Commercial Analyst

Foodstuffs North Island Limited; Auckland; Hybrid; NZD 85,000 - 125,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free car parking

Health insurance

Onsite cafe

Flexible working

Learning programs

Job summary

Foodstuffs North Island Limited is seeking a Commercial Analyst to join our team in Auckland. You will deliver financial analysis, data interpretation, modelling and reporting to support one of Gilmours' key strategic projects.

You will perform category management analytics, provide insights on buying position for categories and suppliers, and support negotiation strategies. Strong Excel, SAP/COGNOS and BI skills are essential.

Qualifications

• Commercially savvy with experience in analytics-based roles.
• Experience in FMCG/retail/wholesale analytics and insights.
• Numerical mindset with ability to transform data into actionable insights.

Responsibilities

• Deliver financial analysis, data interpretation, modelling and reporting for category management projects.
• Provide crucial analysis of buying position for categories and suppliers.
• Support buying lead team with negotiation strategy and targets.
• Measure and report impact of changes to Members and Leadership.
• Enhance reporting capabilities using BI tools for actionable insights.

Skills

Analytics experience

Excel skills

SAP knowledge

COGNOS knowledge

Data interpretation

Modeling

Education

Bachelor's degree in business/analytics

Tools

SAP

COGNOS

Job description

Ko Wai Mātou – About Us

Kia ora. We’re Foodies. You know New World, PAK’nSAVE, Gilmours and Four Square right? That’s us!

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 300+ stores and over 27,000 Foodies across Te Ika-a-Maui, our North Island Co-op has the privilege of helping New Zealanders get more out of life.

Gilmours is 100% NZ Owned and Operated serving thousands of businesses and organisations across the North Island for the food and beverages they need to grow their business. Gilmours is your one-stop Foodservice shop with Butchery, Produce, Chilled & Frozen, Grocery, General Merchandise, Consumables, Beverages and Liquor.

Te Tūranga – About The Role

Working closely with our Buying Leads, you will be focused on delivery of financial analysis, data interpretation, modelling & reporting, supporting one of Gilmours key strategic projects!

Rolling up your sleeves, you will be submerged into the world of category management which will see you providing crucial analysis of our current buying position for categories and suppliers to our buying team.

You Will Be Focused On And Delivering

• Insights from the Customer-Driven project including range optimisation, pricing, data cleansing and integrity for decision making
• Support for the buying lead team with negotiation strategy and targets
• Measurement and reporting of the impact of changes to our Members and Leadership team
• Enhancement of reporting capabilities using the BI toolset for more accurate and actionable insights
• Tracking project milestones and ensuring alignment with business objectives

There will also be the opportunity to enhance your project management skillset working on a variety of support tasks during project implementation.

He Kōrero Mōu - About You

Commercially savvy with a few years of experience you will bring strong system skills–SAP&COGNOS knowledge with a natural ability for process flow and system integration knowledge.

We need strong Excel skills and experience in an analytics-based role ideally within FMCG or Retail or wholesale which demonstrates analytics and insight. Numerical at heart – you will love the big numbers and transforming this into insights the business can truly understand and act upon.

You will have a proactive and inquisitive nature with the desire to continually push boundaries and delve deeper. Curious, loves to ask questions and challenge the status quo is what we seek in our Commercial Analyst!

Ngā Painga - What We Offer

We’re committed to providing awesome experiences for our people, including offering a range of benefits

• Free carparking - we’ve got over 1,000 carparks including free EV plugs
• Southern Cross health insurance
• Onsite café with subsidised meals, mini mart, 5% discount at our retail stores
• Flexible working options, a day off on your birthday, long service leave
• Inhouse learning and development programmes and courses, flu vaccinations, and social network groups (we call them Tribes).

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.

If you require accessibility support to ensure you can fairly access our recruitment process, please reach out to [email protected] . Accessibility support could include interview location, sign language interpreter, assistive technology.

Don’t ‘shelve’ your potential, come be a part of our team!

We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses and identifying potential inconsistencies or verification signals in application materials based on available information. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.