Strategic Operations Portfolio Lead

CGR Services; Auckland; Hybrid; NZD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health & wellbeing program

Flexible/hybrid working

Employee recognition

Community involvement

Job summary

Fonterra is seeking an Operations Portfolio Lead in Auckland, NZ, to drive strategic priorities across the Operations portfolio. You will partner with leaders across Operations, Foodservice, and Ingredients to identify opportunities for growth and continuous improvement, turning strategy into action.

You will collaborate with senior stakeholders, synthesize insights for leadership forums, and lead high-impact initiatives.

Qualifications

• 5+ years’ experience in strategy, portfolio management, business planning, consulting, project delivery, or a similar strategic role.
• Strong relationship-building skills with the ability to influence and engage senior stakeholders.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to distil complex information into clear and compelling insights.
• Experience coordinating initiatives involving varied research and analytical workstreams, stakeholders and competing priorities.
• Critical thinking and strategic problem solving, with the ability to apply structured approaches to define future opportunities.
• Strong commercial acumen to support evaluation of opportunity, definition of initiatives targets and drive value realisation.
• The ability to work through ambiguity, navigate complexity, and drive outcomes.
• A proactive, collaborative approach with a strong bias for action and delivery.

Responsibilities

• Supporting strategic priorities, planning activities, and business-critical projects across Operations.
• Leading and coordinating high-impact initiatives across the Operations portfolio.
• Preparing insights, recommendations, and materials for leadership forums and strategic discussions.
• Building strong relationships across Operations, Foodservice, Ingredients, and broader business functions.
• Facilitating stakeholder engagement to align priorities and drive outcomes.
• Identifying opportunities for growth, innovation, and continuous improvement.
• Translating complex information into clear insights and actionable recommendations.

Skills

Strategy

Portfolio management

Stakeholder engagement

Communication

Job description

Fonterra is seeking an Operations Portfolio Lead in Auckland, NZ, to drive strategic priorities across the Operations portfolio. You will partner with leaders across Operations, Foodservice, and Ingredients to identify opportunities for growth and continuous improvement, turning strategy into action.

You will collaborate with senior stakeholders, synthesize insights for leadership forums, and lead high-impact initiatives.