Our Co-operative
Fonterra’s strength is in the collective | Te Mātāpuna toa takitini
We are a Co-operative created and owned by Aotearoa New Zealand dairy farmers. Since our beginnings, collaboration, innovation, and passion have enabled us to share the goodness of our dairy with the world. We're committed to caring for the land, our animals, and every drop of milk, producing nutritious food with safe, quality ingredients loved here in New Zealand and around the world.
As part of the Fonterra Co-op, you'll be solving for a better future alongside a team connected by solid values as we strive to be a leader in dairy sustainability, dairy innovation and science, with a focus on New Zealand milk.
When you join Fonterra, you'll open yourself to a career of opportunities where you can grow with us by developing your skills, sharing your knowledge, and exploring diverse career paths that ignite your passions.
About us | He kupu mō mātou
Our Clandeboye Transport Depot is Fonterra’s largest Transport team, home to our whanau of 255 drivers manning 73 trucks. At peak, the team collects and moves up to 19million litres of milk and milk products from our farmer shareholders spanning from the Lower Waitaki region through to North Canterbury.
As our dairy farmers wake, so too do our team of talented, professional drivers as they prepare for the day ahead. With safety, customer service and quality at the forefront, it’s their role to get our milk from farm to factory.
About the opportunity | Mō tēnei tūranga
As a Transport Team Manager, you’ll be joining Fonterra’s largest milk collection depot in the country, where you’ll be directly responsible for leading, motivating and inspiring a skilled team of 75 drivers, ensuring milk collection is completed to world class standard, meeting key business requirements.
Key responsibilities will include:
- Leading, coaching and supporting a large team of 75+ Tanker Operators, vehicles and assets to ensure milk collection and delivery is completed safely, efficiently and on time
- Liaising with planning and dispatch and fleet workshop teams to ensure staff and fleet availability align to meet the demands of the business
- Manage the team to meet the performance and behavioural standards required of a professional transport operation.
- Liaising with key departments and stakeholders across the site and business regarding product movements
- Monthly reporting and reviewing of planned verses actual schedules, monitoring variances and undertaking root cause analysis
- Being an active champion for best practice, quality assurance, compliance and operational best practice.
- Leading and fostering an inclusive culture driven by Fonterra’s values
This is a permanent full-time position. Our Transport Team Managers are aligned to their shift team therefore you will be working a rotating shift pattern of 3 days, 3 nights, followed by 3 days off.
About You | Mōu
Key to your success will be your natural ability to lead and relate to a diverse range of people. You will be an inspirational and dynamic leader with demonstrated experience leading large teams affecting cultural change, with a passion to be a part of the Fonterra whanau and lead our transport operations to new heights.
We want to hear from you if you have:
- Proven experience directly leading a large, diverse team preferably within the transport or logistics industries
- Strong leadership and team management skills with demonstrated success leading and implementing cultural change within teams
- Ability to engage and communicate effectively with a wide range of audiences and stakeholders
- Experience delivering results in a high-pressure environment
- Ability to work under pressure and handle multiple tasks simultaneously
This role provides a great opportunity to extend your leadership capability and create an impact in achieving world class fleet management. You’ll be joining a whānau who know what it means to work together and are proud of what they achieve.
The benefits of life at Fonterra | Ngā painga o te mahi ki Fonterra
Our people and what they bring to our Co-op shape our success. We have a collaborative culture, inspiring leaders, and passionate people, making Fonterra a great place to work. We also offer competitive remuneration and a range of benefits, regardless of your role or location.
To learn more, visit Fonterra Careers : https://www.fonterra.com/nz/en/careers.html?utm_campaign=talentacquisition&utm_medium=jobad&utm_source=fonterracareers
Our story | Ō mātou kōrero
Being part of Fonterra means being part of a unique history, realising the potential of dairy for generations to come, and solving for a better future together.
- Whanaungatanga, our Co-operative spirit, guides a common strength and purpose.
- Manaakitanga is how we care for all our people at the heart of what we do.
- Kaitiakitanga ensures we care for the land, farming in a way that regenerates our farms and environment for future generations.
- Whakaohooho inspires us all with excellent career development opportunities, benefits, flexibility, and balance to suit everyone's lifestyles and choices.
Our Co-operative is a place where everyone can be themselves, feel empowered to do their best, and are empowered to create goodness for generations.
Sound good to you? Come join our whānau and let’s solve for better, together.
You, me, us together. Tᾱtou tᾱtou.
