Commercial Analyst Intern

Foodstuffs North Island; Auckland; On-site; NZD 39,000 - 46,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

12-week paid internship

Living wage

Mentor program

Learning sessions and support network

Job summary

Foodstuffs North Island is offering a Commercial Analyst Intern role with Gilmours. You’ll dive into pricing and promotions, supporting category managers and assisting with pricing architecture to deliver customer value.

You’ll develop data analysis skills, work with Excel, and join a collaborative team. The program runs for 12 weeks from November in Māngere, Auckland, with mentorship and learning sessions.

Qualifications

• Studying towards a commerce/ law or IT degree, or related field.
• Interested in pricing, promotions and category decisions shaping customer value.
• Some experience using Excel and data analysis.
• Self-starter who can work independently yet collaborate in a team.

Responsibilities

• Support pricing and promotions analysis for Gilmours to assess value and pricing opportunities.
• Assist Category Managers and Category Assistants with day‑to‑day category support in Fresh categories.
• Support category reviews and pricing architecture with the commercial insights team.
• Help implement and review pricing changes, analysing results and opportunities for improvement.
• Produce clear data‑driven insights using Excel to support decisions.

Skills

Excel

Data analysis

Pricing

Promotions

Attention to detail

Team collaboration

Education

Commerce/Law/IT degree

Job description

About the role

As a Commercial Analyst Intern, you’ll be part of the Gilmours team. This role focuses on pricing and promotions, with the goal of helping Gilmours offer great everyday value to customers. You’ll work closely with Category Managers and Category Assistants, combining data analysis with hands‑on category support

Key responsibilities

• Support pricing and promotions analysis for Gilmours, helping assess value, performance, and opportunities to improve pricing strategy.
• Assist Category Managers and Category Assistants across Fresh categories with day‑to‑day category support activities.
• Support category reviews and pricing architecture work alongside the commercial insights team.
• Help implement and review pricing strategy changes, including analysing results and identifying improvement opportunities.
• Produce clear insights using data, primarily in Excel, to support category and pricing decisions.

About you

You’re studying towards a commerce/ law or IT degree, or a related field, and you’re interested in how pricing, promotions, and category decisions shape customer value. You enjoy working with data, have some experience using Excel, and have a strong eye for detail. You’re a self‑starter who’s comfortable working independently but also enjoys being part of a collaborative team.

Our internship programme offers

• 12-weeks paid work at living wage starting in November based in Māngere, Auckland.
• Renowned learning and development sessions fortnightly.
• An extensive support network - your People Leader, the Talent Team, a Kaiārahi (mentor) and your fellow interns to help you along the way.
• The opportunity to tackle real-world business problems that help us achieve our aspiration – to help New Zealanders get more out of life.
• Modern office spaces with free parking, subsidised lunches, flexible working, weekly supplier tastings and regular celebrations.
• 5% in store and online discount in our supermarkets.

We’re looking for someone who is interested in discovering their career with us.

You’ll have a curiosity to learn, a knack for problem solving and be ready to get stuck in to making a positive impact on New Zealand communities. You’ll ideally be interested in one of the above areas listed and in our application form, you’ll have the opportunity to indicate your preferred roles (you don’t necessarily need to be studying something that is aligned).

You’ll be working for a New Zealand owned and operated Co-op whose purpose is to help New Zealanders get more out of life.

We have a commitment to be here for our country, here for our people and here for our communities in everything we do, and we provide career opportunities like no other in our industry. We have an unbeatable team of over 25,000 people with a fun and inclusive culture where you feel like you belong. We work with some of New Zealands most treasured and iconic brands with over 350 PAK’n’SAVE, New World, Four Square, Gilmours and Liquorland stores across the North Island

Check us out here https://www.foodstuffs.co.nz/, on Instagram @foodiescareers and on Tik Tok @lifeatfoodies to stay up to date.

Our recruitment process involves

• A written application form, video interview, and face-to-face interview with our People leaders.
• If successful, we’ll check your references before finalising contracts and moving you through our fun and interactive digital onboarding experience to get you ready to start in November.

If you require the recruitment process to be adapted due to an access need, please feel free to contact us directly – [e-mail]