Where do you want to go? Let us guess... as far as possible. It's that kind drive that takes great people great places - places like Fonterra. And once you arrive here you'll fast discover the career journey never ends.
Fonterra - What We Stand For
Dairy is our life's work. It's our passion and it's what we do best.
We have always marvelled at the simple nutrition of dairy. In an age when you need a chemistry degree to understand food labels, milk is pure milk, providing the building blocks for a healthy life.
We are proud of our New Zealand roots. Year after year, our farmers in New Zealand work with the land and their cows to bring quality milk to millions of people around the world. They have passed their farming expertise down through the generations, keeping alive the time-honoured traditions that have catapulted New Zealand to the forefront of the global dairy industry.
Since Fonterra Co-operative Group was formed in 2001, we have become the world's largest dairy exporter with nearly 11,000 shareholders. We export 95 per cent of our New Zealand-made dairy products to our customers and consumers in more than 140 countries. Our milk tankers collect around 14 billion litres of milk every year.
No matter where we are in the world, dairy is what makes us tick.
What We Look For - New Zealand Graduates
We are looking for talented people who are passionate, innovative and possess a "can do" attitude to help us lead the way in dairy. The following competencies will give you a hint of what we look for in a potential leader:
Information Technology
As an Information Systems (IS) graduate you will be working in a strong business focused environment. Fonterra is a multi vendor environment with a focus on partnering for business success. As such we are interested in IS graduates with good interpersonal skills, problem solving skills and confidence.
You will demonstrate both technical and business acumen be driven as well as taking part in extra-curricular activities. Our preferred candidates will have a combination Commerce and IT degree perhaps combined honours or have taken papers in Finance, Marketing or Business in addition to IT.
Graduate roles within IS work on a rotational basis giving you exposure to different areas. You will be given a mentor and have regular meetings with the CIO.
Your training is a high priority and we will support your career through a well defined career development framework. You will be rewarded with an attractive salary and a yearly incentive based on your skills, experience and performance - and promotion when you are ready to take that next step!
Are you ready to join a market leader and give your career the best start? If so, apply now!
Zach Ward
Milk Pricing Project Manager
BBS / BSc (Massey Scholar), Massey University
Having completed degrees in animal science and agribusiness, I was faced with the big "what next" question.
The opportunity to join Fonterra Milk Supply as a graduate at the start of 2005 was by far the best opening that was available to me and one that I couldn't pass up.
Milk Supply is the business unit that is responsible for all of the interactions between farmers (the owners of the Co-operative) and Fonterra. As a graduate I was employed as a general business analyst and had the opportunity to work on a range of projects and initiatives that built on my existing skills, but also allowed me to develop a whole lot of new ones.
Some of the most interesting projects I have worked on include: The Pastures from Space project where we are using satellite imagery to measure pasture cover, Working on the feasibility and initial implementation of a dairy farm that Fonterra is developing in China and New milk pricing initiatives.
These projects have been quite varied and have allowed me to interact with people right across the business. Most recently, I have moved into a role where I focus almost entirely on milk pricing. Each year Fonterra pays out billions of dollars to our farmers, as part of my job I calculate a range of parameters that determine how this money is paid out.
Outside of Fonterra my interests are mainly in farming and on weekends I regularly find myself relief milking various herds in the Waikato. It is always useful to hear what the real owners of the business think and it gives me an opportunity to explain some of the things we are trying to achieve.
Coming from a farming background I still plan to return to this in the future. For now I am enjoying the challenge of working in Fonterra and am trying to make the most of the opportunities that it opens up.
