Outbound Operations Manager

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.

Every day, thousands of customers shop in-store or online. To make it happen, our supply chain – one of New Zealand’s biggest – keeps everything moving. With over 1,000 team members, we move more than 97.8 million cartons a year, covering 19 million kilometres — that’s nearly 24 round trips to the moon!

Te Tūranga – About The Role

As an Operations Manager you’ll be responsible for leading a team of 30+ team members with a core focus on our outbound transport functions. You’ll also,

• Be the driving force around Safety and Wellbeing initiatives
• Ensure key metrics are met and your team knows what great looks like
• Foster positive working relationships with external and internal stakeholders
• Ensure that all operational departments are resourced, run efficiently and are regularly being reviewed for continual improvement.
• Consistent forward planning, organising, change management, direction and control.
• Maintain operation within budgeted constraints – challenging what can be done smarter.
  
  

This role will cover our afternoon shift – Monday to Friday 2pm to 10:30pm.

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
• An onsite mini mart for those afternoon cravings and a 5% discount at our retail stores
• 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

Our ideal candidate for this role will:

• Have proven operational experience and knowledge in a complex Supply Chain environment
• A confident people leader who can inspire and motivate the team to high performance
• Be an expert user of warehouse and transport management systems and technology
• Able to think on your feet and be responsive in a fast-paced environment where speed and quality are equally important.
• Have strategic decision-making skills and a continuous improvement mindset.
• Strong organisational skills in order to manage multiple priorities
• Champion all aspects of health & safety
  
  

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 [email protected] . Accessibility support could include, interview location, sign language interpreter, assistive technology.

Don’t ‘cart’ around – apply now!