PAK’n’SAVE Intern

Foodstuffs North Island; Auckland; On-site; NZD 491,000 - 510,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Living wage internship

Learning & development sessions

Mentor support

Free parking

Subsidised lunches

Flexible working

Staff discount 5%

Job summary

Foodstuffs North Island is offering a PAK’nSAVE Associate Intern role in Māngere, Auckland. You’ll gain exposure to reporting, insights and project work that support stores and customers while building your analytical and commercial capability.

This 12-week paid internship starts in November, with living wage pay, mentoring from a Kaiārahi and regular learning sessions. You’ll work with the Retail team, explore AI opportunities, and contribute to real business outcomes.

Qualifications

• Enthusiasm for data, reporting and insights.
• Ability to communicate clearly with a range of stakeholders.
• Comfort working in a fast-paced, collaborative retail environment.

Responsibilities

• Support weekly performance reporting and communications for the PAK’nSAVE team.
• Identify and analyse insights to drive improvements for customers and stores.
• Assist day-to-day operations for the Retail team, including coordinating bi-weekly newsletter communications to store teams.
• Explore AI within the team to improve efficiency and ways of working.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Microsoft Excel

Stakeholder communication

Team collaboration

Education

Currently pursuing tertiary qualification

Tools

Microsoft Office Suite

Job description

About the role

As a PAK’nSAVE Associate Intern you’ll gain valuable exposure to how one of New Zealand’s most iconic brands operates, contributing to reporting, insights, and project work that supports stores and customers. You’ll be encouraged to bring your perspective, ideas, and life experience to the role while building your analytical and commercial capability through a mix of day‑to‑day tasks and strategic initiatives.

Key responsibilities

• Support weekly performance reporting and communications for the PAK’nSAVE team.
• Identify and analyse insights that help drive improvements for customers and stores.
• Support day‑to‑day operations for the PAK’nSAVE Retail team, including coordinating bi‑weekly newsletter communications to store teams.
• Explore AI within the team to identify where it can improve our efficiencies and ways of working.

About you

You’re proactive, organised, and enjoy working in a fast‑paced, collaborative environment. You communicate clearly and confidently, are comfortable sharing ideas, and can adapt your approach when working with different stakeholders. A natural problem‑solver, you’re curious, innovative, and focused on achieving great outcomes for stores and customers. You’re able to manage multiple tasks, deliver quality work at pace, and take initiative while also working well as part of a team. Confident using Microsoft tools, you’re keen to learn new systems and build your experience within a commercial retail environment.

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]