Porirua Quality Lead

Sealed Air; Porirua; On-site; NZD 120,000 - 155,000; Full time

Job summary

Sealed Air Porirua site seeks a Quality Leader to coordinate Quality activities, drive process improvement, and ensure compliance with regulatory and FSSC requirements. The role focuses on leading a team, coaching staff, and maintaining the Quality management system to safeguard product quality and customer satisfaction.

You will build strong relationships with Leadership, support performance management, and lead monthly Quality reviews while collaborating across SEE to deliver high-quality

Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience in a similar role, in Packaging/Chemical industry, with a clear and high knowledge of Quality processes.
• At least 3 years’ experience in Operational or Quality Management in a similar sized organisation.
• Experience coordinating and leading Quality activities and continuous improvement.
• Green Belt Six Sigma certification, or equivalent.
• Able to report on regional and global level.
• Frontline Management qualification to support.
• Business acuity and customer focus.
• Planning and project management abilities.
• Problem solving and root-cause analysis.
• Developing direct report and coaching capability.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic leadership in Quality improvement methodologies.
• Ensure new products and product extensions are introduced in a systematic way and meet all Quality requirements.
• Coach and role model the behaviours required to achieve excellent Quality performance.
• Build effective cross-functional relationships with Leadership Team.
• Maintain monthly Quality meetings locally and regionally.
• Develop and performance manage staff within your team.
• Provide guidance and support for performance management.
• Act with urgency to protect the customer and expedite return to steady state.
• Drive performance improvement by facilitating regular measured reviews around Quality with manufacturing departments.
• Design, implement and maintain a Quality management system in accordance with corporate, regulatory and FSSC requirements.
• Support process improvement projects utilizing industry best practice methods to solve problems and improve Quality performance.
• Lean and/or participate in investment projects related to Quality process improvement.
• Liaise with other functions across SEE to ensure the voice of the customer is heard and the organization drives towards total customer satisfaction.
• Facilitate and support Customer complaint investigations and issues in a timely and professional fashion.
• Benchmark & discuss with other SEE sites to collect best practice ideas.
• In line with business objectives, perform other duties as assigned.

Skills

Quality leadership

Coaching

Cross-functional collaboration

Quality meetings

People management

Performance management

Lean

Customer focus

Complaint handling

Benchmarking

Quality processes

Education

Green Belt Six Sigma certification

Job description

Sealed Air designs and delivers packaging solutions that protect essential goods transported worldwide, preserve food, enable e-commerce and digital connectivity, and help create a global supply chain that is touchless, safer, less wasteful, and more resilient. We strive to foster a caring, high-performance growth culture that will deliver consistent, sustainable profitable growth and accelerate our performance – a culture where accountability is clear and aligned, and where we reward business outcomes and impact. That culture guides everything we do, including how we partner with our customers and suppliers, how we attract and retain top talent, and how we create and deliver value to our stakeholders. In 2025, Sealed Air generated $5.4 billion in sales and has approximately 16,100 employees who serve customers in 119 countries/territories. To learn more, visit www.sealedair.com .

Position Purpose

The Quality Leader leads and coordinates the activities of Quality in all aspects across the Porirua site, including compliance, training and facilitation. Will also support any Process Improvement activity across the site

Scope: The role will be primarily based in our Porirua, Wellington site. There could be occassional support to other Sealed Air site.

What You'll Do

• As a member of the site leadership team, provide strategic leadership in Quality improvement methodologies.
• Ensure new products and product extensions are introduced in a systematic way and ensure all Quality requirements are achieved.
• Coach and be a role model of the behaviours required to achieve excellent Quality performance both within our plant and for our customers.
• Build effective cross-functional relationships with members of the Leadership Team to remain aware of any issues affecting Quality.
• Maintain monthly Quality meetings and lead the activities around these meetings locally and regionally.
• Develop and performance manage staff within your team.
• Provide guidance and support for performance management to ensure staff meet the Quality behaviours and expectations on site.
• Act with urgency to protect the customer and expedite return to steady state.
• Drive performance improvement by facilitating regular measured reviews around Quality with manufacturing departments.
• Design, implement and maintain an effective Quality management system in accordance with corporate, regulatory and FSSC certification requirements.
• Support process improvement projects utilizing industry best practice methods to solve problems and improve overall Quality performance.
• Lean and/or participate to investment projects related to Quality process improvement.
• Liaise with other functions across SEE to ensure the voice of the customer is heard and the organization drives towards total customer satisfaction.
• Facilitate and support Customer complaint investigations and issues in a timely and professional fashion. Ensure that corrective and preventative actions are taken by the appropriate functions.
• Benchmark & discuss with other SEE sites to collect best practice ideas.
• In line with business objectives, perform other duties as assigned

Key Performance Indicators for Success

• Flawless Quality metrics in line with global expectations,

Quality non-conformances closed out in line with internal, regional or regulatory expectations

Person Profile We're Looking For

• Demonstrated experience in a similar role, in Packaging/Chemical industry, with a clear and high knowledge of Quality processes.
• Possess at least 3 years’ experience in Operational or Quality Management in a similar sized organisation.
• Experience in coordinating and leading Quality activities and leading continuous improvement in Quality.
• Green Belt Six Sigma certification, or equivalent methodology
• Able to report on regional and global level.
• Comfort in managing people, Frontline Management qualification to support.
• Business Acumen: Appreciates the importance of Quality to the business and to our customer base.
• Customer Focus: Is dedicated to meeting the expectations and requirements of internal and external customers; gets first-hand customer information and uses it for improvements in Quality; acts with customers in mind.
• Planning/Projects: Accurately scopes out length and difficulty of tasks and projects; sets objectives and goals; breaks down work into the process steps; develops schedules and task/people assignments; anticipates and adjusts for problems and roadblocks; measures performance against goals; evaluates results.
• Problem Solving: Is able to get the root cause of issues and lead effective corrective and preventative action activities.
• Developing direct report: Is able to direct and develop a diverse group of employees with varying maturity and education levels.

Able to write, implement, and maintain policies and procedures

Why Work at Sealed Air?

We have a very diverse and inclusive culture.

We invest in developing our people. You can hone your expertise and further develop your career with a global leader in packaging solutions.

You will work with talented and creative professionals working in a collaborative environment that celebrates insatiable curiosity and diverse ideas.

If you are looking for a new challenge in a company deemed as essential service, then we want to hear from you!

*Applicants must have permanent work rights for New Zealand. A detailed job description is available.

Relocation:No

Sealed Air is committed to attracting, selecting, and developing talent that reflects the diversity of the communities and customers we serve. We take pride in our selection process to identify, infuse, and grow talent to align with our culture, values, and norms. Sealed Air prioritizes talent development, fostering a culture of continuous growth and career progression. The company is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all applicants for employment and to all employees, without regard to race, color, religion, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, protected disability, veteran status, or any other protected status in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws.

It is our responsibility to leverage what we have to affect positive and meaningful change for our communities and planet using Sealed Air’s global resources and expertise.

Corporate sustainability -it’s about improving the lives of people around the world by addressing pressing needs in the communities where we and our customers operate.

Customer Success -meeting our customers' needs. At Sealed Air it’s more than a goal, it’s an integral part of our business practices, our innovative solutions, and our values.

Leaving our communities better than we found them through dedication of time, talent and resources.