A bit about your role

As the Demand and Supply Planner, you will play a key role in coordinating end-to-end planning across Pure Nutrition’s operations, ensuring demand, production, and supply are aligned to deliver excellent service to our customers. You’ll be responsible for managing forecasts, inventory, production planning, and logistics, while identifying risks and driving practical solutions in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.

Reporting directly to the Site Operational Manager – Rolleston and 3rd Party, you will work closely with Production, Commercial, and Supply Chain teams locally and internationally, along with third-party partners, to support efficient planning outcomes and contribute to continuous improvement across the business.

A bit about you

You are an experienced planner with a strong background in demand and supply planning within a manufacturing or FMCG environment. You bring proven capability in balancing competing priorities, working with data, and engaging with a wide range of stakeholders to achieve outcomes. You’re someone who enjoys problem-solving, can see the bigger picture, and is confident making decisions in a dynamic, evolving environment.

You’re highly organised, detail-focused, and comfortable working across systems and processes, with strong communication skills that enable you to build effective relationships both locally and internationally. You take ownership of your work, collaborate well with others, and are motivated to continuously improve planning performance and outcomes.

A bit about the organisation

Pure Nutrition, based in Rolleston, is a specialised dairy manufacturing business focused on producing high-quality nutritional products for export markets. With a strong focus on quality, innovation, and continuous improvement, Pure Nutrition plays an important role in delivering world-class nutrition to customers globally.

Owned by the Global Top 5 dairy company Yili Group, Westland Milk Products and its related companies in New Zealand, Oceania Dairy (Glenavy), Pure Nutrition (Rolleston), Canary Foods (Hamilton) and EasiYo (Auckland) form a group that we refer to as the Yili Oceania group. The combined business produces over 170,000mt of finished goods which are then exported to over 40 countries, driving annual revenue well in excess of $1.3B – and growing.

Where to from here?

We encourage you to apply even if you feel that you do not meet all of the above requirements. No one ever meets 100% of the criteria, and we’re keen to hear from people who are motivated to grow and contribute.

Please submit your application through our careers page at westlandcareers.co.nz. For further details, please refer to the accompanying position description available on the site.

Applications close on 12th July 2026. Please note that this advertisement may close earlier than the listed closing date if a suitable candidate is identified. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis, and interviews may be conducted earlier than the closing date.

Applicants must have valid work rights in New Zealand to be considered.

Applications will be reviewed as they are received, and we may close the role early if a suitable candidate is found. We encourage early applications.

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