Quality Improvement Manager

at  Danone

About the job
Are you ready to make a difference? Join our vibrant Quality team in Balclutha and be part of something truly amazing! We have an exciting new opportunity for a Quality Improvement Manager to join our talented and dynamic Quality and Food Safety team. In this role, you’ll play a key part in delivering Danone’s Quality and Food Safety goals, focusing on identifying improvement opportunities and championing consumer-centric thinking.
Reporting to the Quality Food Safety Manager you will ensure a high level of awareness & understanding of all relevant Health & Safety policies and procedures, assure adherence to current Food Safety & Quality regulatory / certification requirements, and ensure a complete & current overview of process/new ingredients validation management for the site. You will focus on improvement with zero defect processes, scrap reduction, and improved Quality & Food Safety of the product.

You will:

• Contribute to the achievement of a zero-harm workplace through active participation in and support of the company’s WISE Health & Safety program
• Drive process and equipment validations as per regulatory and company standards requirements
• Drive continuous improvement for the clean in place programme for the production facility
• Lead food safety/quality improvements and/or certification-focused projects
• Drive standardization by implementing a systematic approach to enhance business practices and performance through analysis and capability studies, identifying key improvement opportunities.
• Create/review validation protocols, carry out risk assessments, and assist in food safety reviews/audits
• Track quality root cause analysis open actions and ensure the effectiveness with proper close out to prevent reoccurrence
• Support site-wide efforts to conformity with relevant Food Safety & Quality standards
• Work collaboratively and provide technical support to QFS and other teams

About you
You are an energetic, proactive, confident, and process-oriented Quality professional. Your proven quality improvement experience in a manufacturing environment, stakeholder engagement, collaborative working style, and excellent verbal and written communications, will be advantageous in this role. You enjoy taking ownership & responsibility and know how to act with speed, agility & pragmatism.

To be successful you will also have:

• A tertiary qualification in Engineering/Chemistry/Microbiology/Food Science or similar
• Proven QA and Validation experience in Infant Formula/Dairy/Food or other FMCG manufacturing
• Good Understanding of HACCP, ISO 22000 standards, GHP & GMP, GB standards MPI & FSANZ compliance requirements is desired
• Experience in data analysis, and problem-solving methodologies is preferred
• Prior experience in auditing will be preferred but not necessary
• Lean manufacturing techniques and Six Sigma experience are desired but not necessary

About us
You are an energetic, proactive, confident, and process-oriented Quality professional. Your proven quality improvement experience in a manufacturing environment, stakeholder engagement, collaborative working style, and excellent verbal and written communications, will be advantageous in this role. You enjoy taking ownership & responsibility and know how to act with speed, agility & pragmatism.

To be successful you will also have:

• A tertiary qualification in Engineering/Chemistry/Microbiology/Food Science or similar
• Proven QA and Validation experience in Infant Formula/Dairy/Food or other FMCG manufacturing
• Good Understanding of HACCP, ISO 22000 standards, GHP & GMP, GB standards MPI & FSANZ compliance requirements is desired
• Experience in data analysis, and problem-solving methodologies is preferred
• Prior experience in auditing will be preferred but not necessary
• Lean manufacturing techniques and Six Sigma experience are desired but not necessary

ABOUT US

Danone’s mission is to bring health through food to as many people as possible and we want to invite people to join the movement for a healthier world. We recognize the power people have to impact the world through their daily choices. Each time we eat and drink, we vote for the world we want to live in. We believe a healthy body needs healthy food. And healthy food needs a healthy planet, and this is what our new signature One Planet One Health embodies.
Danone Nutricia Specialised Nutrition produces specialty foods for infants and young children, and our mission “We make every day count for you and your baby” gives meaning to everything we do. We operate out of 3 sites in New Zealand in Auckland and Balclutha, where our teams undertake the manufacturing, distribution, and development of our infant milk and toddler supplements with market-leading brands.

Please refer the Job description for details