Job description
Company Description
Z has a clear purpose: Powering better journeys, today and tomorrow. As one of New Zealand’s largest transport energy companies, we have a commitment to delivering safe, secure, and reliable transport energy – with the opportunity to deliver new journeys, with new energy solutions in a changing world.
We are proud to be the Kiwi contingent in the Ampol Group, an independent Trans-Tasman energy company, with trading offices across the globe, which are united behind our shared purpose. While many of the challenges and opportunities we face go beyond national boundaries, together we have the scale, influence, and capability to deliver for our customers, communities, and our people.
Job Description
Our Customer team are focused on exactly that – our Customers! In this role you will lead the creation of value in the Commercial Fuels and lubricants businesses by building partnerships within Z and externally to ensure our customer value propositions, revenue and safety performance aspirations are met.
You will have the opportunity to
- Support fuels and lubricants Account Managers, Lubricants Manager and Head of Commercial to drive the performance of revenue and margin targets
- Lead the monthly and quarterly monitoring of Commercial business performance, identifying and solving for performance gaps
- Lead on initiatives to improve safety and wellbeing outcomes for our people, customers, and suppliers
- Manage the business critical supplier of Adblue across the truck stop network.
- Collaborate across Z teams to deliver on our aspirations for asset performance and customer experience throughout the nationwide network of Truck Stops.
- Evolve our Truck Stop network by considering investment choices that deliver on strategic objectives and in year business plans
- Partner with teams to create business opportunities across Z’s B2B customer portfolios
Qualifications
What you’ll bring to Z
- Strong commercial acumen with the ability to use successful thinking strategies to solve problems and make decisions
- A solid understanding of how businesses work; and awareness of strategies and tactics for execution in a business context
- Experience working with teams, analysing performance and realising value
- Excellent stakeholder engagement skills, able to identify, analyse plans and implement actions to engage with a range of relevant stakeholders
- A solid understanding of the markets we operate in, insight as to how value is generated and the curiosity to seek out answers
- Expertise in building relationships with internal and external contacts, forming partnerships that support business success and using cross-functional knowledge to add value
And of course, you’ll be passionate about what matters to Z, embracing and living our values to help us deliver on our aspirations and broader commitment to Aotearoa New Zealand.
Don’t meet every single requirement? At Z we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.
Additional Information
What we can offer you
- A competitive remuneration package including short-term incentive plan, medical insurance for you and your family, enhanced employer contribution for KiwiSaver
- Generous leave provisions including enhanced sick leave, parental leave benefits and the option to buy additional leave
- The balance of hybrid working, enjoy some of your week at home and some in our welcoming office space
- The opportunity to contribute and be part of a supportive team that is here to make a difference
- A chance to build your own capability through learning from some of the industry’s most knowledgeable people who have a desire to share their insights along with access to upskilling opportunities and career development across the organisation
- Two days a year to do Good in your Hood, though our volunteering scheme, a chance for you to help others in your community in a meaningful way to you
The base salary range for this role is $152,600 to $179,500 per annum, plus 15% STI based on company performance, a 5% KiwiSaver employer contribution and health insurance through Southern Cross.
Why Z?
Z has always been a proud Kiwi company. We’re aspirational for our future, confident of our role in Aotearoa New Zealand’s success and deeply loyal to our customers, communities and people.
At Z we focus on achieving extraordinary outcomes by setting the appropriate context, rather than by telling our people what to do. By doing this, high performing and talented people deliver better results and are more personally fulfilled.
We care deeply for our people while pushing them to achieve their best as individuals and collectively as an organisation. Our flexible working approach and Rainbow Tick and Gender Tick accreditations - backed by our strong company values, Tū Kaha Stand Up, Tū Maia Speak Out, Tū Kotahi Side by Side - have created an open and inclusive workplace that promotes personal development and is underpinned by a desire for our people and our communities to succeed.
One of the things we stand for at Z is Diversity & Inclusion. It is our belief that having a diverse workforce make it possible for our people to truly be themselves and deliver on our aspirations for Z.
We’re distinctive in our approach and if you’re up for a challenge, we’d love you to be part of it. If Z sounds like a place you believe you can add value and grow your own capability, then make sure you read Our Why. This is our founding document and provides further insights in what it means to part of the Z whānau.
If Z feels like a good match for your head and your heart, come join us for one heck of a journey!
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Please include a cover letter in your application, telling us why you’re a great fit for Z.
Applications close: Friday, 30th of January, 2026
