Are you ready to take your career to the next level? We are excited to offer an exceptional opportunity for a passionate and skilled Quality Assurance Manager to join our high-performing Quality and Food Safety team located in Auckland. In this pivotal role, you will play a key part in ensuring our products consistently meet regulatory, corporate, and customer requirements, particularly within a highly controlled infant nutrition environment.

You will lead and develop a team of Quality Assurance Coordinators, drive strong food safety & quality culture on the floor, and ensure robust application of HACCP, PRPs, GMP and quality systems across manufacturing lines in can filling and can forming, and warehousing operations.

You will be driving Danone's Quality and Food Safety vision, ensuring our standards remain uncompromising and our culture stays robust. We are looking for someone who thrives on fostering a cohesive, consumer-focused mindset, elevates Quality excellence, and is committed to making a meaningful impact in a dynamic environment.

You will:

• Lead, coach, and inspire a skilled QA team to drive day‑to‑day quality and food safety operations, ensuring compliance with PRPs, HACCP and ISO 22000 requirements
• Build an engaged, capable team with strong accountability, leadership, and problem‑solving skills
• Lead by example, modelling quality, food safety, safety and continuous improvement expectations at all times.
• Support the site HACCP programme, including change control, and risk assessments
• Ensure all products manufactured on site meet regulatory, technical and customer standards
• Lead and coach the QA and operational teams to drive identification, investigation and closure of non‑conformances, including RCA and corrective/preventive actions
• Lead internal GMP/GHP audits and support external audits (e.g. RMP, FSSC 22000, China SAMR, Halal, Organic)
• Manage key quality programmes including environmental monitoring, pest control, calibration and rework
• Develop, review and maintain standard operating procedures and quality documentation
• Act as a key quality partner to Production, Maintenance, and Warehouse teams, promoting a strong quality mindset and continuous improvement culture across the site.
• Help create a safe workplace by supporting the WISE Health & Safety programme

Are you a passionate, energetic, and proactive Quality professional looking for your next challenge? We are seeking someone with a strong technical foundation, who thrives in a fast-paced manufacturing environment, demonstrates critical thinking and confidence in decision making, a strong process orientation, and a commitment to excellence. Your proven expertise in quality assurance, stakeholder engagement, and collaborative working will set you apart. We seek a talented individual who excels at developing and motivating teams, building an inclusive and positive culture, and communicating clearly both verbally and in writing. If you take ownership, embrace responsibility, and act with speed, agility, and pragmatism, then you are the kind of professional we are looking for. Join us and make a meaningful impact every day!

To be successful, you will also have:

• A tertiary qualification in Food Science/ Chemistry / Microbiology or similar
• Proven QA experience in Infant Formula/Dairy/Food or other FMCG manufacturing
• Good Understanding of HACCP, ISO 22000 standards, GHP & GMP requirements is desired
• Strong analytical skills and confidence challenging the status quo to improve outcomes
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to coach, train, and influence others
• Proven team management and critical thinking experience 
• Excellent organization skills with an ability to work with shifting priorities 
• High personal integrity and a clear commitment to doing the right thing
• Advanced computer skills, SAP experience would be an advantage

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, and Specialised Nutrition. Our headquarters are 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 owners 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 for the last 5 years in a row – 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.

WE OFFER -

• A high-performing, collaborative team culture
• Diverse and inclusive work environment
• Personalised learning opportunities to set you up for success

• Competitive Total Reward package including

• • 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
  • 26 weeks of gender-neutral paid parental leave
  • Employee Share Subscription Plan after 12 months of service
  • Performance-related incentives and annual reviews
  • Discount on our products
  • Gym and cafe discounts.
  • Annual Bonus Scheme, Fresh fruit every day.
  • 4% Kiwisaver contribution and so much more!

WHAT’S NEXT?

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 23rd April 2026.

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, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or disability at our company.