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.
The Retail Operations and Transformation team support in-store operations, checkouts and SAP across our three retail banners. Monitoring a range of important metrics, the team are also involved in new store openings, ownership changes, and various business initiatives.
Te Tūranga – About the role
Have you had proven experience in a Compliance Manager or equivalent role in the FMCG industry or in one of our supermarkets? Reporting to the Food Safety Manager, this role is responsible for assisting Foodstuffs and all their Members in complying with the various regulations relating to our industry.
To do this you’ll:
· Play a key role in implementing various regulatory and voluntary initiatives around food safety, sale of liquor, hazardous substances and packaging.
· Provide coaching support and expertise to our Stores and Support Office from a Regulatory Support perspective.
· Collaborate with and support external service providers and Government authorities as it relates Fuel Safety, Food Safety, Sale and Supply of Alcohol & Tobacco, Weights & Measures.
· Establish credibility as a trusted partner to ensure that strategic Regulatory Compliance business decisions are made and that legal risk is minimised/mitigated.
This role requires you to be on the road around four out of five days, visiting our stores and can be based in Auckland, Wellington or Palmerston North.
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 36 free EV plugs
· Southern cross health insurance, Foodies superannuation scheme
· Onsite café with subsidised meals, mini mart, 5% discount at our retail stores
· Flexible working options, a day off on your birthday, long service leave
· Inhouse learning and development programmes and courses, flu vaccinations, and social network groups (we call them Tribes).
He kōrero mōu - About you
To be successful in the role you will have strong interpersonal and communication skills as well as proven ability to influence and negotiate with key stakeholders. As a confident presenter with a strong eye for detail you’ll also be able to develop, implement and maintain standards.
Ideally you’ll also:
· Be tertiary educated in one of the food sciences or have responsibility for managing the food safety programme in one of our stores.
· Have experience in a Food Manufacturing and/or the Retail Food environment and safety systems auditing (verifier) experience.
· Be experienced in coaching and mentoring others and provide an appropriate level of subject matter expertise to key stakeholders.
· Hold a Full New Zealand Drivers Licence.
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.
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 Recruitment.Foodstuffs@foodstuffs.co.nz. Accommodations could include, interview location, sign language interpreter, assistive technology.
Are you stocked up & ready to head to the checkout – apply now!