Position Description
Your Purpose
As our Farm Source Area Manager – People Specialist, you’ll be responsible for maintaining and enhancing the relationship with Fonterra Australia’s suppliers, providing generalist HR, employee relations and on farm safety expertise and in doing so, making Fonterra the processor of choice.
This autonomous role will see you managing your time effectively as you travel regionally within Gippsland and working closely with farmers to identify individual needs and challenges, then bring to life the tools, services and support we can offer to help enable positive business outcomes and retain a strong milk supply for Fonterra.
About You
With a strong knowledge of the dairy industry and a proven track record in a related industry professional role, you’ll have strong relationship building skills, sound commercial acumen, and be able to confidently communicate Fonterra’s strategy, performance and value proposition to our farmers and the wider community.
To be successful in this role, you will have the following skills and experience:
- A proven background in on-farm consulting, agri-business experience or service provider support
- Competence in using Microsoft Word, Excel and Outlook
- Prior background within human resources, on farm safety, share farming/lease agreements or a closely related field will be highly regarded
- Understanding of key financial and physical drivers to farm business performance and profitability
- Great local community knowledge, and understanding of the area
- A current driver’s license is required for this role.
Our Story
Fonterra is a global nutrition company owned by 10,000 farming families in New Zealand. We employ 20,000 people around the globe and offer amazing opportunities for people who want to join our team.
In Australia, we take the milk we collect from our farmers, and our six manufacturing sites across Victoria and Tasmania turn this into dairy foods that generations of Australians have grown up with and love, including Perfect Italiano™, Mainland™, Western Star™, and Bega™. We also sell dairy ingredients to many of the world’s leading food companies and partner with foodservices business across the country to get dairy foods into chefs’ hands.
At Fonterra, we understand that to attract top talent we need to have the jobs that will make you want to get out of bed in the morning. Diversity, inclusion, and flexibility are a big part of our business, and with a collaborative culture, inspiring leaders and passionate people, this is a great place to work.
We need good people, we need you – please apply and join our team.
So, what are you waiting for? Apply now!