Senior Procurement Business Partner

Foodstuffs North Island Limited; Auckland; On-site; NZD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free carparking

Onsite café with subsidised meals

Southern cross healthcare

Flexible working options

Inhouse learning and development

Job summary

Foodstuffs North Island Limited is seeking a commercially savvy procurement professional to partner across the business, delivering non-stock procurement outcomes with strong emphasis on Marketing, Professional Services and Technology.

The role covers multi‑project delivery, including renewals, RFX processes, supplier evaluations, contract drafting, and negotiations, with a hands‑on, delivery‑focused approach in a tight‑knit team.

Qualifications

• Commercially savvy procurement professional with strong experience across indirect procurement.
• Adept at navigating complex agreements, negotiating strategically, and building stakeholder relationships.
• Experience in IT procurement is an advantage.

Responsibilities

• Leading non-stock procurement projects that drive contestability and commercial value, primarily in the Customer business unit but utilising capacity in other areas of the business when available.
• Managing and influencing both internal and external stakeholders at all levels of seniority to get the best outcomes for the business.
• Managing RFPs/RFXs, commercial testing of proposals, and handling contract renewals — including agreements valued over $3M
• Building effective supplier relationships and driving robust commercial outcomes
• Completing spend analysis and using commercial insights to recommend optimal solutions
• Drafting agreements, SoWs, and ensuring procurement processes are followed and closed out appropriately

Skills

Indirect procurement experience

Job description

Ko Wai Mātou – About Us

Kia ora. We’re Foodies. You know New World, PAK’nSAVE, Gilmours and Four Square right? That’s us! With 320+ 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.

Our Merchandise team works with supplier partners and store teams on category ranging, buying, pricing and promotions so we can get the right products on the right shelves at the right time for our customers!

Te Tūranga – About The Role

In this role, you’ll partner across the business to deliver high‑quality procurement outcomes covering non‑stock procurement, with a strong emphasis on Marketing, Professional Services and Technology procurement. This is a true stakeholder engagement role where you’ll hit the ground running, maintain momentum across priority categories, and support the business through a steady pipeline of procurement activity.

You’ll manage a range of concurrent projects at varying stages, from simple renewals to full RFX processes, requirements gathering, supplier evaluations, contract negotiation, and contract drafting. This role is hands‑on, delivery‑focused, and perfect for someone who can integrate into a tight‑knit team and has a passion for delivering great results.

The culture is supportive, family‑first & social. This team value collaboration, open conversation and robust problem-solving sessions!

What You’ll Be Doing

• Leading non‑stock procurement projects that drive contestability and commercial value, primarily in the Customer business unit but utilising capacity in other areas of the business when available.
• Managing and influencing both internal and external stakeholders at all levels of seniority to get the best outcomes for the business.
• Managing RFPs/RFXs, commercial testing of proposals, and handling contract renewals — including agreements valued over $3M
• Building effective supplier relationships and driving robust commercial outcomes
• Completing spend analysis and using commercial insights to recommend optimal solutions
• Drafting agreements, SoWs, and ensuring procurement processes are followed and closed out appropriately

He Kōrero Mōu – About You

This role requires a commercially savvy and analytical procurement professional with strong experience across indirect procurement.

You will be adept at navigating complex agreements, negotiating strategically, and building strong stakeholder relationships through clear and effective communication. Curious and proactive by nature, you will be comfortable managing changing workloads and operating proactively.

Experience in IT procurement is an advantage.

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
• Southern cross healthcare for you and your family
• 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).

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.

If you require accessibility support to ensure you can fairly access our recruitment process, please reach out to [email protected] . Accessibility support could include interview location, sign language interpreter, assistive technology.

We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses and identifying potential inconsistencies or verification signals in application materials based on available information. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.