Branch Manager

28 / 03 / 2024

  • Auckland
  • Permanent / Full Time
  • Transport / Transport / Logistics / Drivers

Description

About the company:

A well-known and successful New Zealand business who specialise in logistics and transport services with a national presence. 

Due to an internal promotion, an opportunity has come up within the business for a Branch Manager to lead their Auckland team to be responsible for the branch operational performance and to provide exceptional leadership across the team.

The opportunity:

The business has multiple branches across New Zealand and you will lead their Auckland based branch which has a team of over 100 team members across various shifts. 

Some of your key responsibilities will be to: 
  • Leading your team and providing great leadership first and foremost. You will have 4 direct reports who will each lead their functions. 
  • Manage branch KPI’s and operational costs within the agreed budgets.
  • Responsible for branch performance of DIFOT.
  • Managing casual labour and contractors.
  • Support the sales and customer services teams to ensure new and existing business is looked after from an operational perspective.
  • Weekly and/or monthly performance reviews with key customers.
  • Overall responsibility for the branch Profit & Loss reporting.
  • Health & Safety and displaying exemplary leadership across the branch.
About you:
  • Industry experience within 3PL or Transport with ideally 5+ years experience.
  • Operations background and have led teams in a physical environment. 
  • Sales and/or customer services background on top of operations would be desirable. 
  • Commercial acumen having had exposure to managing or supporting with a P&L or other budget responsibilities. 
  • Strong communicator and leader of people with a mature outlook and approach. 
What’s in it for you?

This is a brilliant opportunity to work for a successful NZ business with opportunities for further growth across the company. This is a busy branch and the team are dealing with a high number of customer product and you will be relied upon to display effective leadership across the team. Your personality, leadership qualities, logistics and transport knowledge will give you the opportunity to lead a successful team, manage commercials and grow with the business into higher roles should you be successful in this position. 

 

On top of base salary will be a company vehicle, fuel and a bonus based on individual and company performance as well as other company benefits.  

For more information please contact Nick McConnochie on 021 197 9121 or nickm@huntercampbell.co.nz 

  • Lead multiple teams across the branch
  • Grow your commercial skillset
  • Genuine growth pathways within the company

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Export Coordinator

28 / 03 / 2024

  • Waikato
  • Permanent / Full Time
  • Importer / Exporter / Transport / Logistics / Drivers

Description

About the Company   
 
A manufacturing business with a global presence supplying food and beverage ingredients worldwide. With the New Zealand site still in its infancy and in a stage of growth they are looking to bring on an Export Coordinator within the supply chain team.
 
About the opportunity   

Reporting to the Supply Chain Manager, this Export Coordinator role is based in Tokoroa. In this role, you will manage and oversee all aspects of export operations.

  • Preparation of necessary documentation in compliance with international shipping (such as commercial invoices, packing lists and export declarations).
  • Coordinate with freight forwarders and customs agents to guarantee efficient and timely shipments.
  • Act as the main contact for, vendors, and logistics partners, managing schedules, tracking shipments, and resolving shipping issues.
  • Keep constant communication with internal and external stakeholders to streamline order processing and update all parties on shipment statuses.
  • Manage all shipping-related costs, including expenses related to MPI, container holds, detention and demurrage.
  • Keep up with any changes in export regulations.

Key requirements  

  • Minimum 1 years in export operations, a strong understanding of compliance and regulations (beneficial but not necessary).
  • Excellent communication, the ability to communicate clearly with both multiple internal and external stakeholders.
  • Having a strategic mindset and a keen eye for detail will be a key advantage in this role as will a positive collaborative attitude.
  • Eager to learn and develop.

What’s in it for you!

This is a great opportunity to work for a large manufacturing and export company with a great kiwi culture but under a global umbrella. This is a dynamic and busy role, if you are looking to progress your career and develop your skills within a supportive supply chain team this is the perfect opportunity. In addition is a generous salary, health insurance and a discounted gym membership.
 
For more information or to reach out for a confidential discussion, please contact Sarah Kennedy on 021 534 790 or sarahk@huntercampbell.co.nz

  • Career Development
  • Growing Global Manufacturing Company
  • Generous Salary + Health Insurance

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Production/Supply Planner

22 / 03 / 2024

  • Auckland
  • Permanent / Full Time
  • Manufacturing / Planning

Description

About the company:

Our client is a large, privately owned Kiwi FMCG company with instantly recognisable household brands. Within a recent investment having been made into the capability of the supply chain, a new opportunity in the production/supply planning space has become available.
  
