Supply Chain Business Improvement Specialist (Fixed-Term)

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

Benefits offered by this job

Free carparking

Health insurance

Onsite café with subsidised meals

5% discount at retail stores

Flexible working options

Birthday leave

Learning and development

Flu vaccinations

Tribes social groups

Job summary

Foodstuffs North Island, operating as Foodies in New Zealand, seeks a Supply Chain Improvement Specialist on an 18‑month fixed-term contract to drive operational excellence across our distribution and transport network.

You will identify improvement opportunities, act as the SME for Warehouse Management System processes (Blue Yonder WMS preferred), and collaborate with cross-functionals to deliver safe, efficient, and cost-effective outcomes. Flexible working options and benefits apply.

Qualifications

• Experience with warehouse management systems including inventory management.
• Excellent communication, stakeholder engagement and relationship-building across diverse teams.
• Strong problem-solving, with ability to translate customer needs into practical solutions.

Responsibilities

• Identify improvement opportunities across distribution and transport networks.
• Optimize systems and processes to improve safety, service, efficiency and cost.
• Build relationships and influence stakeholders to drive successful change initiatives.

Skills

Warehouse management systems

Stakeholder engagement

Problem solving

Adaptability

Inventory management

Tools

Blue Yonder WMS

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 27,000 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 Supply Chain Improvement Specialist, you'll drive operational excellence across our distribution and transport network.This is a fixed-term opportunity on a 18-month contract and a great opportunity to influence change, solve complex operational challenges, and deliver better outcomes across our network.

You'll also:

• Identify improvement opportunities, optimising systems and processes, and delivering initiatives that enhance safety, service, efficiency, and cost performance
• Act as the subject matter expert on the Warehouse Management System & Processes, and the interaction with other supply chain Systems ( eg. TMS, Time and Attendance etc)
• Build strong relationships across the business, influencing stakeholders and driving successful change initiatives.

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
• 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
• Inhouse learning and development programmes and courses, flu vaccinations, and social network groups (we call them Tribes).

He kōrero mōu - About you

The ideal candidate will have:

• An in-depth knowledge and working experience with warehouse management systems including inventory management (Blue Yonder WMS is a plus!)
• Excellent communication, stakeholder engagement, and relationship-building skills across diverse teams
• Strong problem-solving skills, with the ability to understand customer challenges, interpret requirements from their perspective, and develop practical solutions.
• Highly adaptable, resilient, and self-driven, with the ability to deliver quality work in a fast-paced environment.

We're interested in your diverse experiences, your strengths and how adaptable you are to learn and grow. If you don't meet every requirement, but feel this role could be for you, we'd still love to hear from you!

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.

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.