Assistant Category Manager Fixed Term Contract (End date July 2027)
Ko wai mtou About us
Kia ora. Were Foodies. You know New World PAKnSAVE and Four Square right Thats us!
With 300 stores and over 24000 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 Tranga About the role
Reporting to the Business Manager (Meat & Produce) youll be responsible for a number of categories across our retail banners (PAKnSAVE New World and Four Square). Youll own and actively design strategies that drive growth across your assigned categories planning organising and operating the category to meet financial targets both as an individual and as part of the team.
Key responsibilities include:
- Managing daily and promotional order processing
- Overseeing inventory and stock movement across DC and third-party storage
- Maintaining master data and updating cost prices
- Supporting inbound container management and promotional analysis
- Providing cover for chicken processing and supporting team projects
Ng painga What we offer
Were committed to providing awesome experiences for our people including offering a range of benefits:
Free carparking weve got over 1000 carparks including 36 EV plugs
Onsite caf with subsidised meals mini mart 5% discount at our retail stores
Flexible working options a day off on your birthday
Inhouse learning and development courses flu vaccinations and social network groups (we call them Tribes)
He krero mu About you
Youll bring a proactive data-driven approach to planning and category growth. Youre confident working cross-functionally building relationships and managing competing priorities.
Ideally youll have:
Commercially astute with a strong understanding of market trends and influences.
Comfortable working with numbers and able to turn data into meaningful insights and stories.
Ideally experienced in category management with strong business analysis skills.
Technically savvy naturally curious and eager to learn.
A confident communicator comfortable negotiating winwin solutions.
Experienced in B2B environments with strong relationship-building capability.
Self-motivated organised and a natural problem solver.
Experience awesome. Achieve awesome. Be awesomely you.
Were 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 whnau.
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.
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Assistant Category Manager - Fixed Term July 2027