About the role:

Reporting into the S&OP Manager and working alongside another production/supply planner, this role will see you bringing your current production planning experience within a manufacturing environment and layering it with supply planning in a company that manufactures both on and offsite.

Success in this role will see creating, maintaining and coordinating daily, weekly and monthly forecast production schedules to ensure production deadlines are met, plans are generated within inventory parameters and ensuring regular status updates and reports are fed back to the production team and management in a timely manner to achieve both internal financial goals and customer delivery dates.

Your ability to work collaboratively with internal and external stakeholders (production teams, suppliers, purchasing team and 3rd party manufacturers) is essential as there are many stakeholders you will need to work with in order to be successful in your role.

Experience within a food-based manufacturing environment is highly favourable. With a new manufacturing site currently in the build phase, this role will present you with the opportunity to be involved in the set-up and shutdown of production lines while working to still ensure production demands/needs are still met. Working with a continuous improvement mindset, this role will require you to maintain awareness and knowledge of contemporary manufacturing operational developments, innovations and methodologies.
  
Interested?

If this opportunity is of interest, please submit your CV by following the link below. If you would like to find out more or for a confidential discussion please call Katherine Biggelaar on 021 225 4735 or email katherineb@huntercampbell.co.nz

  • Well known food FMCG
  • Hybrid role
  • Multisite manufacturing

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Senior Purchasing Officer

22 / 03 / 2024

  • Auckland
  • Permanent / Full Time
  • Manufacturing / Purchasing / Procurement

Description

About the company:

Our client is a large, privately owned Kiwi FMCG company with instantly recognisable household brands. 
  
About the role:

Reporting into the Purchasing Manager and working with pre-established suppliers, this role will see you working to optimise the purchasing function for your categories. Success in this role will see you working strategically to review the MRP, assess data inputs, review inventory levels and take into account contractual agreements, (e.g. price breaks based on volumes ordered) all before placing purchase orders. Once PO’s have been placed, alongside the logistics team, you will ensure purchased goods arrive on time for production while maintaining high levels of quality.

With support, this role will see you managing supplier performance and reporting on supplier activity/serviceability. These reports will contribute to supplier performance reviews that you will be involved in.

What’s in it for you?

This role is an exciting opportunity for you to step up from your current transactional purchasing role and move into a new challenge where you work strategically to optimise the purchasing function for your categories. You will be joining a well-known FMCG business that manufactures both onsite and with 3rd party manufacturers. This role will give you exposure to many facets of the supply chain and in time, as the business continues to evolve, there will be an opportunity to partake in Continuous Improvement projects (e.g. a new ERP implementation).
  
Interested?

If this opportunity is of interest, please submit your CV by following the link below. If you would like to find out more or for a confidential discussion please call Katherine Biggelaar on 021 225 4735 or email katherineb@huntercampbell.co.nz

  • Well known FMCG
  • Food Manufacturing Environment
  • Step up into a more strategic purchasing role

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Group Export & Import Coordinator

21 / 03 / 2024

  • Auckland
  • Permanent / Full Time
  • Importer / Exporter / Transport / Logistics / Drivers

Description

About the Company   
 
A New Zealand FMCG / Manufacturing business with a global presence, which boasts some of New Zealand’s most recognisable household brands. Led by an impressive leadership team, the business is in a period of growth in the domestic and international markets as it constantly looks to create and innovate.   
 
About the opportunity   
 
Reporting to the Group Logistics Manager, this Import/Export Coordinator role is based in Mangere. In this role, you will manage and oversee all aspects of import and export operations.

  • Preparation of necessary documentation in compliance with international shipping (such as commercial invoices and export declarations).
  • Coordinate with freight forwarders and customs agents to guarantee efficient and timely shipments.
  • Serve as the main contact for customers, vendors, and logistics partners, managing schedules, tracking shipments, and resolving shipping issues.
  • Keep constant communication with the Warehouse and Customer Service teams to streamline order processing and update all parties on shipment statuses.
  • Manage all shipping-related costs and reconciliations, including expenses related to MPI, container holds, detention and demurrage.
  • Keep up with any changes in import/export regulations.

