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About FoodiesYou 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.About the roleWe have an amazing opportunity for an Assistant Category Manager in our awesome Merchandise team. Reporting to the Category Manager, you’ll be responsible for a number of categories across our retail banners (PAK’nSAVE, New World and Four Square). You’ll own and actively design strategies that drive growth across your assigned categories, planning, organising and operating the category to meet financial targets both as an individual and as part of the team.About youCommercially astute and with an understanding of market trends and influences, you’ll be someone who loves numbers and can turn those into a meaningful story. Ideally from a category background, you’ll be strong at business analysis, technically savvy, naturally curious and will be a confident communicator, comfortable negotiating win win solutions. You’ll also understand market trends, haveB2B experience and be self motivated, organised and a natural problem solver. What’s in it for youIn 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. Experience awesome. Achieve Awesome. Be awesomely you.
We’re proud to have a focus on Diversity amp; 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 whanau, but most importantly we celebrate our people - our taonga, every day for being uniquely them.
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