Ko wai mātou – About us
Kia ora. We’re Foodies. You know New World, PAK’nSAVE, Gilmours and Four Square right? That’s us! With 320+ 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.
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!
In this role, you’ll partner across the business to deliver high‑quality procurement outcomes covering non‑stock procurement, with a strong emphasis on Marketing, Professional Services and Technology procurement. This is a true stakeholder engagement role where you’ll hit the ground running, maintain momentum across priority categories, and support the business through a steady pipeline of procurement activity.
You’ll manage a range of concurrent projects at varying stages, from simple renewals to full RFX processes, requirements gathering, supplier evaluations, contract negotiation, and contract drafting. This role is hands‑on, delivery‑focused, and perfect for someone who can integrate into a tight‑knit team and has a passion for delivering great results.
The culture is supportive, family‑first & social. This team value collaboration, open conversation and robust problem-solving sessions!
This role requires a commercially savvy and analytical procurement professional with strong experience across indirect procurement.
You will be adept at navigating complex agreements, negotiating strategically, and building strong stakeholder relationships through clear and effective communication. Curious and proactive by nature, you will be comfortable managing changing workloads and operating proactively.
Experience in IT procurement is an advantage.
Ngā painga - What we offer
We’re committed to providing awesome experiences for our people, including offering a range of benefits
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.
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.
