Demand Planning Coordinator

Ko Wai Mātou – About Us

Kia ora. We’re Foodies. You know Gilmours, New World, PAK’nSAVE, and Four Square, right? That’s us!

With more than 320 stores and over 27,000 Foodies across Te Ika-a-Māui, Foodstuffs North Island is a co-operative proudly owned by our Members. Our purpose is simple – making sure New Zealanders get more out of life, and we’re driven by our aspiration to be one of New Zealand’s most customer-driven and productive retailers.

Our Retail Operations & Transformation team are laser-focused on critical metrics—driving SAP support, efficiency of in-store operations, checkout performance and play a key role with new store openings & ownership changes across all three banners.

Te Tūranga – About The Role

This is an exciting opportunity to join our newly formed team and start your career within demand planning, where you’ll support the team with coordination, reporting, and planning activities that keep everything running smoothly!

You’ll work closely with the Demand Planning Manager and Analysts, contributing to forecasting processes and helping improve delivery discipline, freeing up analysts to focus on deeper insights.

Over time, you’ll build capability in demand planning and may take ownership of a small number of stores as part of your development into a Demand Planning Analyst.

Ngā Haepapa – What You’ll Be Doing

• Supporting day-to-day operations of the Demand Planning team
• Preparing and maintaining planning data, reports, and trackers
• Assisting with forecasting inputs, data checks, and exception follow-ups
• Monitoring performance metrics such as days cover and out-of-stocks
• Supporting SAP Forecasting & Replenishment processes
• Coordinating reporting cycles and planning cadence activities
• Acting as a first point of contact for basic planning queries
• Collaborating with analysts and supporting store requests

He Kōrero Mōu – About You

You’re organised, curious, and keen to build a career in demand planning or retail operations!

You’ll Bring

• Entry level experience in retail, supply chain, planning, or analytical support
• Strong attention to detail and confidence working with data
• Solid Excel skills (Power BI or similar tools are a bonus)
• Ability to manage multiple tasks in a fast-paced environment
• Great communication skills and a collaborative mindset
• A willingness to learn forecasting and inventory concepts

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 plans for you and your family
• Onsite café with subsidised meals, mini mart, 5% discount at our retail stores
• Flexible working options, a day off on your birthday, lots of fun on site activities
• Inhouse 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 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.

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.