Global Supply Planning Leader — End-to-End Optim (Hybrid)

Fonterra; Auckland; Hybrid; NZD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Fair and equitable pay

Health and well‑being programs

Work‑life balance options (flexible/hy

Employee recognition

Community involvement and cultural 연결

Job summary

Fonterra Auckland seeks a strategic and operationally focused General Manager Supply Planning to join our Global Supply Chain Leadership Team. This role oversees end-to-end supply planning across Ingredients, Foodservice and Consumer portfolios, reporting to the Director Global Supply Chain.

Key focus areas include strengthening plan attainment, reliability, and alignment between Manufacturing, Portfolio and Supply teams, while leading a large, high-performing team with a continuous improvement

Qualifications

• 15+ years in supply chain, operations or manufacturing leadership.
• Extensive end-to-end supply planning experience.
• Strong capability in S&OP/IBP, production scheduling and balancing.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end supply planning across multiple portfolios.
• Develop integrated supply plans optimizing service, cost, inventory and efficiency.
• Drive plan attainment, reliability, and schedule adherence.
• Oversee national production scheduling and materials planning.
• Lead optimisation modelling and data-driven decision making.
• Drive cross-functional collaboration across Supply Chain, Manufacturing and Commercial.
• Champion continuous improvement and digital enablement.
• Lead and develop a large, high-performing team.

Skills

Leadership

S&OP/IBP

Production scheduling

Supply-demand balancing

Data-driven decision making

Education

Tertiary qualification in Supply Chain/Engineering/Operations Management

MBA (advantageous)

APICS/IBF certification (advantageous)

Tools

Advanced Planning Systems

Job description

Fonterra Auckland seeks a strategic and operationally focused General Manager Supply Planning to join our Global Supply Chain Leadership Team. This role oversees end-to-end supply planning across Ingredients, Foodservice and Consumer portfolios, reporting to the Director Global Supply Chain.

Key focus areas include strengthening plan attainment, reliability, and alignment between Manufacturing, Portfolio and Supply teams, while leading a large, high-performing team with a continuous improvement