You know New World, PAK’nSAVE and Four Square right? That’s us! We are one of NZ’s biggest companies, you just don’t know it, because in true Kiwi style – we are humble about it (apart from right now maybe)!  Our purpose built offices close to Auckland Airport is home to New Zealand’s largest Distribution Centre and our Support Centre where our team of 1000 people strong, all strive towards becoming one of the most customer driven retailers in the world.

 

As Commercial Partnership Specialist, you’ll be the operational expert driving process across stores for our strategic partnerships, ensuring issues are dealt with and everything runs like clockwork.  Collaborating with a variety of stakeholders, both internal and external, you’ll provide key support in the execution and growth of our commercial partnership programmes where sales volumes have experienced double digit growth.  Initiatives include EV charging and cover a wide range of offerings for our customers, so work is varied and constantly evolving to prepare for the future. 

 

To do this, you’ll:

·       Collaborate with retail trading teams and store owners to ensure execution meets the needs and expectations of our customers

·       Manage and maintain relationships and communication platforms between Foodies and trading partners

·       Lead and manage change initiatives across our network

·       Prepare business cases, creating communication plans and engaging stakeholder groups

 

Having managed projects in a previous role you’ll be an organised self-starter with an eye for detail. An administrative whizz you’ll be tech savvy, process driven and will know your way round the Microsoft suite. With strong comms (both verbal and written) you’ll be great at stakeholder management and will be comfortable building framework, maintaining process and delivering key business outcomes.

 

You’ll also:

·       Be comfortable working on diverse projects with large

·       Have some experience in project and change management

·       Be confident communicator with skills ideally honed though experience in creating communication plans and engaging stakeholder groups

·       Be systematic and detailed orientated

 

In return, we offer a competitive salary package including a discount at our supermarkets, subsidised health insurance, flexible working so you can get the most out of life, free parking, participation in the company superannuation fund, birthday leave and long service leave! We also offer lots of learning and development opportunities to grow your career. 

 

 

We’re proud to have a focus on Diversity & Inclusion here at Foodies and welcome applications from you all regardless of who you are or what you do. We welcome courageous behaviour, encourage togetherness, inspire our people to be their best selves in our Foodies whānau, but most importantly we celebrate our people - our taonga, every day for being uniquely them.