QA & NPD Manager – Prolife Foods Pty Ltd
Prolife Foods
Posted 17 hours ago
Drive quality, compliance and innovation for trusted household brands.
A unique opportunity to lead technical excellence across QA and NPD
About the role:
We are looking for an experienced and proactive QA & NPD Manager to lead our food safety, quality, and product development functions across our Australian operations. This is a pivotal leadership position, with responsibility for maintaining regulatory compliance, overseeing new product development, and partnering cross-functionally to deliver safe, innovative, and commercially successful products.
Reporting to the Operations Manager you’ll lead both the Quality and NPD teams and play a key role in upholding our brand standards and customer trust across retail and foodservice channels.
Key responsibilities include:
Leading the implementation and maintenance of food safety and quality systems (including HACCP, WQA, SQF)
Ensuring compliance with FSANZ and all relevant Australian food legislation and customer standards
Managing the end-to-end new product development process, from concept to launch
Collaborating closely with Operations, Marketing, Procurement, and Sales to ensure successful product delivery
Leading supplier compliance, product specifications, and technical documentation
Supporting continuous improvement, site audits, product investigations, and incident response
Leading, developing and mentoring the QA and NPD teams
What you’ll bring:
Tertiary qualification in Food Science, Food Technology, or a related discipline
8+ years’ experience in the food manufacturing industry, ideally across both Quality and NPD
Deep understanding of HACCP, WQA, SQF and Australian food regulatory frameworks
Proven leadership experience, with the ability to manage cross-functional projects
Strong written and verbal communication skills
High attention to detail, sound judgement, and a continuous improvement mindset
Why join Prolife Foods?
Prolife Foods is one of Australasia’s leading food companies, delivering premium quality products across snacking, baking, confectionery, and wholefoods categories. We are passionate about food, innovation, and building a great team culture.
Interested?
Applications are now open. To learn more about the role or express your interest, please contact
About Prolife Foods
Prolife Foods was founded in 1984 by Bernie and Kaye Crosby. It started as a "hot nut" vending supplier - focussed on supplying health food shops and independent retailers within the Hamilton areas.
Our Milestones
From there it has grown to become a significant supplier of quality food, in both bulk and grocery formats, to retailers across the length and breadth of New Zealand.
To find out more about our business view our company DVD - The Prolife Story.
Critical to our history is the development of the Alison's Pantry brand in the bulk foods bins within New World and Pak' N Save stores. This brand has had the strong endorsement of New Zealand's favourite chef, Alison Holst, ever since its launch in 1993 and this continues today.
We have also built a strong brand in Nuts, Snacks and Baking with Value Pack, first launched in 1990. Value Pack is built on the proposition of great quality products, with simple packaging that makes a hero of the product - what you see is what you get!
Finally, in 2008, Prolife Foods acquired the Mother Earth brand from Cadbury. Mother Earth has a long history in both New Zealand and Australia and is well known to consumers for providing naturally delicious and healthy food. Quickly, Mother Earth has become an important part of the Prolife business.
Source: This is an extract from the company’s own website.
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