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.
Every day, thousands of customers shop in-store or online. To make it happen, our supply chain – one of New Zealand’s biggest – keeps everything moving. With over 1,000 team members, we move more than 97.8 million cartons a year, covering 19 million kilometres — that’s nearly 24 round trips to the moon!
Te Tūranga – About the role
As a DC Junior Supply Planner, you'll join our fast-paced and collaborative DC Replenishment team, helping ensure the right products are available at the right time across our Distribution Centres. This is an excellent opportunity for someone looking to build a career in supply chain planning, inventory management, and FMCG operations while working with a team passionate about delivering world-class service to our members.
You'll also:
- Manage a starter portfolio of domestic and/or import suppliers to achieve agreed service and inventory targets.
- Raise purchase orders, review supplier confirmations, and track product deliveries.
- Analyse replenishment data and inventory performance using Replenverse and SAP.
- Partner closely with suppliers, merchandise teams, DC operations, and other stakeholders to maximise product availability.
- Support inventory optimisation initiatives, stock turn targets, overstock reduction, and out-of-stock management.
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 36 free EV plugs
- Southern Cross health insurance, Foodies superannuation scheme
- 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 naturally analytical, organised, and eager to learn. You thrive in a fast-moving environment, enjoy working with data, and can build strong relationships across teams and suppliers. Whether you're a recent graduate or have some early supply chain experience, you'll bring curiosity, resilience, and a passion for delivering great outcomes.
We're looking for someone with:
- A bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Logistics, Business, Economics, Operations, or a related field.
- Up to two years' experience in supply chain, logistics, inventory management, or FMCG environments.
- Strong Excel skills, including Pivot Tables, data analysis and LOOKUP functions.
- Excellent communication, problem-solving and stakeholder management skills.
- The ability to prioritise, remain calm under pressure, and adapt to changing business needs.
- BI/BA experience - preferred.
We’re interested in your diverse experiences, your strengths and how adaptable you are to learn and grow. If you don't meet every requirement, but feel this role could be for you, we’d still love to hear from you!
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 further information or reasonable accommodations to our recruitment process, please reach out to [email protected] so we can support you to freely participate equitably in our recruitment and selection process. Accommodations could include interview location, sign language interpreter, or assistive technology.
Don’t ‘shelve’ your potential, come be a part of our team!
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Logistics, Business, Economics, Operations, or related field
- Up to two years' experience in supply chain, logistics, inventory management, or FMCG environments
- Strong Excel skills including Pivot Tables, data analysis and LOOKUP functions
- Experience using SAP
- Experience using Replenverse or replenishment systems
- Excellent communication, problem-solving and stakeholder management skills
- Ability to prioritise, remain calm under pressure, and adapt to changing business needs
- Business Intelligence / Business Analytics experience
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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