Quality Manager

Lead quality performance within a fast-growing nutraceutical and natural ingredients manufacturing business.

• Site quality leadership role with real operational influence
• Blend of quality systems, GMP, food safety, and release responsibility
• Join a business scaling production and international growth

The Opportunity

This is an opportunity to step into a hands-on Quality Manager role within a growing New Zealand manufacturer operating in the nutraceutical and functional ingredients sector.

The business develops science-backed natural ingredients supplied into global food, beverage, and health markets. With increasing production capability and commercial growth, quality performance is becoming even more critical to operational success.

This role sits at the centre of manufacturing operations. You’ll lead day-to-day quality execution onsite, partnering closely with Production and Leadership to ensure products are manufactured, controlled, and released to the highest standards.

The Role

The Quality Manager will take ownership of site-level quality control and assurance, GMP performance, HACCP controls, product release activities, investigations, and audit readiness.

You’ll work across manufacturing, engineering, logistics, and leadership teams to ensure quality systems remain practical, scalable, and consistently applied as the business continues to grow.

Key responsibilities include:

• Provide visible quality leadership across the manufacturing site
• Set daily priorities for QA/QC activity, product release, site checks and investigations
• Review batch records, test results, quality documentation and release information
• Approve, hold or reject product based on specifications, food safety controls and compliance requirements
• Maintain and improve site SOPs, GMP records, quality forms, release checklists and training records
• Lead investigations into deviations, non-conformances, complaints and process failures
• Own site-level CAPA relating to production, hygiene, batch records, training and release processes
• Monitor GMP, sanitation, hygiene, HACCP controls and operational quality standards
• Lead site internal audits and prepare evidence for customer, regulatory and certification audits
• Train and coach site staff in GMP, hygiene, batch records, HACCP awareness and deviation reporting

What You’ll Bring

• Proven experience in quality assurance within food, dairy, nutraceutical, ingredient, supplement, or regulated manufacturing environments
• Strong working knowledge of GMP, HACCP, food safety systems, and quality management frameworks
• Experience making practical quality decisions in fast-paced manufacturing operations
• Confidence leading investigations, CAPA processes, and batch release activities
• Strong communication and stakeholder management capability across operational teams
• A practical, solutions-focused approach with the ability to balance operational realities and compliance requirements

Experience with export manufacturing environments and recognised standards such as FSSC 22000, SQF, or BRCGS will be highly regarded.

Why Apply?

• Join a growing New Zealand business operating in a high-value global market
• Take ownership of quality performance within a commercially important manufacturing environment
• Work closely with senior leadership and influence operational direction
• Broad role scope across quality systems, food safety, production support, and continuous improvement
• Opportunity to help shape scalable systems as the business continues to grow

Who is Lawson Williams?

At Lawson Williams, we have supported New Zealand's manufacturing, supply, engineering and wider technical businesses for over 30 years.

We work alongside some of the country's most respected companies to connect them with leaders, technical specialists, and operational professionals who drive performance across operations, manufacturing, supply chain, engineering, quality, and technical sales functions.

For the professionals we work with, a career move through Lawson Williams means joining businesses where you can make a real impact, contribute to business improvement, and continue to grow your career over the long term.

We do not shout about what we do, but the relationships we build and the trust we earn speak for themselves.

We look forward to working with you when the time is right.