Key requirements  

  • At least 5 years experience in export and import operations role working closely with NZ customs and MPI regulations.
  • Minimum 2 years in export operations, a strong understanding of compliance and regulations.
  • Excellent communication, the ability to communicate clearly with both multiple internal and external stakeholders.
  • Strong analytical skills, having a strategic mindset and a keen eye for detail will be a key advantage in this role as will a positive collaborative attitude.
  • TFO accredited preferred but not necessary.

 
What’s in it for you!
 
This is a great opportunity to work for a New Zealand owned manufacturing/FMCG company with a global presence. This is a dynamic and busy role which would suit someone who likes to keep their finger on the pulse! If you are looking to make a move in-house from a freight forwarder this is the perfect opportunity.
 
For more information or to reach out for a confidential discussion, please contact Sarah Kennedy on 021 534 790 or sarahk@huntercampbell.co.nz

  • Generous salary on offer!
  • Flexible start and finish times
  • NZ owned business

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Purchasing Officer

20 / 03 / 2024

  • Auckland
  • Contract or Temp
  • Manufacturing / Purchasing / Procurement

Description

About the company:

Our client is a large, privately owned Kiwi FMCG company with instantly recognisable household brands. 
  
The opportunity:

Reporting into the Purchasing Manager and based on-site each day, (with flexible start and finish times) this role is an initial 6-month contract.

You will come with experience in purchasing from on and offshore suppliers with a strong preference for experience within a manufacturing (food) based environment.

To be successful in the purchasing activity required in this role, you will identify MRP requirements, review inventory on hand and consider price breaks based on volumes ordered.

You will be confident in using Excel and navigating ERP systems.  
  
Interested?

If this opportunity is of interest, please submit your CV by following the link below. If you would like to find out more or for a confidential discussion please call Katherine Biggelaar on 021 225 4735 or email katherineb@huntercampbell.co.nz

  • Immediate start
  • Flexible start and finish times
  • Food Manufacturing Environment

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Head of Supply Chain NZ

19 / 03 / 2024

  • Auckland
  • Permanent / Full Time
  • Management / Supervisor / Manufacturing

Description

The company
At Goodman Fielder our purpose is simple. It’s about making everyday food better for everyone.

Goodman Fielder is a leading global food company, and the custodian of a host of iconic Kiwi brands like Meadow Fresh, Puhoi Valley, Molenberg, Natures Fresh and Freya’s that generations of New Zealanders have grown up with and put in their supermarket trolleys every week.

Our rapidly growing food service business supplies ingredients to more than ten thousand cafés’, restaurants, bakeries, and dairies every week – we’re the milk in your flat white, the flour in your bread, and the rice with your curry. Our growth has seen us expand beyond New Zealand, into Australia, Pacific Islands, Papua New Guinea, China and South East Asia.

We might be biased but we believe our team here at Goodman Fielder is an amazing place to work, and a great team to be part of! We’re driven by our values – We Grow Together, We Keep Things Simple, We Get Stuff Done.

The opportunity
As the Head of Supply Chain NZ for Goodman Fielder, you will work at an executive leadership level and lead the Supply Chain team to rapidly expedite growth, drive commercial performance, and enable a market-leading customer experience whilst driving efficient supply chain performance at optimal levels whilst minimising cost to the business. This role is a key member of the Goodman Fielder Executive Team contributing to and driving organisational strategy, with full P&L responsibility for the Supply Chain.
  
You will lead the strategic direction and operational effectiveness of the Supply Chain for Goodman Fielder NZ including the implementation of enterprise transformation to ensure that the Supply Chain is set up to enable customer growth and to win in the competitive FMCG and Foodservice markets. You will be challenged to provide effective and inspirational leadership across the business to optimise end-to-end business processes, systems and tools.
  
You will lead a team of senior leaders across Customer Experience, Planning, Logistics, Warehousing, Transport, Distribution and Transformation. This role requires an effective, experienced and influential leader who can influence up, across and down the organisation, engaging and motivating your teams to deliver on purpose and growth agendas.
  
Key deliverables:

  • Lead and grow a high-performance culture, fostering an engaged and connected environment enabling people to be the best version of themselves.
  • Develop and execute the Supply Chain Strategic Plan to enable significant growth, profitability, and market share gains in the next 12-24 months.
  • Grow value to Wilmar and Goodman Fielder NZ by leveraging distribution and transport networks and the national footprint to optimal effect at minimum cost to the business.
  • Generate external revenue through providing logistic services to third parties and drive efficiencies as a result.

