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# Team Coordinator - Retail at Foodstuffs North Island

- **Company:** Foodstuffs North Island
- **Location:** Mangere, New Zealand
- **Employment:** contract
- **Work type:** onsite
- **Posted:** 2026-10-19
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-10-30
- **Apply:** https://jobs.lever.co/foodstuffs/1ce994de-1ff6-4426-abbe-2b6140e50aa6

## Job description

Immediate start - join us now!

Fixed term opportunity until December 2027.

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 27,000 Foodies across Te Ika-a-Māui, 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 celebrate our people, our taonga, every day for being uniquely them.

Te Tūranga - About the role

Due to internal movement, we're looking for an exceptional Team Coordinator to become the backbone of our Retail team.

Reporting to the Executive Assistant to the CRO (Chief Retail Officer), you'll provide high-quality administrative and coordination support across the business unit of Retail and to the EA, ensuring priorities stay on track and stakeholders feel supported.

You'll also act as a key delegate and trusted representative when the EA is away, helping to ensure business continuity and providing confidence that day-to-day activities remain on track.

Key responsibilities will include:

- Coordinating reports, presentations, board papers and business documentation.
- Managing meetings, calendars, events and team activities.
- Maintaining accurate records, databases and administrative systems.
- Supporting team communications and stakeholder engagement.
- Managing priorities and ensuring actions are completed on time.
- Proactively identifying issues, following up actions and keeping work moving.
- Providing support across the Retail function and Leadership Team.

This is predominantly an office-based role, with flexibility to work from home depending on business needs, judged on a week-to-week basis.

He kōrero mōu - About you

This is a role for a genuine administration professional. Someone who takes pride in being highly organised, detail-oriented, proactive, reliable and with excellent communication skills. You love administration, thrive on coordination, and genuinely enjoy being the person who keeps everything running smoothly.

While you'll be part of a collaborative and supportive team, this role will particularly suit someone who enjoys working autonomously. You'll be trusted to manage your own workload, identify priorities, anticipate needs and take action without waiting for direction. You'll be someone who naturally takes ownership, keeps things moving and proactively looks for ways to support the team and improve how things are done.

You'll bring:

- Proven experience in a Team Coordinator, Executive Assistant, Personal Assistant or senior administration role.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Exceptional organisational and prioritisation skills.
- Strong attention to detail and accuracy.
- The ability to work autonomously and manage competing priorities.
- A proactive mindset and willingness to take ownership.
- Confidence working with senior leaders and stakeholders.
- Advanced Microsoft Office skills, particularly Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint and Word.
- A positive, approachable and can-do attitude that contributes positively to our team culture
- Reliability, professionalism and a strong commitment to delivering high-quality work on time.

Ngā painga - What we offer

We're committed to providing awesome experiences for our people, including:

- Free car parking, including EV charging options
- Onsite café with subsidised meals and mini mart
- 5% discount at our retail stores
- Flexible working options
- A day off to celebrate your birthday
- Long service leave
- Learning and development opportunities
- Annual flu vaccinations and employee communities we call 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, and 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 or 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 adjustments, sign language interpreters or assistive technology.

Are you the organised, proactive and trusted coordinator we're looking for?  Apply now!

## About Foodstuffs North Island

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: New Zealand's largest grocery retailer, a cooperative of locally owned PAK'nSAVE, New World, Four Square, and Gilmours stores, serving communities across the North Island.
- **Entity Type**: Private (cooperative)
- **Headquarters**: Auckland, New Zealand (Support Centre in Mangere; additional offices in Wellington and Palmerston North)
- **Founded**: 1922
- **Founders**: Not publicly available (cooperative structure, no individual founders)

## Core Business
- Primary industry: Retail grocery and Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG)
- Target customers: B2C (consumers via retail stores and online), B2B (businesses via Gilmours wholesale)
- Mission: "Making sure New Zealanders get more out of life"

## Products & Services
- **PAK'nSAVE**: Discount grocery stores focused on value pricing.
- **New World**: Full-service supermarkets with a wide product range.
- **Four Square**: Convenience stores tailored to local communities.
- **Gilmours**: Wholesale supply for businesses, cafes, and restaurants.
- **Online Shopping**: Click & collect and home delivery options across banners.
- **Mobile Checkouts & Technology**: Self-service checkouts, mobile checkout options, and innovative store designs (metros, cut-throughs) to speed up shopping.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not disclosed (private cooperative)
- **Key Metric**: 24,000 employees (“Foodies”); 350+ stores; ~4.08 million customer visits per week; over 5 million individual grocery items sold daily.
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: 100% New Zealand owned and operated; owned by over 300 local grocery retailers (cooperative members). Partners with local suppliers, stocking over 60,000 products.
- **Growth Signals**: Investing ~$100 million annually in new and transformed stores; planned ~8 new store openings in FY24; $50 million invested in innovation in 2021; proposal to merge with Foodstuffs South Island to streamline operations.

## Competitive Advantages
- **Cooperative Model**: Local owner-operators have deep community ties, tailoring product ranges to local needs while benefiting from the scale of a national network.
- **Scale & Efficiency**: One of the largest supply chains in New Zealand, with dedicated distribution, logistics, and transport teams.
- **Customer-Driven Innovation**: Heavy investment in technology (mobile checkouts, online shopping) and store formats to enhance customer experience.
- **Workforce Development**: Largest trainer of butchers and bakers in New Zealand; strong internal career pathways including potential store ownership.

## Strategic Focus
- **Merger with Foodstuffs South Island**: A proposal to merge the two co-ops into one entity to streamline business operations.
- **Customer Experience**: Continuous improvement of product range, value, and convenience; leveraging data and analytics (e.g., Loyalty Insights & Customer Analytics Manager role).
- **Digital & Technology**: Investing in Salesforce, SAP, and other enterprise systems; hybrid roles in IT, analytics, and engineering.
- **Sustainability & Community**: Supporting local suppliers, reducing environmental impact, and serving over 1.4 million customers weekly.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: Described as a “whānau” (family) with a strong sense of belonging; cooperative values mean every employee contributes to something bigger.
- **Work Arrangements**: Many support centre and supply chain roles offer hybrid work (e.g., Mangere, Wellington, Palmerston North). Store roles are on-site.
- **Career Growth**: Opportunities across retail, supply chain, support centre (finance, marketing, IT, legal). Pathways to store ownership for motivated team members.
- **Perks & Training**: Largest trainer of butchers and bakers in NZ; professional development programs; scale and security of a 100-year-old organisation.
- **Engineering & Tech**: Roles like Salesforce Technical Lead, Senior SAP Developer, SuccessFactors Support Analyst, and Deployment Specialist indicate a modernising tech environment.

## Sources
1. [foodstuffs.co.nz](https://www.foodstuffs.co.nz/news-room/Get-the-facts-fsni) – Company facts and figures
2. [foodstuffs.co.nz](https://www.foodstuffs.co.nz/working-at-foodies) – Working at Foodies overview
3. [jobs.lever.co/foodstuffs](https://jobs.lever.co/foodstuffs) – Current open positions (hybrid, tech roles)
4. [linkedin.com](https://linkedin.com/company/foodstuffs-auckland-limited) – LinkedIn company page (followers, employee count, revenue)
5. [foodstuffs.careers](https://foodstuffs.careers/about-us.php) – Careers site with culture and role descriptions

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