GENERAL INFORMATION

Date Published
01-Jul-2025
Advertising Ends
20-Jul-2025
ID#
12342
Role Type
General Management
Work Type
Permanent Full-Time
Workplace Type
On-site
Country
New Zealand
Location
Canterbury

ABOUT US | WHAKAPĀ MAI

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.

ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY | TE WHAI WAAHI

Are you a dynamic leader with a passion for operations and transport?
We’re looking for a Depot Manager to take charge of our busy depot, driving performance, safety, and team engagement. As Depot Manager, you’ll be responsible for the day-to-day running of the Clandeboye Transport depot, ensuring efficient operations, high service standards, and a motivated team. You’ll play a key role in delivering world class asset care, utilisation, best in class transport operation and supporting strategic growth.
With this large scope, a major focus is on leading and engaging a large team of 5 direct and up to 250 indirect reports, including team managers, operations assistants and tanker operators. You’ll be responsible for both quality and the health and safety of your team as well as meeting long-term business objectives. You will do this by creating a feeling of belonging and strong team morale through clarifying and reinforcing the team’s goals, purpose and behaviour through effective coaching and management.
This role will provide you with huge exposure managing Fonterra’s largest and most critical transport regions, working closely with Depot Managers from other areas and developing strong working relationships internal and external to Fonterra. Reporting to Site Operations Manager, you will be a key member of the site leadership team, adding value through the delivery of key business metrics by increasing capability in both our people and processes.

Please refer the Job description for details