  
Key responsibilities:

  • Ensure functional strategies are developed and executed fir each of the Supply Chain functions.
  • Lead cross-functional collaboration with Sales, operations, R&D, and Procurement to drive alignment and deliver the Supply Chain Strategic Plan.
  • Communicate a clear and compelling vision and strategic plan that engages the Supply Chain teams and drives effective delivery of the plan.
  • Develop the assets strategy for warehousing, hubs, depots etc.
  • Drive and improve operational effectiveness and Continuous Improvement across the Supply Chain.
  • Champion the Customer Experience Strategy and plans to enable growth and ensure a market-leading customer experience and delivery.
  • Development and delivery of the annual budget for Supply Chain and delivering financial targets with regard to costs, growth, improvements, and volume.
  • People leadership – drive team engagement and create a high-performance and growth mindset-focused culture.

What’s in it for you
This role is a great opportunity to work in a genuine leadership role where you will be able (and expected) to make an impact. As well as leading the Supply Chain teams and ensuring the best possible commercial and operational outcomes, you will be tasked with creating a high-performance culture, working with Wilmar (the parent company and Asia’s largest agribusiness group) and the Goodman Fielder NZ Executive leadership Team to ensure optimal Supply Chain performance to support the customer experience and growth aspirations of the business, and to deliver improvements with regards to enterprise systems, tools, systems, processes, people, logistics, warehousing, strategic planning and all aspects of a significant, complex and fast-moving Supply chain function.
  
Your considerable and impressive supply chain and people leadership experience (ideally with experience in the FMCG sector) and demonstrable experience in delivering achievements and improvements will ensure your success in leading significant transformational change and ensure that the business is fit for the future through the delivery of a thriving, productive and sustainable supply chain.

If you have the skills and attributes we are looking for and are wanting to grow and develop your career in a key role as part of one of New Zealand’s export companies, we would love to hear from you.

If this opportunity is of interest, please submit your CV by following the link below. If you’d like to find out more and for a confidential discussion please call either Wayne Fry on 021 656 502 or email waynef@huntercampbell.co.nz or Ken Webb on 021 486 565 or email kenw@huntercampbell.co.nz

  • Executive leadership
  • Lead and grow a high performance culture
  • Develop and execute strategic plans

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Procurement Manager

14 / 03 / 2024

  • Auckland
  • Permanent / Full Time
  • Manufacturing / Purchasing / Procurement

Description

The Company
Join one of Asia-Pac’s leading food businesses with a significant footprint and the name behind many of New Zealand’s leading food brands

The opportunity 
The main purpose of this role is to develop collaborative relationships with key stakeholders and their respective teams and to identify and support the execution of commercial/procurement activities and strategies to deliver sustainable cost reductions and avoidance and commercially and contractually sound outcomes for the business.
  
As the Procurement Category Manager for engineering and technical (CAPEX, electrical, mechanical, automation, machinery, and engineering projects,) you will manage your portfolio cross-functionally in a large, commercial business, as well as with external vendors to build successful and sustainable supply chains.
  
To be successful, it will be important to speak to the stakeholders across the business in a way they can genuinely engage with, to deliver value to internal consumers. You will drive value through best practice processes, continuous improvement, and considering big-picture sustainability in our practices.
  
You will be analytical in your approach with a focus on delivery, continuous improvement and building strong relationships to support the business to meet their agreed business outcomes. By influencing key stakeholders and developing collaborative supplier relationships, you will contribute to building a continuously improving procurement and purchasing function.
  
You will have:

  • Proven procurement skills and delivered transformation results
  • Good communication and relationship management skills including the ability to manage your  own workload in line with business and management needs
  • Broad-based experience managing spend categories in the procurement function of a medium to large-sized organisation
  • Specific experience in engineering category management is highly advantageous, including sourcing activity relating to the latest trends

What’s in it for you
This role is a great opportunity for the right candidate to work in a complex business. If you have the skills and attributes we are looking for and want to grow and develop your career in procurement we are keen to hear from you.

