Assistant Category Manager – Frozen
Ko wai mātou – About us
Kia ora. We’re Foodies. You know New World, PAK’nSAVE and Four Square right? That’s us! With 300+ stores and over 24,000 Foodies across Te Ika-a-Maui, our North Island Co-op has the privilege of helping New Zealanders get more out of life. Locally owned, we reflect the communities we serve, and we celebrate our people - our taonga, every day for being uniquely them.
Our Merchandise team works with supplier partners and store teams on category ranging, buying, pricing and promotions so we can get the right products on the right shelves at the right time for our customers.
Te Tūranga – About the role
Ready to grow your category management career? As our Assistant Category Manager, Frozen, you’ll join a collaborative team made up of a Category Manager and two Category Assistants, working across a large and growing category.
From frozen vegetables and poultry to tenders, frozen meals and ice cream, you’ll help manage the products customers find throughout the frozen freezer aisle across PAK’nSAVE, New World and Four Square.
In this role, you will:
Support the Category Manager to plan, organise and operate the frozen portfolio, aligning priorities and measures with the wider company strategy.
Review range, pricing and promotional performance to identify opportunities and improve category outcomes across our three banners.
Manage product, pricing and promotional activity while ensuring key deadlines and store requirements are met.
Build effective relationships with suppliers, stores and teams across Foodstuffs North Island.
Contribute to category planning, forecasting, supplier negotiations, merchandising, range management and product positioning
Ngā painga – What we offer
We’re committed to providing awesome experiences for our people, including offering a range of benefits:
Free carparking - we've got over 1,000 carparks including free EV charging stations.
Subsidised Southern Cross health insurance.
Onsite café with subsidised meals, mini mart and 5% discount at our retail stores.
Flexible working options, a day off on your birthday and long service leave.
In-house learning and development programmes, flu vaccinations and social network groups (we call them Tribes).
He kōrero mōu – About you
We’re looking for someone with food industry experience, or experience from a similar fast-moving commercial environment, who is keen to grow and develop as an Assistant Category Manager. You’ll be curious, commercially minded and ready to build your capability within a broad, high-profile category.
Ideally, you will bring:
Experience in the food industry or a similar commercial environment, with exposure to category management, buying, merchandising, ranging, sourcing, pricing or promotions.
Strong analytical and numerical skills, with the ability to identify trends and turn information into practical recommendations.
Confidence using Microsoft Excel, ideally including VLOOKUPs, pivot tables and data analysis.
Clear communication and relationship-building skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with suppliers, stores and internal teams.
A proactive and curious approach, with the drive to learn, develop and deliver quality work in a fast-paced environment.
Experience awesome. Achieve awesome. Be awesomely you.
We’re proud to have a focus on Diversity & Inclusion here at Foodies and welcome courageous behaviour, encourage togetherness and inspire our people to be their best selves in our Foodies whānau.
We encourage you to apply with all your awesomeness and welcome your diverse background, including any disability, additional health and mental health needs, and/or neurodiversity.
If you require accessibility support to ensure you can fairly access our recruitment process, please reach out to [email protected]. Accessibility support could include an alternative interview location, a sign language interpreter or assistive technology.
Are you stocked up & ready to head to the checkout – apply now!
Skills Required
- Experience in the food industry or a similar fast-moving commercial environment
- Exposure to category management, buying, merchandising, ranging, sourcing, pricing, or promotions
- Strong analytical and numerical skills
- Ability to identify trends and turn information into practical recommendations
- Microsoft Excel experience, ideally including VLOOKUPs, pivot tables, and data analysis
- Clear communication and relationship-building skills
- Ability to collaborate with suppliers, stores, and internal teams
- Proactive and curious approach with willingness to learn and develop
- Ability to deliver quality work in a fast-paced environment
What We Do
Foodies is a cooperative, made up of 22,000 kiwis just like you, working hard to make sure New Zealanders get more out of life. Chances are you have been one of our customers, we serve more than 1.4 million kiwis each week through our PAK’nSAVE, New World, Four Square and Gilmours stores. We have more than 350 stores up and down the North Island, from Houhora in the far north, to Island Bay in the coolest little capital in the world. And we have support centres in Auckland, Palmerston North and Wellington. Check out www.foodstuffs.careers to hear our people talk about what they do, why they do it, and to hear about some of the coolest career opportunities in NZ.
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