Product Owner

Auckland - New Zealand

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 30+ days ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Product Owner

Ko wai mātou 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 Support Centre is 1000 people strong which includes 300 IT employees who all play a vital role in ensuring the cogs of our Co-op stay turning and our systems stay byte-sized and bug-free..

Te Tūranga About the role

As a Product Owner within the Enterprise Systems team youll be at the heart of transforming how one of NewZealands largest retailers delivers value. This is your opportunity to own and shape products that keep our trading operations running smoothly while creating outstanding experiences for our customers. Youll work at the exciting intersection of business strategy customer needs and technical delivery - leading crossfunctional teams to turn ideas into impactful our fastpaced FMCG environment your ability to adapt prioritise and collaborate will be the key to delivering success.

Working in a truly agile way youll take ownership of your product vision and roadmap working to develop trust and partnering closely with merchandise commercial teams and technical leads to turn strategy into reality. Youll lead discovery and delivery with focus and purpose using data insights and stakeholder feedback to ensure your team delivers real outcomes that matter. This is your chance to help Foodstuffs become an even more customerdriven coop - delivering simplicity agility and value at scale.

Youll be responsible for:

Own and align the product vision and roadmap across multiple squads/products ensuring delivery of commercial outcomes and customer value at scale

o with full engagement/alignment and support of the business colleagues you represent developing a trusted relationship and able to effectively incorporate their needs

oin alignment with our solution architecture ensure solutions are pragmatic scalable and built for the long term

Leading discovery and delivery by leveraging data and customer insights to guide decisions and evaluate outcomes- thereby advancing our commitment to becoming a data-driven organisation

Owning and refining the product backlog so your team always has a clear wellprioritised path forward with clear acceptance criteria to deliver business impact

Acting as a product champion within your squad and across the organisation inspiring clarity alignment and engagement

Collaborating with other Product Owners to ensure smooth integration of new features into our product ecosystem

Driving continuous improvement fostering a learning mindset and evolving ways of working

Building strong relationships across the business to connect people ideas and outcomes

Ensuring your team is set up for success with the right capacity focus and engagement to deliver exceptional results

Ngā 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 36free 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

Youre a curious collaborative problemsolver who thrives on turning complexity into clarity. You bring a sharp analytical mind strong commercial insight and a handson approach that helps translate ideas into highvalue outcomes. You move quickly to understand change adapt priorities and turn ambiguity into actionable deliverables - all while keeping a clear focus on delivering real results.

Youre a confident communicator and facilitator who builds trust across teams and stakeholders. You can bring people together inspire alignment and keep everyone focused on delivering the right outcomes. You balance a strategic mindset with practical delivery skills ensuring your product decisions are grounded in data customer insight and sound rationale.

Youll bring:

Strong analytical thinking and problemsolving skills with proven ability to translate insights into impactful solutions that meet business goals.

Excellent communication facilitation and planning skills able to adapt style and techniques to the audience and situation.

Commercial acumen with the ability to connect product delivery to business strategy and value.

Technical fluency ideally with SAP retail experience and a solid understanding of business processes and modern development practices.

Confidence working in ambiguity with the ability to prioritise plan and deliver in a fastmoving environment.

A collaborative mindset able to build strong relationships across teams and influence stakeholders at all levels.

Experience leading teams or scrum teams to deliver value and manage performance effectively.

Exceptional organisation adaptability and a preference for direct collaboration and practical solutions.

Qualifications:

Tertiary qualification in a related field (or equivalent experience).

3 years experience as a Product Owner or Business Analyst in an Agile environment.

Proven track record of delivering products in a fastpaced resultsdriven setting.

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 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. Accessibility support could include interview location sign language interpreter assistive technology.

We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process such as reviewing applications analyzing resumes or assessing responses. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed please contact us.

Product Owner Ko wai mātou About usKia 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 com...