Category Assistant

Category Assistant

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.

Te Tūranga – About the role

We're on the lookout for a Category Assistant to join our Merchandise team and help keep things running smoothly across our New World, PAK'nSAVE and Four Square banners. You'll play a key role in supporting the team with product, pricing and promotional admin, ensuring everything is accurate, timely and aligned to our wider business goals.

This is a great opportunity to build your commercial and analytical skills in a fast-paced, collaborative environment. You'll be exposed to a wide range of tasks and stakeholders - and it's a fantastic stepping stone positioning you well for future development within the Merchandise team.

We have opportunities in the following categories:

• Baby & Health & Nutrition
• Liquor & Beverages (Wine)

As a Category Assistant, you'll be:

• Managing product and promotional admin across your assigned category
• Responding to store queries and supporting promotional execution
• Assisting with pricing, competitor analysis, and post-promotion reviews
• Supporting the development of annual plans and marketing activity
• Collaborating with suppliers, stores, and internal teams to keep things moving

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
• Flexible working options, a day off on your birthday
• Inhouse learning and development courses, flu vaccinations, and social network groups (we call them Tribes)

He kōrero mōu – About you

You're organised, detail-oriented and thrive in a busy environment. You're confident working with data, juggling priorities and building relationships across the business. Whether it's solving problems or spotting opportunities, you bring energy and initiative to everything you do.

You'll bring:

• Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills
• Great attention to detail and a knack for solving problems
• Intermediate Excel skills (including XLOOKUP)
• Resilience and adaptability in a fast-moving environment
• A process driven mindset
• Experience in Grocery, FMCG or Retail is a bonus

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 Accessibility support could include, interview location, sign language interpreter, assistive technology.

Don't 'cart' around – apply now

We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses. 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.