Interim Range and Supply Manager

Go Fractional; Auckland; Hybrid; NZD 130,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free carparking

Onsite café with subsidised meals

Flexible working options

Learning and development programmes

Job summary

Foodstuffs NZ seeks a Range & Supply Manager for Gilmours South Island to drive commercial alignment of the product range across both islands and implement supply changes that protect profitability.

You will collaborate across procurement, operations, insights, and suppliers, coordinating across teams to minimize trading disruption and ensure a profitable transition.

Qualifications

• Experience in range management, procurement, supply chain or merchandising, ideally in foodservice, wholesale or FMCG.
• Practical understanding of direct and distribution-centre supply, product ranging and lifecycle changes.
• Experience using Foodstuffs Exchange or similar product and supply systems.

Responsibilities

• Lead commercial alignment of the Gilmours range across both islands, maintaining clear local exceptions.
• Identify opportunities to leverage common suppliers and improve cost, margin and customer outcomes.
• Plan and execute source-of-supply changes, moving products to direct supply where practical.
• Partner with operations to sequence changes, maintain business continuity and ensure readiness for implementation.
• Manage the commercial impact of range and supply decisions, including margin, stock, supplier terms and cost-to-serve.
• Coordinate with suppliers and internal teams to confirm supply arrangements, costs, timing and responsibilities.
• Execute approved range and supply changes in Foodstuffs Exchange and other systems.
• Track delivery of the transition plan, resolve issues and elevate risks.
• Maintain records of decisions, owners, changes and outcomes, aligned to Foodies Values and the Grocery Supply Code.

Skills

Range management

Procurement

Supply chain

Merchandising

Tools

Foodstuffs Exchange

Job description

18-month fixed-term opportunity

• Play a key role in shaping the future Gilmours South Island range and supply model
• Lead commercially significant range and source-of-supply changes
• Collaborate across procurement, operations, national accounts, insights and suppliers

Foodstuffs Landing Drive, Mangere, Auckland

Wholesale – Gilmours / Fixed Term Contract / Hybrid

Te Tūranga – About the role

As our Range & Supply Manager for Gilmours South Island, you’ll lead the commercial alignment of the South Island product range with the wider Gilmours offer. This includes identifying common ranging and supplier opportunities across both islands and delivering source-of-supply changes that improve efficiency while protecting South Island profitability.

Working across procurement, national accounts, insights, operations, suppliers and AMD, you’ll use strong commercial judgement and influence to implement changes accurately, minimise disruption to trading and ensure the South Island range remains profitable throughout the transition.

What will you be doing?

• Lead the commercial alignment of the Gilmours range across both islands, while maintaining clear and commercially justified local exceptions.
• Identify opportunities to leverage common suppliers and improve cost, margin and customer outcomes.
• Plan and execute source-of-supply changes, moving products to direct supply where practical.
• Partner with operations to sequence changes, maintain business continuity and ensure teams are ready for implementation.
• Manage the commercial impact of range and supply decisions, including margin, stock, clearance, supplier terms and cost-to-serve.
• Coordinate with suppliers and internal teams to confirm supply arrangements, costs, timing, availability and implementation responsibilities.
• Execute approved range and supply changes in Foodstuffs Exchange and other relevant systems.
• Track delivery of the transition plan, resolve issues and elevate risks that may affect customers, trading or financial outcomes.
• Maintain clear records of decisions, owners, changes and outcomes, while operating in line with Foodies Values and the Grocery Supply Code.

He kōrero mōu – About you

You’ll bring experience in range management, procurement, supply chain or merchandising, ideally within foodservice, wholesale or FMCG. You’ll have a practical understanding of direct and distribution-centre supply, product ranging and product lifecycle changes, along with experience using Foodstuffs Exchange or similar product and supply systems.

Commercially savvy, you’ll have strong financial judgement and be comfortable assessing supplier terms, cost, margin, stock, clearance and cost-to-serve impacts. You’ll be an organised planner who can coordinate multiple product changes, maintain strong attention to detail and data accuracy, and keep delivery on track while maintaining business continuity.

Just as importantly, you’ll be a confident relationship builder and communicator, able to work effectively across operations, procurement, national accounts, insights, suppliers and systems teams. You’ll be comfortable influencing others, constructively challenging where needed, raising risks early and keeping stakeholders aligned to deliver great commercial outcomes.

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 EV plugs
• Onsite café with subsidised meals, mini mart, 5% discount at our retail stores
• Flexible working options, a day off on your birthday, lots of fun on site activities
• Inhouse learning and development programmes and courses, flu vaccinations, and social network groups (we call them Tribes).