Ocean Freight Manager: Lead, Optimize & Partner with Kotahi

Fonterra; Auckland; On-site; NZD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health and wellbeing programs

Professional development opportunities

Career growth support

Flexible/hybrid working where possible

Employee recognition

Community involvement and cultural 연결

Job summary

Fonterra invites an experienced Ocean Freight Manager to lead our ocean freight operations across New Zealand markets, based in Auckland or Hamilton. You’ll own the operational relationship with Kotahi, oversee capacity, routing, and risk, and align commercial outcomes with service commitments.

This role blends relationship management, logistics planning and problem solving in a global supply chain. You’ll need strong freight knowledge, collaboration skills and the ability to influence across

Qualifications

• Experience in ocean freight, freight forwarding, logistics or supply chain.
• Strong account, supplier or service-provider relationship management experience.
• Knowledge of shipping networks, capacity, equipment, bookings and transit risks.
• The confidence to influence, challenge constructively and hold partners accountable.
• A calm, practical approach to disruption and competing priorities.
• Sound commercial judgement and a focus on customer outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Lead the day-to-day relationship and service governance with Kotahi.
• Hold partners accountable for service levels, export requirements and DIFOT performance.
• Work with Logistics Planning to align vessel capacity, equipment and routing with demand.
• Manage freight disruptions and communicate risks, delays and solutions clearly.
• Represent customer and New Zealand landside needs in sourcing and network decisions.
• Identify opportunities to improve service, resilience and cost performance.

Skills

Ocean freight

Account management

Shipping networks

Disruption management

Commercial judgement

Relationship management

Stakeholder management

Job description

Fonterra invites an experienced Ocean Freight Manager to lead our ocean freight operations across New Zealand markets, based in Auckland or Hamilton. You’ll own the operational relationship with Kotahi, oversee capacity, routing, and risk, and align commercial outcomes with service commitments.

This role blends relationship management, logistics planning and problem solving in a global supply chain. You’ll need strong freight knowledge, collaboration skills and the ability to influence across