Private Label & Commodities Manager

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.

Gilmours is a leading foodservice wholesaler in New Zealand, supporting businesses across hospitality and beyond with quality products, great value, and reliable service. We combine local expertise with national scale to help our customers succeed.

Te Tūranga – About the role

As the Gilmours Private Label & Commodities Manager, you’ll play a critical leadership role within our Procurement & Insights team. Responsible for shaping and executing a world-class private and controlled label strategy while managing the end-to-end procurement of key commodity foodservice products (e.g. rice, oils, and essential staples).

This is a strategic, high-impact role where you’ll drive product lifecycle management – from sourcing and pricing to new product development and supplier partnerships. You’ll unlock growth through customer insight, deliver strong commercial outcomes, and ensure brand consistency and ethical sourcing across the portfolio.

Key responsibilities include

• Leading the strategic direction of Gilmours Private Label and Commodities portfolio
• Owning end-to-end sourcing, supplier negotiation, and contract management
• Driving ranging and pricing strategies to balance margin, value, and competitiveness
• Leading new product development initiatives with internal and external partners
• Monitoring performance through KPIs and identifying growth opportunities
• Conducting market reviews and competitor benchmarking
• Championing private label across stores, sales teams, and stakeholders
• Ensuring compliance with brand, packaging, and ethical sourcing standards
Building strong supplier relationships aligned to the Grocery Supply Code

He kōrero mōu – About you

You’re a commercially savvy, strategic thinker who thrives in a paced environment and enjoys influencing outcomes at scale. With proven experience in strategic sourcing or procurement, ideally within Foodservice or FMCG - you bring strong commercial acumen and negotiation skills that drive growth and profitability.

You’ve successfully developed and executed private label strategies and know how to balance customer value with commercial performance.

An exceptional communicator and relationship builder, you are confident influencing stakeholders at all levels. Proactive and solutions-focused, you deliver at pace while staying adaptable in a constantly evolving environment. Curious by nature, you’re always looking for smarter ways of working and continuously improving outcomes for the business.

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.