Operations Team Leader - Binstores at Mr Apple Careers site (All)
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Role details
Job description
Lead a high-performing team and play a key role in keeping New Zealand’s premium apples moving.
Join a business where people and apples are always growing. This unique 12-month fixed-term opportunity offers the best of both worlds - leading a team in one of our binstores during the packing season and gaining hands-on orchard experience during the growing season. If you enjoy leading people, solving operational challenges and taking ownership of performance, while also building your horticultural knowledge and cross-functional skills, this is a fantastic opportunity to broaden your skills and make a real impact across our business.
What You'll Be Doing
- Lead, coach and support the binstores team to achieve daily operational goals
- Oversee the safe storage, treatment and dispatch of fruit while maintaining product quality
- Manage inventory accuracy, data recording and traceability requirements
- Coordinate fruit movements with packhouse, transport and orchard teams to maximise efficiency
- Run daily planning sessions and ensure resources are aligned to operational demands
- Drive a culture of continuous improvement, teamwork and accountability
What You'll Bring
- Previous experience leading or supervising a team
- Forklift operating experience and willingness to obtain any required licences
- Strong organisational skills and ability to coordinate multiple priorities
- Confidence using computers and systems, including basic Excel skills
- Excellent communication skills and ability to build strong working relationships
What We Offer
- A unique opportunity to build experience across both operational leadership and orchard operations
- Supportive team culture
- Career development across Binstores and Orchards with the potential to lead into permanent work
- Opportunity to contribute to a leading horticulture business
If you enjoy variety and want the opportunity to gain experience across multiple disciplines within a large horticultural organisation, we'd love to hear from you.
Why work at Mr Apple Careers site
- Culture: Strong emphasis on being “one team,” with values of integrity, respect, diversity, and continuous improvement. The company celebrates difference and fosters a sense of belonging.
- Work Environment: Based in Hawke’s Bay, New Zealand, with roles spanning orchards, packhouses, coolstores, and a business support office in Whakatu. Roles range from hands-on seasonal work to professional careers in IT, finance, sales, marketing, logistics, and people & culture.
- Growth & Development: Strong commitment to “always growing” — both apples and people. The company invests in training and career development across all teams.
- Diversity & Inclusion: Actively embraces a richly diverse team, with a significant RSE programme bringing workers from Pacific nations. The Head of People & Culture leads a dedicated Health & Safety & Wellbeing team.
- Work Arrangement: On-site roles based in Hawke’s Bay, New Zealand. Roles span seasonal/casual (packhouse, orchard, coolstore) to permanent professional positions (IT, finance, sales, marketing, HR).
- Notable Perks: Being part of a globally recognised brand; working in a beautiful region; opportunity to work across the full apple supply chain; strong focus on employee wellbeing and pastoral care for seasonal workers.