Lead the depot transport operations to ensure on-time milk collection and delivery

Team Manager

Imagine tomorrow with us, where your career can grow, and you can create positive change. At Fonterra Te Mātāpuna, we want everyone to feel they can be themselves. Whether you're early in your career or ready for your next step, Fonterra offers a unique opportunity to grow with a global dairy co-operative that values care, collaboration, and contribution.

Servicing the Bay of Plenty, our Edgecumbe site has been manufacturing dairy products since 1923. The site produces pastry sheet butter, prepared edible fats, anhydrous milk fat, casein & caseinates, whey protein concentrate, milk minerals and probiotics. Edgecumbe is the only site in NZ that produces calcium Caseinate.

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. Rostered shift pattern 4x4.

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.

At Fonterra, our values of Good Together, Better Every Day, and Every Drop Counts, are for everyone – no matter your background, identify or experience. These values guide us in delivering exceptional outcomes for our farmers, customers, communities, and each other.

We care for our people globally. Our comprehensive benefits support your well-being, development, and work-life balance:

  • Fair and equitable pay
  • Health and well-being programs (medical, mental health support)
  • Professional development opportunities
  • Career growth support
  • Work-life balance options (flexible/hybrid working where possible)
  • Employee recognition
  • Support for community involvement and cultural connection

Does this sound good to you? Come join our whānau - bring your whole self, and let's solve for better together.

Inclusion is key to our Co-operative. We're building a team that reflects the diverse world we live in, believing it drives better decisions and innovation. We welcome applications from all backgrounds (ethnicities, genders, identities, orientations, ages, abilities, neurotypes, cultures, religions).

Even if you don't meet every requirement listed, we encourage you to apply; we value your potential and growth. If you face accessibility issues or need accommodations during the process, please contact your recruiter. We ensure fair participation, allowing you to be at your best. Applications close at midnight on 26th August 2026.

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