Fonterra Co-operative Group Ltd Looking for Assistant Manager -Okato at New Plymouth Central, Taranaki Full Time

Our Co-operative

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Fonterra’s strength is in the collective

We are a Co-operative created and owned by Aotearoa New Zealand dairy farmers. Our rich history is built on farming families working together to share the natural goodness of our dairy with the world.

Collaboration, innovation, and passion was the cornerstone of our creation and something we continue to value today through our commitment to care for the land, our animals, and every drop of milk. Our milk creates goodness through nutritious food with safe, quality ingredients that are loved here in New Zealand and around the world.

About Farm Source 

Farm Source is the face and place of Fonterra with our shareholders and local communities across rural New Zealand.  We have the people, products, expertise and tools to help our farmers stay one step ahead for a sustainable farming future. 

We are like a coach and trusted advisor for our farmers for all things Co-op, Environment, Animal, Milk and People & Communities. We are locals caring for our farming future.

We offer competitive salary packages and a comprehensive range of discounts and benefits. We’re confident that no matter where you join our Co-op or what stage of life you’re in, we’ve got something to suit.

About the opportunity

Due to an internal promotion within our team, we now have an opportunity for an Assistant Store Manager. 

As the Assistant Store Manager at our new Okato Farm Source store, you’ll be involved in developing store and staff performance – leading from the front and enabling us to achieve our sales and performance targets. As an integral part of the store, you’ll use your influencing skills to work closely with the team – driving sales, providing fantastic customer service, and ensuring a high level of Health and Safety is front of mind.

You will work alongside the Store Manager to take the store’s performance from strength to strength and be able to exercise strong decision making, prioritisation, and management skills to support this growth. Leading and supporting in the creation of a cohesive and collaborative team will be core too – so ideally you know what it takes to motivate, encourage and inspire a team to achieve exceptional results. 

About you

We are looking for someone with sales experience with a second to none customer focus and a positive ‘can-do’ attitude. Your ability to work in a fast-paced environment, juggling priorities all while delivering an outstanding customer experience, will ensure your success. Ideally, you’ll also have an affinity to the dairy/farming/agriculture industry, enabling you to provide accurate advice to our farmers.

Other key skills and experience include:

• People leadership or management experience either in a formal or in-formal capacity is beneficial
• Experience working in a customer service environment, delivering a high experience
• Understanding of the dairy or agricultural industry is highly beneficial
• Physically fit and able to lift product manually on a regular basis
• Full class 1 driver’s license

But first and foremost, you will have the right attitude, personality and willpower to make things happen to ensure a great customer experience and a great team environment. Cement yourself in the Okato community and become a trusted Farm Source advisor! 

Why not come and join our team?

You, me, us together.

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