About the Role
Are you keen to drive digital adoption and capability across our organisation? Join us as a Digital Optimisation Specialist, where you’ll partner with teams to maximise the use of digital systems, improve processes, and deliver real business value. You’ll help shape our digital roadmap and enable lasting change by empowering people to more confidently use tools and technologies.
Key responsibilities of this role include..
- Collaborate with leaders and stakeholders to optimise usage and effectiveness of digital systems and processes
- Lead the identification and planning of digital initiatives that align with business goals and strategy
- Champion change management and support successful digital adoption
- Advise on digital roadmap to align and prioritise digital projects with organisational needs.
- Collaborate across digital and business functions to drive measurable improvements in productivity and operational efficiency.
Skills and Experience
The ideal candidate will have the following skills and attributes:
- 7+ years in digital transformation, process improvement and organisational change roles
- Proven success driving system adoption and business change
- Strong stakeholder engagement and communication skills, ideally in manufacturing, supply chain or industrial environments
- Experience with enterprise systems (e.g., SAP), improvement methodologies (e.g., Lean, Six Sigma) and change frameworks (e.g. ADKAR, Kotter, Lewin)
- Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field; certifications in Business Improvement or Change Management preferred
This role will be based at our Christchurch site in Dunsandel with some flexibility to work in the city centre, whilst Synlait supports flexible working, we will not consider a remote working arrangement.
About Us – The Synlait Way
Synlait is a dynamic, purpose-led milk nutrition company that is Doing Milk Differently for a Healthier World! We pride our organisation as being different and allowing our spirit to drive our success, shifting perceptions and driving value through new thinking and a new attitude.
You’ll be joining down-to-earth, authentic people working together to create the very best in milk nutrition as we combine expert farming with innovative thinking and state-of-the-art processing to produce a range of nutritional milk products for our global customers.
We will challenge you by providing the opportunities you’ve been seeking to expand your career; we believe that everyone brings unique experiences and perspectives to the table so are committed to creating an inclusive workplace and embrace diversity to drive innovation and business success.
What we offer:
- Health insurance cover + Partnered with top brands for great benefits and discounts
- Excellent parental leave with our Matua policy
- World Class manufacturing facilities and BCorp TM certified
- Social Club membership opportunities
What's next?
Include your most recent CV and cover letter summarising your abilities and what you can bring to Synlait. We wish you the best of luck in your application. We encourage you to apply early as we will be reviewing applications regularly and may close the advertisement early. Applicants outside of New Zealand will only be considered if you have the legal right to live and work in New Zealand.
Together we will continue to create a workplace where everyone can thrive and contribute their best.
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