key quality metrics – this includes, FTR, write offs, compliance and customer complaints

•    Work closely with the Training Specialist in your team to ensure all relevant documentations including SOP’s, training needs, and ISO220 requirements are current.  Although, not responsible, you have an accountability to drive our site’s skill matrix                       

      and competencies with the support of other departments.

•    Champion the change management process for site to ensure we remain compliant with Heineken and ISO22000 standards.

About you…
•    You will ideally have a Tertiary Education degree in Science, Technology and/or Quality Assurance.

•    5 years practical experience in either, production, manufacturing and/or supply chain.

•    Experience with food safety systems and quality management systems are essential.

•    Experienced people leader with a growth mindset

•    Production Lab Experience

•    Knowledge of GMP and auditing practices 

•    Knowledge of ISO/HACCP/FSSC22000

•    SAP Experience is preferred, however is not essential as we have a robust onboarding and training programme in place

•    Experience with Continuous Improvement methodologies – at DB, we use TPM (preferred)
•    You will have previous experience with setting up, managing and improving skill matrixes.

Sound like the role for you?  We’re a supportive team with a positive culture so if you want to add to that, apply today!  We look forward to meeting you