Category & Promotions Planner - Fresh

Foodstuffs South Island; Christchurch; On-site; NZD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

Health insurance

Parental leave

Wellbeing tools

Gym discounts

Onsite café

Job summary

Foodstuffs South Island is seeking a Category & Promotions Planner in Christchurch to support product range delivery, pricing, and promotions aligned with our brand strategy.

You will help optimise promotional performance and contribute to campaign planning and execution that drives sales and customer engagement. A collaborative team environment will support your learning and development.

Qualifications

• Interest in category performance and customer behaviour.
• Experience with data analysis and turning data into insights.
• Strong communication and relationship-building skills.
• Proactive, detail-focused and collaborative approach.
• Tertiary qualification or equivalent experience.

Responsibilities

• Ensure accuracy and maintenance of product, pricing, and promotional material across systems.
• Analyse sales and category performance to identify insights and inform future campaigns.
• Support and own coordination/execution of retail campaigns within designated categories.
• Assist with joint business plans and tracking trade spend performance.
• Work cross-functionally to support range, space, and promotional optimisation.
• Contribute to integration/management of private label products.

Skills

Data analysis

Communication

Problem solving

Collaboration

Microsoft Office

Dunnhumby

Category management

Education

BCom or equivalent

Tools

Microsoft Office

Dunnhumby

Job description

Jora New Zealand will close on 9th September 2026. Thank you for being with us, we are cheering you on as you continue your career journey.

As a Category & Promotions Planner, you'll play a key role in supporting the delivery of product ranges, pricing and promotions that resonate with our customers and align with our brand strategy.

You’ll help optimise promotional performance, while contributing to the planning and execution of campaigns that drive sales, customer engagement and value.

As part of a supportive team environment, your ideas will be encouraged and challenges embraced, providing real opportunity to learn, grow and develop.

About the role

As a Category & Promotions Planner, you'll play a key role in supporting the delivery of product ranges, pricing and promotions that resonate with our customers and align with our brand strategy.

You’ll help optimise promotional performance, while contributing to the planning and execution of campaigns that drive sales, customer engagement and value.

As part of a supportive team environment, your ideas will be encouraged and challenges embraced, providing real opportunity to learn, grow and develop.

Key Responsibilities

• Ensure accuracy and maintenance of product, pricing, and promotional material across systems.
• Analyse sales and category performance to identify insights, confidently contributing ideas to improve future outcomes.
• Support and take ownership of the coordination and execution of retail campaigns within designated categories, adapting as priorities shift.
• Assist with maintaining joint business plans and tracking trade spend performance.
• Work cross-functionally to support range, space, and promotional optimisation initiatives.
• Contribute to the integration and ongoing management of private label products.

About you

You’ll be collaborative, detail-focused and proactive in your approach with a strong interest in category performance and customer behaviours. Ideally you will also have:

• Ability to turn data into actionable insights.
• Exposure to analysis, ideally in the FMCG or retail space.
• Strong relationship-building and communication skills.
• A knack for solving complex problems and delivering results.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office (experience with dunnhumby is a plus).
• A relevant tertiary qualification (e.g. BCom) or equivalent experience.

Don't Meet Every Requirement?

We encourage you to apply anyway. We are looking for individuals with diverse experiences and are keen to hear from those who believe they have the drive and potential to succeed in this role.

Why join us?

• Our approach to flexible working is based on trusting and empowering our people to manage their time and deliver results while balancing the needs of their personal lives.
• We’re committed to equitable outcomes, and we offer additional paid parental leave, free period products and financial health checks to name a few.
• We support your wellbeing with Southern Cross health insurance for you and your family after a qualifying period, discounts at local gyms, access to online wellbeing tools, and a prayer and privacy room onsite.
• We offer continuous learning and professional growth, as well as access to our extensive online training library and endless opportunities.
• We’re proud of our supportive team environment, and our positive and friendly culture that’s made fun by Furry Friend Fridays and monthly social events!
• We’re a Pride Pledge organisation, and we are committed to an inclusive workplace where everyone thrives, every day and we celebrate our diversity as strength.
• Our Papanui based office has free carparking, an in-house café.

We’re a team of 14,000 who make sure South Islanders have access to the groceries and essentials they need. Proudly 100% Kiwi-owned and operated, our co-operative has more than 180 PAK’nSAVE, New World, Four Square and On the Spot stores feeding the South Island.

We value being at the heart of our communities, like we’ve always been, to make the South Island a better place – for today and for many generations to come. From sunny Golden Bay all the way to Stewart Island, there’s a Foodstuffs store serving you and your whān

Our success is down to our people who bring their skills, experience, passion, and expertise to make Foodies an amazing and rewarding place to work. Our co-op has a wide variety of roles to offer, and endless opportunities for development.

Our values

At Foodies, together we drive success to be our best and care for our whānau. We recognise that it takes a collective effort to achieve success, and we thrive on fostering a culture of collaboration to drive innovation and embracing challenges as a united team. We are committed to supporting our people, and to positively impact the lives of South Islanders every day.