Jobs at AsureQuality (Now Hiring) — 10 open

Everyday our experienced team of 1,700+ people work alongside farmers, producers, and others throughout the food supply chain to help them uphold what Aotearoa stands for in food - a higher standard of quality and safety.

We are passionate about our shared role as Kaitiaki Kai, guardians of food, and have a deep responsibility to do the right thing for food and the environments it comes from.

We have an exciting Key Account Manager opportunity available for a person to step into a 6-7 month long secondment or fixed term contract at AsureQuality. The purpose of this contract role is to cover for parental leave from July/August 2026 until mid February 2027. This will involve working with customers across New Zealand’s dairy and food sectors.

Step into an established portfolio, this is a strategic, relationship-focused role where you’ll drive growth through solution selling, build trusted partnerships, and identify new opportunities to deliver value through AsureQuality’s services and solutions.

Key Responsibilities:

• Manage and grow strategic customer relationships across the dairy and food sectors
• Drive revenue growth and achieve sales and profitability targets
• Lead customer planning, contract negotiations, renewals, and tender processes
• Identify and develop new customer partnerships and emerging opportunities
• Collaborate across teams to deliver exceptional customer outcomes
• Maintain strong market awareness across industry trends and regulatory developments

This is a 7 month position to cover for parental leave based in either Auckland (Mt Wellington) or Christchurch, with regular domestic travel required.

We’re looking for a commercially savvy relationship builder with a hunter mindset who enjoys working in a fast-paced, customer-focused environment.

To be successful in this role, you will ideally bring:

• 5+ years’ experience in account management, technical sales, or customer relationship management within a B2B environment
• Strong industry knowledge within the dairy, food, ingredients, agribusiness, testing, or certification sectors
• A technical or science-based qualification
• Proven success building, growing, and managing customer portfolios
• Strong communication, negotiation, and stakeholder management skills
• A proactive, resilient, and solutions-focused approach

At AsureQuality, you’ll join a team united by a shared purpose - helping shape a better food world for future generations.

In return, we offer:

• Competitive salary and incentive scheme
• Company vehicle, laptop, and mobile phone
• Flexible base location – Auckland or Christchurch
• Supportive leadership committed to your development and success
• Wellbeing initiatives and employee benefits
• Opportunity to work with some of New Zealand’s leading dairy and food sector customers

Ready to make your mark as a trusted partner, solution seller, and champion for New Zealand’s food industry?

Apply now - we’ll be reviewing applications as they come in.
 

Helping Aotearoa shape a better food world - Join us today!