We are committed to developing our employees by growing their skills, knowledge, and experience, which allows them to excel in their current positions and pursue their career goals. We depend on talented individuals and strong leaders to deliver excellent results, so we invest in the future success of our business and our people.
We want to be recognised as an organisation that delivers our vision of being a world-class global food and solutions company while creating prosperity for our farming families, respecting our people, delivering quality produce solutions for our customers and operating a sustainable and commercially successful co-operative. To achieve this, we need to attract and retain the best and brightest talent in Aotearoa. People who share our values, and our commitment to New Zealand farmers.
Defined by our people for our people, our values are what we stand for. They define our behaviours and shape our culture. We are committed to continually evolving this culture, living our values and becoming truly inclusive.
Graduate
programme
Our Graduate Programme is designed to build a pipeline of talented individuals with leadership potential to meet the future capability needs of Alliance Group.
By actively engaging across our diverse business operations, our graduates can develop robust networks, gain invaluable insights into various functions and opportunities, and acquire a comprehensive understanding of our industry and markets. This multi-faceted programme empowers our graduates to make informed choices about their career paths within the co-operative.
Meet some of our Graduates below.
Employees’ Family Members Bursary
Open to candidates whose parent/guardian or primary carer is employed at Alliance Group. Applicants must be pursuing study in areas related to the meat industry, associated industries, or primary production.
Shareholder Undergraduate Bursary
Open to candidates whose parent/guardian or primary carer is an Alliance Group shareholder. Applicants must be pursuing study in areas related to the meat industry, associated industries, or primary production.
Key Dates:
Applications close: Friday, 17 October 2025
Interviews: Week commencing 3 November 2025
Leadership
Development
Here, at Alliance Group, people are the heart of our business, so we believe it’s important we’re all talking the same talk, so we can walk together.
Our Alliance Values determine “how we do things around here” and therefore, the behaviours that are most important to us. It is through these behaviours that we bring the values to life, and truly live and lead them.
Our leadership development framework is centred around our values and focuses on teaching all leaders how to live and lead them everyday. Because, culture, or “the way we do things around here”, is built through the small things we do everyday (rather than the big things we do every so often).
Personal and
Professional
Development
Alliance is a huge business which means the opportunities for you to grow and develop here are endless.
Once you have settled into your role and into Alliance, your manager will have a development conversation with you to identify your specific development needs and wants for the year ahead. You’ll also have an opportunity to participate in various courses and programmes in your time here.
It’s important to note that development is important for many reasons! Aside from ensuring that you have the health & safety, compliance, and technical training and qualifications needed to be successful in your role, we develop our people so that you can be the best ‘you’ possible, so that you can be a better team-mate, so that you can perform more effectively in your role, and so that you can build new skills, knowledge and experiences for the future.
We want to support you with achieving your career aspirations, whatever those might be.
Success stories
About us
Alliance is a world class food company, 100% owned by skilled and passionate New Zealand farmers
