Quality Lead

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 for our stakeholders.
In 2024, Sealed Air generated $5.4 billion in revenue and had approximately 16,400 employees distributing products and services to 117 countries/territories around the world.
To learn more, visit www.sealedair.com.
The Role As our Quality Lead, you’ll take ownership of the Quality and Food Safety Management System, ensuring compliance with FSSC 22000, ISO 9001, HACCP, and customer requirements.
You’ll coach and develop teams, lead audits, resolve customer complaints, and partner with cross-functional teams to embed a zero-defect, customer-first culture.
You’ll also play a key role in continuous improvement initiatives, supporting new product introductions, reducing scrap and blocked stock, and collaborating with our APAC/global quality teams.
Key Responsibilities Provide site leadership for quality and food safety compliance.
Lead customer complaint investigations and ensure timely CAPA closure.
Prepare and lead internal, customer, regulatory, and certification audits.
Maintain and improve the Integrated Management System (ETQ).
Support New Product Introduction (NPI) projects.
Develop and deliver quality and food safety training.
Lead quality meetings and report key metrics to local and global stakeholders.
Collaborate with SEE global quality teams to share best practices.
About You We’re looking for a proactive quality professional who thrives in a manufacturing environment and enjoys working across teams and regions.
You will bring: Preferred: a tertiary qualification in Engineering, Science, or Quality Management.5+ years’ experience in Quality or Operations leadership (packaging, food, FMCG, or chemical manufacturing).
Proven experience with ISO 9001, ISO 22000, FSSC 22000, HACCP.
Internal/Lead Auditor certification.
Strong leadership skills – able to coach, develop, and engage diverse teams.
Experience in root cause analysis, CAPA, risk analysis, and supplier/customer quality management.
Excellent communication skills with regional/global reporting exposure.
What\'s in it for you?Join a global leader in packaging solutions with strong sustainability goals.
Be part of a site leadership team with the opportunity to influence outcomes.
Exposure to multi-site, regional, and global quality networks.
Competitive salary, benefits, and career development opportunities.
Location: Porirua, Wellington (with occasional support to Auckland site)Department: Supply Chain Apply now to lead quality excellence at Sealed Air and help us deliver on our promise of protecting food, people, and the planet.
Please note: You must have the permanent New Zealand work rights to be considered for this role.
A detailed job description is available.
Requisition id:52887 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.
Please be cautious of fraudulent recruiting efforts using the Sealed Air name or logo.
Sealed Air will never request private information during the application process, such as a Driver\'s License or Social Security Number.
If you have any concerns about information received from SEE during the application process, please reach out to us directly at globalta@sealedair.com.
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.
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