Space & Range Coordinator - 10 month fixed term

Foodstuffs North Island Limited; Auckland; On-site; NZD 65,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free car parking

On-site café with subsidised meals

Flexible working options & a day off

In-house learning and development

Job summary

Foodies in New Zealand is seeking a space planning specialist for a fixed-term maternity cover (10 months) to shape store layouts and improve shopper experience.

You will design floor plans for new stores and refits, create category schematics and planograms, and support Category Managers with analytics. A background in retail space planning and familiarity with Symphony are valued.

Qualifications

• Strong understanding of retail environments and shopper behaviour.
• Experience with floor planning, store design, or planogramming is valued.
• Organised, detail-oriented and able to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Design floor plans for new stores, refits and tailored store requests with stakeholders.
• Create category schematics and planograms that translate strategy into layouts.
• Develop optimized product ranges based on customer insights and data.
• Support Category Managers with strategic planning using analytics and latest tech.

Skills

Planogramming

Space planning

Excel

Data analysis

Communication

Tools

Symphony

Space-planning software

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 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.

Te Tūranga – About The Role

This is a fixed‑term role for 10 months covering maternity leave. You’ll play a key role in delivering innovative, customer‑led merchandise strategies that not only meet but exceed expectations.

You Will Be Involved In

• Designing and developing floor plans for new stores, refits, and tailored store requests in collaboration with key stakeholders.
• Creating category schematics and planograms that bring our strategies to life.
• Developing optimised product ranges that reflect customer insights and data.
• Supporting Category Managers with strategic planning using the latest technology and analytics.

Your work will directly influence how our customers experience our stores — making shopping easier, more enjoyable, and more relevant.

He Kōrero Mōu – About You

We’re looking for someone with a strong understanding of retail environments and how customers shop, rather than purely technical or analytical experience. You may have a background in floor planning, store design, planogramming, visual merchandising, retail operations, or customer experience, and understand how store layouts and product placement can influence both shopper behaviour and commercial performance.

You’ll bring a curious and proactive mindset, a passion for FMCG, and a willingness to learn. Previous experience in a supermarket or similar retail environment, particularly with exposure to planogramming or space planning, would be highly valued. Experience using Symphony or similar space‑planning software is advantageous but not essential.

To succeed in this role, you'll be highly organised, detail‑oriented, and comfortable managing multiple priorities in a fast‑paced, project‑driven environment. You'll have strong analytical skills, confidence working with data and Excel, and the ability to translate insights into practical solutions. Just as importantly, you'll be an effective communicator who builds strong relationships across teams and is excited by the opportunity to shape store layouts and create better shopping experiences for customers.

Ngā painga - What we offer

• Free car parking – we’ve got over 1,000 carparks including EV plugs.
• On‑site café with subsidised meals, mini‑mart, 5% discount at our retail stores.
• Flexible working options & a day off on your birthday.
• In‑house learning and development programmes and courses, flu vaccinations, and social network groups (we call them Tribes).

We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analysing 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 judgement. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.

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 [e-mail]. Accessibility support could include interview location, sign language interpreter, assistive technology.