Optimisation Analyst Intern

Foodstuffs North Island; New Zealand; On-site; NZD 20,000 - 24,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

12-week paid internship

Mentor & learning sessions

Free parking

Staff discounts

Job summary

Foodstuffs North Island is offering a Fresh Produce Optimisation Analyst Intern role in Mangere, Auckland. You will join the Fresh Merchandise team to deliver reporting, insights, and hands-on analytics projects using Power BI and Excel while collaborating with experienced analysts and stakeholders.

The internship provides 12 weeks paid work at living wage, mentorship, and exposure to real-world business problems across fresh categories, including reporting development and data validation.

Qualifications

• Currently studying towards, or recently completed, a qualification in Business Analytics, Information Systems, Data Science, Commerce, or a related discipline.
• Experience with Excel is essential, and exposure to Power BI, data modelling, or reporting tools would be an advantage.

Responsibilities

• Support the development, testing, and maintenance of Power BI reports and dashboards.
• Work with stakeholders to understand and document reporting requirements, business questions, and success measures.
• Analyse reporting outputs to identify trends, opportunities, and data quality insights.
• Create and maintain documentation including report definitions, calculations, processes, and user guidance.
• Validate data and reporting outputs with users to ensure accuracy and support continuous improvement.
• Assist with seasonal and priority reporting initiatives across the Fresh Merchandise team.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Communication

Curiosity

Education

Business Analytics

Information Systems

Data Science

Commerce

Tools

Power BI

Excel

Data modelling

Reporting tools

Job description

Internship

No experience required

1d ago , from Foodstuffs North Island Ltd

About the role

We are looking for a Fresh Produce Optimisation Analyst Intern to join our Fresh Merchandise team and help deliver reporting and insights across our Produce and Meat categories. In this role, you'll work alongside experienced analysts and business stakeholders to develop reporting solutions, analyse data, and support decision-making that helps improve business performance across our fresh categories. You'll gain hands‑on experience with Power BI, stakeholder engagement, and real‑world analytics projects.

Key responsibilities:

• Support the development, testing, and maintenance of Power BI reports and dashboards.
• Work with stakeholders to understand and document reporting requirements, business questions, and success measures.
• Analyse reporting outputs to identify trends, opportunities, and data quality insights.
• Create and maintain documentation including report definitions, calculations, processes, and user guidance.
• Validate data and reporting outputs with users to ensure accuracy and support continuous improvement.
• Assist with seasonal and priority reporting initiatives across the Fresh Merchandise team.

About you:

You're curious, analytical, and enjoy turning data into meaningful insights. You communicate confidently, ask thoughtful questions, and can translate information into clear and practical solutions for different audiences.You're currently studying towards, or have recently completed, a qualification in Business Analytics, Information Systems, Data Science, Commerce, or a related discipline. Experience with Excel is essential, and exposure to Power BI, data modelling, or reporting tools would be an advantage.

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