Buying Lead

10 hours ago

Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand Foodstuffs North Island Full time

Ko wai matou – About usKia ora.
We're Foodies.
You know New World, PAK'nSAVE, Gilmours and Four Square right?
That's usWith 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.Gilmours is 100% NZ Owned and Operated serving thousands of businesses and organisations across the North Island for the food and beverages they need to grow their business.Gilmours is your one-stop Foodservice shop with Butchery, Produce, Chilled & Frozen, Grocery, General Merchandise, Consumables, Beverages and Liquor.Te Turanga – About the roleExciting times ahead with two new roles within our team
You will be responsible for leading terms and product cost negotiations with a range of suppliers as part of the Optimised Buying Project for Gilmours.This is the opportunity to bring your category management, commercial contract & negotiation expertise to the forefrontThe Optimised Buying Project is key within Wholesale, and you will be focused on:Reviewing the current position for selected Categories and Suppliers to establish negotiation position and set targetsWorking with the wider team to embed the negotiation strategy (range optimisation, category levers, product elasticity and pricing)Leading Supplier negotiations alongside Category ManagersReview, gain approvals and action progress updates for terms and costs from a steering groupFacilitation and negotiation of buying agreements with SuppliersManage impact/change initiatives from Category, Customer Insights, Membership & Property teamsHe korero mou - About youHigh energy, excited by challenge, thick skinned, entrepreneurial, up to date with market trends, commercially savvy with the confidence & knowledge to build strong relationships is what we needYou will have strong commercial acumen, working at a senior level reviewing commercial contracts and formulating negotiation strategies – then executing these using your B2B wholesale category knowledge.
With a passion for negotiation, you'll demonstrate a proven track record in successful negotiation 'win/win' outcomes.Demonstrated experience with data sets and analysis will be needed as will the natural ability to form strong working relationships with key stakeholders (Suppliers, Category Team, Sales Team).You will be a doer with a collaborative working style, excellent planning and communication skills, the ability to apply good data management & modelling and capable of speedily delivering high volumes of quality work, gaining immense satisfaction striking a great deal for our customers.Nga painga - What we offerWe'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 plugsSouthern cross health insurance, Foodies superannuation schemeOnsite café with subsidised meals, mini mart, 5% discount at our retail storesFlexible working options, a day off on your birthday, long service leaveInhouse 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 whanau.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 ******.
Accessibility support could include interview location, sign language interpreter, assistive technology.Don't 'shelve' your potential, come be a part of our team
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