Butchery & Seafood Advisor

About the role:

As a Butchery & Seafood Advisor you’ll support our stores in delivering a best in class offer across these key fresh departments.

Based at our Support Office but spending plenty of time out in store this role is all about lifting capability, performance and consistency across our butchery and seafood teams. You’ll work closely with Store Owners, Managers and department teams to provide hands on support, coaching and advice, helping them get the best out of their people, product and processes.

This is a highly practical role where you’ll be on the tools when needed, demonstrating techniques coaching team and bringing a strong focus on quality yield and presentation. You’ll also contribute to new store set ups and refurbishments, ensuring stores are set up for success from day one.

About you:

You’re a fully qualified Butcher with seafood experience who knows what great looks like and how to bring others along on the journey. Ideally you’ll also bring:

• Extensive industry experience including leading a supermarket / retail butchery environment (with seafood exposure)
• Strong technical ability across meat and seafood preparation, with confidence to demonstrate and teach others
• A solid understanding of yield, GP, shrinkage and cost control
• Experience with stock management, food safety and health & safety requirements
• Strong communication skills and the ability to build trusted relationships with a wide range of people and teams

Don't Meet Every Requirement?

We encourage you to apply anyway. We are looking for individuals with diverse experiences and are keen to hear from those who believe they have the drive and potential to succeed in this role.

How to apply:

Ready to take on the challenge? Click “apply” now! Applications will close 3 May 2026 and will only be accepted via our careers site.

If you have any questions about the role, or experience any issues submitting your application, please email careers@foodstuffs-si.co.nz

Join us in feeding the South Island.

Our values:

At Foodies, together we drive success to be our best and care for our whānau. We recognise that it takes a collective effort to achieve success, and we thrive on fostering a culture of collaboration to drive innovation and embracing challenges as a united team. We are committed to supporting our people, and to positively impact the lives of South Islanders every day.

Why join us?

• Our approach to flexible working is based on trusting and empowering our people to manage their time and deliver results while balancing the needs of their personal lives.
• We’re committed to equitable outcomes, and we offer additional paid parental leave, free period products and financial health checks to name a few.
• We support your wellbeing with Southern Cross health insurance for you and your family after a qualifying period, discounts at local gyms, access to online wellbeing tools, and a prayer and privacy room onsite.
• We offer continuous learning and professional growth, as well as access to our extensive online training library and endless opportunities.
• We’re proud of our supportive team environment, and our positive and friendly culture that’s made fun by Furry Friend Fridays and monthly social events!
• We’re a Pride Pledge organisation, and we are committed to an inclusive workplace where everyone thrives, every day and we celebrate our diversity as strength.
• Our Papanui based office has free carparking, an in-house café.

About us:

We’re a team of 14,000 who make sure South Islanders have access to the groceries and essentials they need. Proudly 100% Kiwi-owned and operated, our co-operative has more than 180 PAK’nSAVE, New World, Four Square and On the Spot stores feeding the South Island.

We value being at the heart of our communities, like we’ve always been, to make the South Island a better place – for today and for many generations to come. From sunny Golden Bay all the way to Stewart Island, there’s a Foodstuffs store serving you and your whānau.

Our success is down to our people who bring their skills, experience, passion, and expertise to make Foodies an amazing and rewarding place to work. Our co-op has a wide variety of roles to offer, and endless opportunities for development.