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Foodstuffs North Island

Space And Range Strategic Projects Lead

Posted on Nov. 18, 2024

Mangere, New Zealand
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Full Time

About us

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’re humble about it (apart from right now maybe)! We're proud to be a homegrown Co-op and feel privileged to serve New Zealand.

We’ve got big aspirations to become the world’s most customer driven retailer. To do that we need exceptionally talented, driven, curious and passionate future leaders – that’s where you come in!

About the role

As a Space & Range Strategic Projects Lead you’ll lead the transformation of our existing Space Management practices to be more data-driven and technology enabled to facilitate the delivery of world class, sustainable, customer driven Merchandise strategies. As part of a high performing culture within our Customer Insights Team you will effectively influence key stakeholder partners by applying the latest customer insight, data, technology and category expertise.

Some key responsibilities include:

Lead and manage Foodies’ strategic transformation initiatives within Macro Space Optimisation and Planogram Automation.
Develop and implement the roadmap and execution plan specific to the strategic initiatives.
Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including category management, store operations, and IT, to ensure successful project execution.
Work with third party software providers to help develop the best solutions to enable greater use of customer data and maximise the capability of technology.
Lead a team of Space & Range Analysts fostering a culture of high performance and continuous improvement.
Stay updated on industry best practices and emerging technologies to proactively drive continuous improvement.

About you

You’ll be an experienced leader who is well organised, pragmatic and a lateral thinker with an inquisitive mind with proven ability to manage change for the better. You’ll also have a strong track record in strategic FMCG, or similar industry roles, preferably in medium to large customer focused retail organisations.

You’ll also have:

Proven experience in driving digital transformation and/or process improvement.
Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities, with critical thinking and judgment.
Ability to adapt to changing circumstances and priorities and navigate through ambiguity.
Excellent communication and negotiation skills, able to clearly articulate ideas/concepts, and influence and persuade others.
The ability to confidently and effectively present data to stakeholders, both internal and external.

In return, we offer a competitive salary package including:

A discount at our supermarkets
Subsidised health insurance
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.

Experience awesome. Achieve awesome. Be awesomely you.

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.

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