Fresh Foods Manager
Fresh Foods Manager – New World Durham Street
Full-time | Christchurch CBD
New World Durham Street is on the lookout for a passionate, energetic, and customer focused Fresh Foods Manager to lead our high performing team across Produce, Bakery, Service Deli, Seafood, and Butchery. If you thrive in a fast paced retail environment and love bringing exceptional food experiences to life, this is your chance to step into a key leadership role in one of Christchurch’s flagship supermarkets.
What the role involves
- Leading, coaching, and developing a diverse team across all fresh departments
- Ensuring consistently high standards of product quality, presentation, and food safety
- Managing stock levels, ordering, waste reduction, and department profitability
- Driving a culture of outstanding customer service
- Collaborating with store leadership to deliver promotions, seasonal displays, and innovation
- Maintaining compliance with all food safety, health, and safety requirements
- Creating a positive, supportive, and high performance team environment
What we’re looking for
- Proven leadership experience in supermarket fresh foods or a similar retail environment
- Strong understanding of fresh food operations, merchandising, and stock management
- A hands on leader who leads by example and brings out the best in others
- Excellent communication, organisation, and problem solving skills
- A commitment to delivering exceptional customer experiences
- Ability to work early mornings, weekends, and peak trading periods as required
What we offer
- A competitive salary based on experience
- Opportunities for ongoing training, development, and career progression within the Foodstuffs network
- A supportive, people focused workplace culture
- The chance to make a real impact in a busy, community focused supermarket
How to apply
If you’re ready to take the next step in your retail career and help shape the future of our Fresh Foods departments, we’d love to hear from you.