Project Manager - Growth

We are Fonterra, one of the world's largest dairy nutrition companies.

At Fonterra, you’ll be inspired by purpose and guided by principles. Whether you're based in New Zealand or anywhere else around the world, you’ll be part of a team that creates goodness for generations and delivers global impact through local action. Our brands are trusted by families and individuals alike, delivering high-quality dairy nutrition to millions of people globally.

As a Co-operative created and owned by New Zealand dairy farmers, our collaboration, innovation, and passion have enabled us to share the goodness of our dairy with the world. We're committed to caring for the land, our animals, and every drop of milk, producing nutritious food with safe, quality ingredients loved in New Zealand and around the world.

As part of the Fonterra Co-op, you'll be solving for a better future alongside a team connected by solid values as we strive to be a leader in dairy sustainability, dairy innovation and science, with a focus on New Zealand milk.

When you join Fonterra, you'll open yourself to a career of opportunities where you can grow with us by developing your skills, sharing your knowledge, and exploring diverse career paths that ignite your passions.

About the Role

Reporting to the Head of Strategic Projects - Growth, you'll lead and support a portfolio of strategic projects that are often complex, high-profile and confidential in nature. These initiatives may include asset related transactions, strategic partnerships, organisational change, market expansion opportunities and other growth-related projects.

This is far more than a traditional project management role. You'll be responsible for bringing structure to ambiguity, coordinating diverse stakeholder groups, establishing governance frameworks and ensuring projects progress from concept through to execution. You'll work closely with senior leaders across the business, helping translate strategy into actionable plans while providing insights and recommendations that support critical decision making.

Key responsibilities include:

• Leading the planning and delivery of strategic growth initiatives across the business
• Translating complex or emerging opportunities into clear project plans, milestones and governance frameworks
• Building business cases, conducting analysis and supporting investment decisions
• Preparing executive-level insights, recommendations and project updates
• Coordinating stakeholders across strategy, commercial, finance, legal and operational teams
• Managing project risks, issues, dependencies and confidential information
• Driving alignment and accountability across multiple workstreams and stakeholder groups
• Building sustainable capability through organisational change
• Embedding effective project disciplines, governance and ways of working that create lasting organisational value

Are you excited about this opportunity but may only meet some requirements?

At Fonterra, we are committed to building a diverse workplace and, therefore, open to looking at applicants with excellent transferable skills. If that's you, we encourage you to apply as you may be the right candidate for this role or one of our other opportunities.

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The benefits of life at Fonterra

Our people and what they bring to our Co-op shape our success. We have a collaborative culture, inspiring leaders, and passionate people, making Fonterra a great place to work. We also offer competitive remuneration ($149k - $170k) and a range of benefits, regardless of your role or location.

Fonterra is a place where everyone can be themselves, feel empowered to do their best, and are empowered to create goodness for generations.

Sound good to you? Come and join us, and let's solve for better, together. You, me, us together.