Category Manager - Delicatessen and Meal Solutions
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
As a Category Manager for Deli and Meal Solutions, you’ll be responsible for the strategic implementation of a range of products across our stores such as store made meals, hot chickens, ready made pizzas and Simply Dinner meal kits to name a few. You’ll provide expert knowledge across your Category working closely with our Owner/Operators, influencing and engaging with plans, collaborating with supply partners, driving sales and performance whilst also leading and coaching a team.
To achieve this, some of what you’ll do is:
Run your category as a strategic business unit, delivering on financial targets and using customer insights to unlock growth.
Plan, organise and operate the category, align priorities with overall company strategy and create & deliver goals, measures and transformation.
Manage the administration within the category - including pricing, range changes, promotions, discontinuations, New Product Development (NPD) and regulatory compliance.
Review promotion effectiveness, analyse, negotiate, and inform any changes are required to the remaining planned promotions.
Collaboratively innovate Meal Kit NPD under the FSNI brand: Simply Dinner. Maintain costings and support inventory procurement and management alongside the Supplier partner(s).
Ngā painga – What we offer
We’re committed to providing awesome experiences for our people, including offering a range of benefits:
Competitive base salary and bonus
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
Passionate about food, you could be working in the food service industry, armed with knowledge of how a commercial kitchen works and experience from being in the office, costing recipes to being on the tools. With a commercial mind-set you’ll also be entrepreneurial with proven experience in planning and strategy execution.
Key to your success in the role will also include:
A solid understanding of market trends and influences, both within New Zealand and globally with a drive to continuously stay ahead of the game.
Prior experience in the Deli and Meal Solutions Categories is preferred although not essential.
Very strong problem solving and decision-making skills.
Excellent planning and communication skills with the ability to collaborate and clearly articulate ideas/concepts and effectively present to others.
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 service industry and knowledge of how a commercial kitchen operates
- Experience costing recipes and hands-on food preparation (being 'on the tools')
- Commercial mindset with proven experience in planning and strategy execution
- Solid understanding of market trends (New Zealand and global)
- Prior experience in the Deli and Meal Solutions category
- Strong problem-solving and decision-making skills
- Excellent planning, communication and presentation skills, and ability to collaborate
- Experience leading and coaching a team
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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