Top Operations Management Jobs in New Zealand

Own and improve product operations across planning, governance, roadmap reviews, reporting, documentation, knowledge management, and cross-functional delivery alignment. The role establishes scalable processes, operational metrics, dashboards, and standardized tools while supporting product lifecycle improvements and AI-enabled ways of working. It partners with product, engineering, and business leadership without direct people management responsibility.

Lead Auckland warehouse and distribution operations across inbound, outbound, returns, and customer functions. Manage a team of 30+ employees through supervisors and team leaders while overseeing safety, compliance, workforce planning, inventory accuracy, service levels, budgets, and operational KPIs. Drive continuous improvement, customer satisfaction, process standardization, talent development, and business growth while coordinating with stakeholders, customers, and logistics partners.

Lead daily international, domestic, and regional airport terminal operations at Auckland Airport. The role oversees safe, compliant ground handling, on-time performance, operational recovery during disruptions, stakeholder and union relationships, continuous improvement, and the development of operational leaders. Success requires strong airline operations leadership, critical decision-making, strategic and commercial thinking, and commitment to safety and customer outcomes.

Plan, execute, and optimize in-app cross-market campaigns across APAC. Coordinate with product, design, marketing, BI and local teams, monitor participation/conversion/retention metrics, generate performance reports, gather user feedback, and manage budgets and resources to improve campaign outcomes.

Lead and scale Kwetta’s manufacturing operation for ultra-fast EV chargers. Responsibilities include overseeing Production and Procurement, building scalable manufacturing systems, strengthening supply chain capabilities, coaching leaders, collaborating with Engineering on manufacturability, implementing MRP/ERP systems, developing offshore manufacturing capability, and driving continuous improvement across a high-mix, high-value manufacturing environment.

Leads Corefleet NZ’s national sales and operations strategy across fleet and corporate customers. Responsibilities include driving revenue, profitability, market share, sales targets, tenders, strategic partnerships, key accounts, OEM and supplier relationships, forecasting, reporting, and operational planning. The role also coaches sales and operations teams, builds a high-performance culture, negotiates commercial agreements, manages margins, and promotes workplace health, safety, and environmental standards.

The Revenue Operations Manager will optimize performance after sales, focusing on customer launch and support processes, using data to drive improvements and operational efficiency.

Lead daily depot operations for an Albany bus depot: oversee rostering, dispatch, fleet readiness, safety and wellbeing, recruitment, performance monitoring, and customer issue resolution while managing a large multi‑discipline team and contractors.

Own the APAC payroll function, ensuring accurate, timely, and compliant payroll processing across countries. Lead, mentor, and support the payroll team; manage internal, external, and third-party payroll service relationships; monitor international payroll regulations; and implement best practices, KPIs, and SLA metrics. The role requires strong regional payroll expertise, analytical problem-solving, process improvement, stakeholder management, and proficiency with SAP and spreadsheet tools in a remote, asynchronous environment.

Lead warehouse and 3PL distribution operations across NZ, ensure GMP compliance, inventory accuracy, and safety. Drive continuous improvement in logistics, freight, forecasting and demand planning. Manage team capability, training, certifications, and stakeholder relationships to meet service, cost, and audit objectives.

Manage trade lifecycle and settlements for multi-asset portfolios: execute trades, reconcile positions, analyze P&L/valuations, monitor market/credit/liquidity risk, manage cash forecasting, and optimize middle-office workflows to increase automation and reduce operational friction.

The Director of Test and Launch Operations at Rocket Lab will lead teams in aerospace operations, ensuring successful missile launches while maintaining rigorous safety and operational standards.

Lead Commercial Operations for India (Invisalign), manage customer support and service, design SOPs and systems, forecast fulfillment, analyze VOC/NPS/Medallia feedback, drive process improvements with APAC Ops, handle facility administration and EHS, manage vendor/contracts, and coach teams to improve customer experience.

Lead sales optimisation and process improvements across retail and commercial channels using data-driven insights. Own sales data ingestion, reporting, forecasting, KPI tracking, inventory control tower, and stakeholder collaboration. Implement commercial controls, manage trade spend and pricing, and run weekly/biweekly operational meetings to improve sales effectiveness and minimise stock issues.

The Associate Manager, Marketplace Strategy & Operations will lead the NZ marketplace strategy, focusing on consumer growth, in-app experience, pricing, and partnerships while analyzing metrics to drive decisions and optimizing the DoorDash app experience.