Assistant Category Manager – Butchery
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
We’re looking for an Assistant Category Manager – Butchery to join our motivated team. This role is all about keeping things moving – from daily chicken order processing to supporting stores and suppliers. You’ll be a go-to person for accurate order management and proactive communication, helping us deliver on our promise to customers.
- Process daily chicken orders for all retail stores and ensure fulfilment across the network
- Input costs and volumes into systems for seamless order transfer
- Allocate supplier volumes accurately and help resolve supply challenges
- Communicate with stores on supply and order updates and assist as required
- Contribute to continuous improvement projects
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 plugs
- Southern cross health insurance
- Onsite café with subsidised meals, mini mart, 5% discount at our retail stores
- Flexible working options, a day off on your birthday, long service leave
- Inhouse learning and development programmes and courses, flu vaccinations, and social network groups (we call them Tribes).
He kōrero mōu – About you
You’re detail-oriented, proactive, and thrive in a fast-paced environment. You enjoy working with data, solving problems, and building strong relationships.
- Experience in order processing or a store/supplier background (Fresh experience a bonus)
- Strong analytical and numerical skills; comfortable with large data sets
- Excellent planning and communication skills – both written and verbal
- Ability to work under pressure and manage early morning starts
- A positive, solutions-focused mindset and collaborative working style
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, 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, interview location, sign language interpreter, assistive technology.
Don’t ‘cart’ around – apply now!
Skills Required
- Experience in order processing or store/supplier background
- Strong analytical and numerical skills
- Excellent planning and communication skills
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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