Quality Assurance Manager

We have an exciting opportunity for a Quality & Assurance Manager to join Apata, based at our Mends Lane site in Te Puke.

In this key leadership role, you'll work closely with our Group Quality & Compliance Manager to ensure we continue delivering safe, high-quality fruit while meeting industry, regulatory, and customer standards. You'll lead a dedicated quality team, drive continuous improvement initiatives, oversee audits and compliance requirements, and help ensure we achieve the best outcomes for our growers and customers

About Us
Trusted by kiwifruit and avocado growers since the 1980s, at Apata, we continue to live and breathe our purpose: to deliver value for all. Our key pillars — performance, leadership, transparency, and relationships — guide how we work and grow.

Our success is built on strong leadership, industry knowledge, and investing in great people and equipment. 🥝🥑

At the heart of our operations are our harvest and processing facilities in Te Puke and Katikati, supporting our growers and the wider business.

As our newest team member, you’ll be joining a well-established company where wellbeing matters and high performance is recognised. Some of the benefits our team enjoy including:

• Private health insurance
• Ongoing training and development
• Paid volunteering leave
• Clothing allowance
• Wellbeing incentives

About the role

This is more than a quality role. It's an opportunity to lead the systems, processes, and people that help deliver exceptional results for our growers and customers.

As our Quality Assurance Manager, you'll oversee quality, food safety, and compliance across our operations, ensuring we consistently meet industry, regulatory, and customer requirements. Working alongside operational leaders and our Group Quality & Compliance Manager, you'll lead a high-performing Quality team, support continuous improvement initiatives, and drive a culture where quality is everyone's responsibility.

You'll play a key role in maintaining certification standards, leading audits, investigating quality issues, and identifying opportunities to improve efficiency, consistency, and performance across the business.

This role would suit someone who combines strong technical expertise with great people leadership and a passion for continuous improvement.

If you are an experienced quality professional who thrives on driving high standards, leading teams, and continuously improving systems and processes. You'll bring strong food safety and compliance knowledge, excellent attention to detail, and the ability to build effective relationships across all levels of the business.

With a hands-on approach and a passion for excellence, you'll be committed to ensuring quality remains at the heart of everything we do.

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Apata are committed to wellbeing, diversity, and equity. We believe in the strength of diversity and embrace different people, ideas, talents, and experiences. If you need support during the recruitment process, please let us know so we can support you.