General Information
Position Description
Proud to be Fonterra
Here at Fonterra, we are committed to growing our people. We value you and your career progression and are excited that you are taking this next step in your career journey with us. We are proud to offer a wide variety of roles across the Co-op, ensuring that no matter what business unit or stage of life you're in, there's a good chance we've got something to suit.
The Role
As a store person, you’ll be operating forklifts in a cool and dry store environment. Loading and unloading pallets and picking and putting product away in racking.
You’ll also be recording key product and process information in our database and using your mechanical capabilities to carry out basic maintenance checks.
This role with see you work a 38-hour week, predominantly on day shift, with the option over weekend work where required.
What you’ll bring
We are looking for a switched-on, self-motivated store person/forklift operator. As someone who can not only use their initiative and work autonomously, you’ll also be a great team player - working collaboratively with others to problem solve and identify improvement initiatives.
This is a busy role where you’ll need a strong mechanical aptitude, ability to work well within a team, and high regard for health and safety to succeed. A good understanding and commitment to manufacturing best practice and HACCP principles will also stand you in good stead. Forklift experience is a must.
Other key skills and experience include:
Experience in the food industry or manufacturing environment
Strong computer skills (SAP experience preferred)
Advance numerous and computer literacy
Forklift driving experience and current Forklift Licence is a must in this role, with a minimum of 2 years experience.
Store person/warehousing experience is desired but not a must.
Work in a fast paced environment in cool stores and dry stores
Are you excited about this opportunity but may only meet some requirements?
That's not a problem. We are committed to growing our internal talent and building a diverse workplace; therefore, we are 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.
For more details, please don’t hesitate to get in touch with the supporting Talent Acquisition Partner – Meheret.hailemelekot@fonterra.com
Applications will close at 31 July 2025.
Sound good to you? We like to see as many jobs as possible filled by our talented existing team, so if you are interested, please apply now so we can continue to solve for better, together.
You, me, us together.
