Bakery Specialist

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 we celebrate our people, our taonga, every day for being uniquely them.

This is a highly influential, store-based role where you’ll partner closely with bakery teams to identify business opportunities, develop practical solutions and deliver positive outcomes. Reporting to the Bakery Lead, you’ll use your bakery expertise, commercial understanding and coaching capability to lift operational performance across our stores.

You’ll be responsible for:

• Coaching and mentoring Bakery Team Leaders and their teams to strengthen capability and performance
• Conducting regular store visits, preparing comprehensive business reports and identifying opportunities through business and trend analysis
• Supporting stores to meet health, safety and food safety standards, including expectations set for food retailers and wholesalers
• Completing Technical Sign Offs for Trainee Operators, while supporting new store setups and refurbishments
• Helping stores implement business strategies and improve bakery operations, ranging, sourcing, pricing and promotional activity

You’re an experienced bakery professional who understands what great retail bakery operations look like and knows how to bring others on the journey. You’ll combine operational knowledge with strong communication, commercial thinking and close attention to detail.

You’ll bring:

• Proven experience managing a bakery department in a retail organisation and/or a relevant tertiary qualification
• Experience in business analysis, identifying trends and recognising potential operational issues
• Strong interpersonal, communication, negotiation and mediation skills, along with FMCG experience
• Exposure to operational or fresh food management, including ranging, sourcing, pricing and promotions
• Experience in category management for medium to large merchandise brands, with strong attention to operational detail.
• A full driver’s licence and willingness to travel regularly

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 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. Accessibility support could include an alternative interview location, a sign language interpreter or assistive technology.