Strategy Lead
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Job Location:
Christchurch - UK
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
30+ days ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
About the role:
As our Strategy Lead youll help shape the strategic direction of our co-op and enable commercially grounded decision-making across Foodstuffs South Island. Youll bring structure to complexity and turn analysis into clear compelling recommendations - crafting strategic narratives that influence decisions and drive impact.
Reporting to our Head of Strategy youll work across both enterprise and business unit levels collaborating with senior leaders to identify and analyse opportunities develop strategy and quantify risks and benefits.
This is an opportunity to influence the future of a cooperative with deep community roots guiding high-impact decisions and helping embed strategic clarity across our co-op.
Some of what youll do:
- Collaborate with senior leaders to shape strategy and assess commercial and operational opportunities.
- Analyse performance across business units to identify growth opportunities profitability gaps and emerging trends.
- Translate qualitative and quantitative insights into clear actionable strategic recommendations.
- Present strategic options and evaluate their viability across customer commercial operational and organisational dimensions.
- Track progress and reflect external market shifts (consumer behaviour industry trends and macro-economic changes etc.) into our strategic conversations.
About you:
Youll bring the commercial depth to conduct robust analysis and the curiosity to connect the dots between data stakeholder input and market trends. Youll thrive on collaboration and be quick to build strong partnerships across our co-op.
Ideally youll also bring:
- A relevant qualification in economics finance or a related field.
- Strong commercial analysis capability including financial modelling valuation and performance assessment.
- Experience in consulting or corporate strategy ideally within large complex organisations.
- Strong strategic storytelling able to simplify complexity shape design and present clear strategic recommendations.
- Confidence engaging with senior leaders and building trust across diverse teams.
Dont meet every requirement or think this role might be a step across instead of up We encourage you to apply anyway. We are looking for individuals with diverse experiences and are keen to hear from those who believe they have the drive and potential to succeed with us.
Why join us
- Our approach to flexible working is based on trusting and empowering our people to manage their time and deliver results while balancing the needs of their personal lives.
- Were committed to equitable outcomes and we offer additional paid parental leave free period products and financial health checks to name a few.
- We support your wellbeing with Southern Cross health insurance for you and your family after a qualifying period discounts at local gyms access to online wellbeing tools and a prayer and privacy room onsite.
- We offer continuous learning and professional growth as well as access to our extensive online training library and endless opportunities.
- Were proud of our supportive team environment and our positive and friendly culture thats made fun by Furry Friend Fridays and monthly social events!
- Were a Pride Pledge organisation and we are committed to an inclusive workplace where everyone thrives every day and we celebrate our diversity as strength.
- Our Papanui based office has free carparking an in-house caf.
How to apply:
Ready to take on the challenge Click apply to apply for the role! Applications will close 11:59pm Sunday 7 September 2025 and will only be accepted via our careers site. Please include a cover letter outlining your interst for the role.
About us:
Were a team of 14000 who make sure South Islanders have access to the groceries and essentials they need. Proudly 100% Kiwi-owned and operated our co-operative has more than 200 PAKnSAVE New World Four Square and On the Spot stores feeding the South Island.
We value being at the heart of our communities like weve always been to make the South Island a better place for today and for many generations to come. From sunny Golden Bay all the way to Stewart Island theres a Foodstuffs store serving you and your whnau.
Our success is down to our people who bring their skills experience passion and expertise to make Foodies an amazing and rewarding place to work. Our co-op has a wide variety of roles to offer and endless opportunities for development.
Our values:
At Foodies together we drive success to be our best and care for our whnau. We recognise that it takes a collective effort to achieve success and we thrive on fostering a culture of collaboration to drive innovation and embracing challenges as a united team. We are committed to supporting our people and to positively impact the lives of South Islanders every day.
Key Skills
- Marketing
- Data Visualization
- Tableau
- Customer Segmentation
- Microsoft Powerpoint
- Investment Banking
- Strategic Planning
- Financial Modeling
- Customer relationship management
- Management Consulting
- Google Suite
- Analytics
