Product Owner

Foodstuffs North Island Limited; Auckland; On-site; NZD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent retailer in Auckland is seeking a Product Owner to transform product delivery and enhance customer experiences. The ideal candidate will lead cross-functional teams, own the product vision, and drive impactful solutions in a fast-paced environment. Strong analytical and communication skills are essential, along with SAP experience. Join a team focused on delivering real value while celebrating diversity and inclusion.

Benefits

Free carparking

Health insurance

Subsidised meals

Flexible working options

Inhouse learning programs

Qualifications

• 3+ years’ experience as a Product Owner or Business Analyst in an Agile environment.
• Proven track record of delivering products in a fast-paced, results-driven setting.

Responsibilities

• Own and align the product vision and roadmap across multiple squads/products.
• Lead discovery and delivery, leveraging data and customer insights.
• Build strong relationships across the business to connect people and ideas.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Communication skills

Commercial acumen

Problem-solving skills

Collaboration

Education

Tertiary qualification in a related field

Tools

SAP retail experience

Job description

Ko Wai Mātou – About Us

Kia ora. We’re Foodies. You know New World, PAK’nSAVE and Four Square right? That’s us! With 300+ stores and over 24,000 Foodies across Te Ika-a-Maui, our North Island Co-op has the privilege of helping New Zealanders get more out of life. Locally owned, we reflect the communities we serve, and we celebrate our people - our taonga, every day for being uniquely them. Our Support Centre is 1,000+ people strong, which includes 300+ IT employees, who all play a vital role in ensuring the cogs of our Co-op stay turning and our systems stay ‘byte’-sized and ‘bug’-free.

Te Tūranga – About The Role

As a Product Owner within the Enterprise Systems team, you’ll be at the heart of transforming how one of New Zealand’s largest retailers delivers value. This is your opportunity to own and shape products that keep our trading operations running smoothly while creating outstanding experiences for our customers. You’ll work at the exciting intersection of business strategy, customer needs, and technical delivery - leading cross‑functional teams to turn ideas into impactful solutions. In our fast‑paced FMCG environment, your ability to adapt, prioritise, and collaborate will be the key to delivering success.

Working in a truly agile way, you’ll take ownership of your product vision and roadmap, working to develop trust and partnering closely with merchandise, commercial teams, and technical leads to turn strategy into reality. You’ll lead discovery and delivery with focus and purpose, using data, insights, and stakeholder feedback to ensure your team delivers real outcomes that matter. This is your chance to help Foodstuffs become an even more customer‑driven co‑op - delivering simplicity, agility, and value at scale.

You’ll Be Responsible For

• Own and align the product vision and roadmap across multiple squads/products, ensuring delivery of commercial outcomes and customer value at scale,
• with full engagement/alignment and support of the business colleagues you represent – developing a trusted relationship and able to effectively incorporate their needs
• in alignment with our solution architecture ensure solutions are pragmatic, scalable, and built for the long term
• Leading discovery and delivery, by leveraging data and customer insights to guide decisions and evaluate outcomes- thereby advancing our commitment to becoming a data-driven organisation
• Owning and refining the product backlog so your team always has a clear, well‑prioritised path forward, with clear acceptance criteria to deliver business impact
• Acting as a product champion within your squad and across the organisation, inspiring clarity, alignment, and engagement
• Collaborating with other Product Owners to ensure smooth integration of new features into our product ecosystem
• Driving continuous improvement, fostering a learning mindset, and evolving ways of working
• Building strong relationships across the business to connect people, ideas, and outcomes
• Ensuring your team is set up for success with the right capacity, focus, and engagement to deliver exceptional results

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 36 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).

He Kōrero Mōu - About You

You’re a curious, collaborative problem‑solver who thrives on turning complexity into clarity. You bring a sharp analytical mind, strong commercial insight, and a hands‑on approach that helps translate ideas into high‑value outcomes. You move quickly to understand change, adapt priorities, and turn ambiguity into actionable deliverables - all while keeping a clear focus on delivering real results.

You’re a confident communicator and facilitator who builds trust across teams and stakeholders. You can bring people together, inspire alignment, and keep everyone focused on delivering the right outcomes. You balance a strategic mindset with practical delivery skills, ensuring your product decisions are grounded in data, customer insight, and sound rationale.

You’ll Bring

• Strong analytical thinking and problem‑solving skills, with proven ability to translate insights into impactful solutions that meet business goals.
• Excellent communication, facilitation, and planning skills, able to adapt style and techniques to the audience and situation.
• Commercial acumen with the ability to connect product delivery to business strategy and value.
• Technical fluency, ideally with SAP retail experience, and a solid understanding of business processes and modern development practices.
• Confidence working in ambiguity, with the ability to prioritise, plan, and deliver in a fast‑moving environment.
• A collaborative mindset, able to build strong relationships across teams and influence stakeholders at all levels.
• Experience leading teams or scrum teams to deliver value and manage performance effectively.
• Exceptional organisation, adaptability, and a preference for direct collaboration and practical solutions.

Qualifications

Tertiary qualification in a related field (or equivalent experience).

• 3+ years’ experience as a Product Owner or Business Analyst in an Agile environment.
• Proven track record of delivering products in a fast‑paced, results‑driven setting.

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.

We encourage you to apply with all your awesomeness and welcome your diverse background, including any disability, additional health and mental health needs, and/or neurodiversity.

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