Ko wai mātou – About us  

Kia ora. We’re Foodies. You know Gilmours, New World, PAK’nSAVE, and Four Square, right? That’s us!

With more than 320 stores and over 27,000 Foodies across Te Ika-a-Māui, Foodstuffs North Island is a co-operative proudly owned by our Members. Our purpose is simple – making sure New Zealanders get more out of life, and we’re driven by our aspiration to be one of New Zealand’s most customer-driven and productive retailers.

Te Tūranga – About the role

We have 2 x 12-month fixed-term opportunities available!

As part of the Retail Operations Deployment Team, you'll play a critical role in supporting the rollout of Safe Food Pro, helping our member stores transition to a digitised way of managing food safety and compliance. Working closely with store teams, Compliance Managers and Owner Operators, you'll provide training, coaching and operational support to ensure successful adoption of the programme and positive business outcomes.

This role is ideal for someone who enjoys building relationships, solving problems, and helping others learn and adapt to new ways of working.

Key responsibilities include:

• Delivering Safe Food Pro training and coaching to store teams.
• Supporting stores through the transition to a digitised food safety platform.
• Identifying training needs and developing practical solutions.
• Building trusted relationships with Owner Operators, Compliance Managers and store teams.
• Supporting project delivery within agreed scope, timeframes and budgets.
• Contributing to continuous improvement and the overall success of the deployment programme.
• Helping minimise compliance and food safety risks through effective training and support.

He kōrero mōu – About you

You'll be someone who thrives in a fast-paced environment and enjoys working with a wide range of stakeholders. Ideally, you'll bring:

• Experience in training, coaching, facilitation or change support.
• A background in food safety, compliance, retail operations, or a related field (experience with Safe Food Pro would be highly advantageous).
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Strong planning and organisational capability with the ability to work independently.
• Confidence presenting to both small and large groups, in person and virtually.
• A collaborative approach with the ability to influence and gain buy-in from others.
• Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail.
• A positive, adaptable attitude and willingness to learn.
• Proficiency across the Microsoft Office Suite.
• A full New Zealand Driver Licence is essential

Ngā painga - What we offer  

We’re committed to providing awesome experiences for our people, including offering a range of benefits

• Over 1000 on-site car parks, including EV charging stations
• Southern Cross Healthcare Coverage
• On-site café with subsidised meals, mini mart, 5% discount at our retail stores
• Flexible working options, a day off on your birthday, lots of fun on site activities
• In-house learning and development programmes and courses, flu vaccinations, and social network groups (we call them Tribes).

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 accessibility support to ensure you can fairly access our recruitment process, please reach out to Recruitment.Foodstuffs@foodstuffs.co.nz Accessibility support could include interview location, sign language interpreter, assistive technology.