Danone Looking for Quality Assurance Specialist at Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand Full Time NEW

Join us at Danone, where your work touches lives and contributes to a healthier world. As a global leader with a unique health-focused portfolio in food and beverages we are driven by a mission to bring health through food to as many as possible. Embedded in our culture is a profound sense of purpose and a commitment to innovation, sustainability, and community. At Danone we believe in the power of our people, and we are dedicated to creating an environment where our core values of humanism, openness, enthusiasm, and proximity lead the way to achieve our goals. We are proud to be a B Corp certified organisation which is reshaping the future of food, one delicious, nutritious product at a time.

About The Job

We are on the lookout for a dynamic Quality Assurance Specialist to join our passionate Quality team in Auckland. You will join QA team of 3 reporting to the Quality Assurance in-Process Manager – part of the wider Quality and Food Safety team, located at our Auckland production facility.

This is a permanent full-time opportunity working Monday – Friday 8.30am – 5pm, contributing to the company’s goals through promoting Quality & Food Safety within Danone. Maintain an effective QA programme based on PRPs and HACCP principles. Develop, implement, and review standard operating procedures (SOPs) to be followed within the manufacturing process to ensure the required quality and food safety of the finished products.

Flexibility to be on-call every 5 weeks is expected in this role. This role might require working shift to support our 24/5 operations from time to time.

You will

• Drive effective Incident Management – carry out investigation & risk assessment on RM / PM / FG with effective RCA & CAPA, in consultation with QA Manager, Plant Manager, QFS Manager
• Manage in-process inspection of processes, procedures, premises, people, and product / materials
• Ensure plant compliance to GMP, HACCP & regulatory standards
• Drive effective environmental pathogen management
• Be accountable for the management of PRP’s.

About you

You are an energetic, proactive, confident, and process-oriented Quality professional. Your proven quality assurance experience in a fast-paced 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.

Ideally you will have

• Proven and demonstrated experience working in a quality assurance role in the food manufacturing industry, preferably in dairy
• Strong working knowledge of GMP/GHP, HACCP, food handling or pathogen training
• Competent level in MS Excel and ability to learn new tools/, exposure to Power BI is highly desirable

The drive and resilience needed to effectively collaborate with operational teams to achieve quality of products on the shopfloor

About Us

We truly value our Danoners and strive to make their experience exceptional by creating a positive and fulfilling environment for everyone. Our unique benefits are designed to enhance the lives and provide genuine value.

• A high-performing, collaborative team culture
• Thank Danone it’s Friday! 3pm finishes every Friday
• Diverse and inclusive work environment
• Personalised learning opportunities to set you up for success
• Competitive Total Reward package including

• • Health, Life and salary continuance insurance
  • 26 weeks gender-neutral paid parental leave
  • Employee Share Subscription Plan after 12 months of service
  • Performance related incentives and annual reviews

More About Us

At Danone, we aim to inspire healthier and more sustainable eating and drinking practices, in line with our Vision – Danone, One Planet. One Health. We operate across four business lines Essential Dairy and Plant-Based Products, Waters, Early Life Nutrition, and Medical Nutrition. Our headquarter is in France, we have offices in 55 countries across the globe and our products are sold in over 120 markets. We have been around for more than a century and are the proud owner of some of the best-known brands worldwide including favorites like YoPro, Activia, Aptamil and Karicare

Danone ANZ focuses on dairy and specialized nutrition products for infants and adults and is proud to be awarded the Great Place to Work accreditation winner for ANZ in 2023 – a globally recognised program where we feature as one of Australia’s top places to work.

Visit our website WE ARE DANONE to know more about us.

How To Apply

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI)

We proudly affirm that we are an Equal Employment Opportunity employer, and our ambition is to foster an INCLUSIVE&DIVERSE workplace where all Danoners can bring their uniqueness to contribute to business results. Our commitment to DEI ensures that all qualified individuals receive fair consideration for employment without regard Our