This is Permanent Position, working Monday – Friday, 8:30am - 5:00pm, 40 hours per week.

Are you looking for a new challenge in the Quality and Food Safety Space? Would you enjoy a technical role in the early life nutrition industry? We have a fantastic opportunity for a Quality Release Coordinator to be part of our talented and dynamic QFS team based in Auckland.

As a key member of a team, you will be responsible to Contribute to the company’s goals through promoting Quality & Food Safety within Danone.

We are seeking a dynamic, proactive, and energetic professional within our talented Quality team. As a Quality Release Coordinator, you will join our Release team – part of the wider Quality and Food Safety team, located at our production plant in Airport Oaks. This is a permanent full-time opportunity, working Monday-Friday with the flexibility to work on Saturday & public holidays, with the main purpose of ensuring effective and efficient product releases from our site.

You will:

• Check compliance and assess for release of all raw and packaging materials AND finished products in a timely manner
• Involve in a sampling of raw materials prior to release into production as required
• Ensure traceability through Edec compliance of our products to MPI requirements
• Ensure data management of results for raw materials
• Utilize the knowledge in all systems to support the traceability requirements
• Initiate, review, and update SOP’s relevant to Material and Product Releasing
• Assist in external and internal auditing processes as required
• Ensure good coordination with in-house laboratory, planning, production, logistics, and export team for material and product releasing and Edec management

You could be an experienced professional or a fresh science graduate with a tertiary qualification in Food Science or Microbiology/Chemistry. You thrive in a detail-oriented working environment, are not easily put off by routine tasks, and have unparalleled dedication and commitment to your work. The nature of this role is desktop-oriented and repetitive within a pressured environment. In return, you will enjoy plenty of opportunities to showcase your strong conviction to fulfill responsibilities, deal with an array of different situations and step out of your comfort zone!

As a coordinator, you will work collaboratively with diverse stakeholder groups and enhance your interpersonal and communication skills along the way.

To be successful you will have:

• Prior experience in the Quality function in a manufacturing / FMCG environment is preferred
• Understanding of GMP and HACCP is desired
• Intermediate Excel skills will be highly advantageous in this role
• Agile mindset with an ability to meet deadlines and complete tasks in a timely manner
• Strong attention to detail, communication, and organisational skills
• A keen positive and proactive work attitude, open mindset, genuine and eager to learn new things

Strong Team Spirit, ready to collaborate and contribute to shared goals.

Do things your way. The way you work, the way you develop, the way you progress, it’s all up to you. Working here you’ll need to enjoy a fast-pace, complexity and it can get a little challenging. But it’s packed with opportunities. You’ll work with some of the best-known brands in the world, such as YoPro, Activia, Aptamil and Karicare, and we absolutely guarantee that you can just be yourself.

Always looking to bring the outside in to continuously improve our ways of working as well as our Danoner’s day to day experience, we have been awarded Winner of the 2020 Employer of Choice awards through the NZ HRD Awards and we are proud of our Certification as a Great Place to Work company 2025.

Be innovative and entrepreneurial and the impact you could make might just amaze you. Join our movement for a healthier world. One Planet One Health BY YOU. Danone is an equal opportunities employer. We encourage all qualified applicants to apply!

WE OFFER 

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.

Our Benefits - Nga Painga

• Medical insurance paid for by the company for you and discounts for your whānau
• Free life insurance
• Flu vaccination, free annual medical checks, and free onsite car parking,
• Discount in our products and at a range of retailers.
• Gym and cafe discounts.
• Annual Bonus Scheme
• Fresh fruit every day.
• 4% Kiwisaver contribution and so much more!
• 26 weeks of gender-neutral paid parental leave
• Employee Share Subscription Plan after 12 months of service
• Performance-related incentives and annual reviews

We believe everyone has talent, something which comes natural to you. Your uniqueness is something which brings both excellence as well as energizes you.

Proving yourself in this role could lead to future opportunities within Danone both locally and abroad. We support our employees to take ownership of developing their career within Danone and encourage moves across (as well as within) our varying functions and businesses. We are passionate about developing and growing our team of leaders, and that could soon include you!

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 headquarters are in France, we have offices in 55 countries across the globe, and our products are sold in over 120 markets.

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 2022, 2023, 2024 & 2025 – a globally recognised program where we feature as one of Australia’s top places to work.

Visit our website WE ARE DANONE to find out more about us.

How to Apply

If this opportunity resonates with you and you’re eager to shape and define this role, then go ahead and seize the moment. Click on the APPLY button and share your resume with us before 29 August 2025.

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 to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, and disability at our company.

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