Silver Fern Farms is New Zealand's leading marketer, processor and exporter of premium quality lamb, beef, venison and associated products. We are a regionally significant business: with annual revenue, in excess of $2bn, 7,000 employees, 5 offshore offices, 14 processing sites in New Zealand and exporting to over 60 countries.
'To become the world's most successful and sustainable grass-fed red meat company' is our vision as a food company. We are committed to excellence with a level of skill, expertise and care that allows us to bring the very best of New Zealand to the world.
We are investing in new roles across our network of plants. We seek professional Risk Managers with demonstrated success, to lead the implementation and culture of best practice risk management across our various compliance related activities, including Food Safety & Quality, Health & Safety and environmental frameworks. This is a key leadership role at site, you will be responsible for implementation of companywide policies and for developing company risk management culture across the plant.
This is a great time to join Silver Fern Farms as you will be joining a network of Risk Managers spanning the country at our various sites. We are investing in these new roles which will be key members of the leadership team at the following sites:
Dargaville - Kaipara region
Hawera - Taranaki region
Te Aroha - Waikato region
Takapau - Hawkes Bay
Finegand - Balclutha
You:
We are looking for someone with strong experience in Risk Management from a Food Safety and quality and/or Health and Safety Management. Experience in a manufacturing or food processing industry would be an advantage. You will be a hands-on person who is keen to put on a pair of gumboots to get amongst the leaders and processing staff to connect with our people and ensure initiatives are successfully imbedded. You will likely have proven experience in continuous improvement and with managing audit requirements. Experience in investigation methodologies would also be advantageous.
You will be a confident leader with strong communication skills and an ability to establish and build on effective working relationships. You'll be able to quickly come to grips with our systems, initiatives, and policies in order to become a champion for them in the organisation. You will have a balanced approach to problem solving and understand, or be keen to quickly build an understanding, of the red meat industry.
To learn more about this role, please click "Apply" to access the full position description.
Applications close 22 July 2020