If this opportunity is of interest, please submit your CV by following the link below. If you’d like to find out more and for a confidential discussion please call Wayne Fry on 021 656 502 or email waynef@huntercampbell.co.nz

  • International FMCG business
  • Implement procurement solutions in a large, dynamic, and commercial business
  • Career opportunity

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Chief Operating Officer

12 / 03 / 2024

  • Auckland
  • Permanent / Full Time
  • Management / Supervisor / Manufacturing

Description

About the Company

Developed right here in Auckland in 2017, Glow Lab is a premium natural NZ brand across multiple personal care categories. A beautiful to use, luxurious range that utilizes natural and naturally derived active ingredients that are scientifically proven to work.  Glow Lab was created based on consumer insights, delivering the efficacy that had historically been a barrier to consumers buying natural products. A brand that prides itself on leading innovation, is a key category growth driver and has exciting growth plans for the future.
  
Since its inception, Glow Lab has grown its offering to include extensive ranges across skincare, personal wash, hair care and recently air care, with plans to enter new categories over the next 12 months.  Glow Lab is performing exceptionally well and is NZ Grocery’s market-leading natural personal care brand.  
  
Nourish is the second brand in their portfolio, delivering a value natural offer across hair care, personal wash and baby. Launched 12 months ago this brand is already delivering exceptional results across all retailers, with exciting plans for future growth.   
  
Glow Lab is committed to continual improvement in sustainability and has implemented key initiatives such as using recycled plastics in most packaging.
  
About the role

Reporting to the Managing Director/Owner, the COO will be a core member of the Leadership Team. You will be responsible for driving world-class manufacturing through production, planning, and logistics with a focus on customer service. as they continue to accelerate the Glow Lab and Nourish brands. Your key objectives and purpose will be to:

  • Lead the operational teams ensuring execution of plans that support company strategy and direction, working across various departments to achieve business objectives and growth.
  • Lead, develop and enable a high-performance team, to achieve continuous performance improvement in relation to; supply chain management; quality control; cost leadership; customer satisfaction; social responsibility; Health, Safety and Environment; and organisation and people development.

Specifically, your key responsibilities will include:
  
Oversee the company’s operational activities within the Production, Logistics, Purchasing and Supply, and People and Safety departments:

  • Ensure the development, execution and monitoring of operational production plans that take into account mid to long-term developments (e.g. investments in production capacity, changes in demand, new product introductions, etc.) while continuously improving our operations.
  • Work with the Operations Team to ensure that contract manufacturing successfully meets production, quality and inventory targets.
  • Oversee the movement, storage, and distribution of products in an efficient and cost-effective manner.
  • Oversee the development of a supply chain plan, in line with global supply chain strategy, policies, rules and guidelines and local circumstances, for production, logistics, planning and customer service in order to fulfil growth and service aspirations.
  • Coach, develop, and mentor the Supply Chain & Operations Team to build capability in line with improvements and higher expectations across S&OP, Supply Chain, and Operations.
  • Oversee the People function, ensuring strategies are in place and executed that; attract, develop, and retain top talent; comply with legislation; and foster a positive work environment.
  • Ensure there are plans in place and executed to ensure a safe and healthy work environment in which people can perform their jobs effectively and our customers can trust the safety of the products they use.

A bit about you… 

You will be a confident and energetic self-starter with a keen eye for detail and accuracy. You will have a genuine desire to add value to the business and will enjoy a hands-on role as you collaborate with multiple teams across the organisation.

You will have a strong team focus and be able to demonstrate impressive capability in minimising cost, improving efficiency and improving overall performance across people, systems, manufacturing and supply chain. Solutions-driven and a competent problem solver, decision-making will be one of your key strengths and your ability to influence diverse stakeholders will be second to none. 

Key skills and experience:

  • Experience managing supply chain, manufacturing and operations in a complex and fast-paced environment.
  • Proven experience in driving optimisation in manufacturing and supply chain.
  • High degree of commercial awareness, and strategic and financial acumen, balanced with a dedicated service ethic.
  • Demonstrable people leadership skills and strong influencing skills with the ability to balance strategic and operational activities.
  • Career development and progression opportunities in a substantial business actively growing its procurement and wider commercial teams

If you have a passion for driving improvements and want an opportunity where you can make an impact in an iconic New Zealand business that is constantly growing and innovating, this could be a great role for you. Apply now for a confidential discussion about your career.  Please contact Wayne Fry for further information on 021 656 502 or waynef@huntercampbell.co.nz

  • Key leadership role.
  • Broad scope across supply chain, operations and manufacturing.
  • Opportunity to lead and drive improvements.

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