AsureQuality

Key Account Manager - Dairy & Food Sector - 7 month Fixed-Term Contract

AsureQuality  •  Auckland, NZ (Onsite)  •  4 hours ago
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Job Description

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.

Qualifications

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

Additional Information

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!

AsureQuality

About AsureQuality

As Kaitiaki Kai, guardians of food, we work with care and passion to support Aotearoa’s primary industry and food producers. Working closely with our partners, at every point of their supply chains, sharing the knowledge and insights gained from over 100 years’ experience.

Everyday our experienced team of over 1700 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.

Owned by the New Zealand Government, our name helps inspire confidence. We deliver independence of the highest integrity. Helping Aotearoa uphold a higher standard in food as our partners proudly take their products to the world. We are proud to work with them to help build and protect this enduring trust in food.

We have a deep responsibility to do the right thing for food and the environments it comes from. Collaborating, sharing knowledge, resources and skills so that everyone benefits – not just in the immediate future, but for generations to come.

We offer workplace flexibility, employment benefits and are committed to attracting, developing and retaining great people, and supporting them to be the best they can be. We know diverse teams are stronger teams and we believe in fairness and opportunity for all.

If helping Aotearoa shape a better food world inspires and motivates you - join us today!

Industry
Food & Beverage
Company Size
1,001-5,000 employees
Headquarters
Auckland, NZ
Year Founded
2007
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