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Ryan Brunner has over ten years of experience recruiting, interviewing, and hiring candidates in the healthcare, public service, and private manufacturing/distribution industries.
As one of the top dairy co-operatives, a focus on quality is essential to producing consistent and safe products each and every day. How quality is approached and achieved in every role at Fonterra can be different and your interviewer poses this question to hear that you understand the role you will play in ensuring that all food safety and quality standards are met.

Ryan Brunner has over ten years of experience recruiting, interviewing, and hiring candidates in the healthcare, public service, and private manufacturing/distribution industries.
"As your next utility engineer at Fonterra, I'll be working with refrigeration plants, water treatment, and coal-fired energy. All of these are vital to putting out quality products here and detailed work will always be my priority. For me in this role, quality will be provided when urgent issues are attended to immediately so there is no downtime in production or excess waste. It will also involve a strict focus during the long day and night shifts, with no distractions."

Ryan Brunner has over ten years of experience recruiting, interviewing, and hiring candidates in the healthcare, public service, and private manufacturing/distribution industries.
"As an IT systems manager with Fonterra Limited, I will embrace quality in my work by closely monitoring performance issues in real-time and acting quickly when necessary. I will always be resourceful in my ability to identify root causes and work closely with vendors on resolutions. At times, this may mean extra hours on a given day or working on the weekend. I want you to know that I would come prepared for all of these scenarios."

Ryan Brunner has over ten years of experience recruiting, interviewing, and hiring candidates in the healthcare, public service, and private manufacturing/distribution industries.
Fonterra has a firm commitment to quality, and this commitment drives its global success. Prior to your interview with them, be sure to review the food safety and quality page of their company website and then put some thought into how you will be able to help achieve top quality each and every day on the job there. Reiterate to your interviewer that maintaining consistent standards in your work will always be a top priority for you.

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Working in the food industry before has given me a clear, high standard of what should naturally be. My contribution towards Fonterra Limited quality control standards will simply be to fully understand the GMP's, always besting myself to exceed in all procedures, and be open-minded to feedback.

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Great! Your answer reminds the interviewer that you have previous experience in the industry, and you sound motivated to understand the Good Manufacturing Practices and exceed all compliance standards in the interest of achieving the highest quality standards possible.
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