Head of Strategy
About the role:
As Head of Strategy, you’ll be championing, evolving, and shaping our strategic direction. Reporting to the Chief Financial Officer, you’ll work closely with senior leaders to ensure our strategy is not only clear and compelling, but deeply embedded in how we think, plan, and make decisions. You’ll coach and influence across our cooperative, supporting leaders connect long-term ambition with operational reality, and enabling confident, aligned decision-making.
Key accountabilities:
- Ability to make sense of the macro trends shaping society and business in a VUCA world, while delivering actionable insight
- Lead the evolution of our organisational strategy, ensuring it reflects our ambition and drives impact
- Shape strategic thinking across the senior leadership team, challenging assumptions and guiding priorities
- Coach leaders and teams to build strategic capability and confidence
- Drive a disciplined planning cycle that enables clarity, alignment, and delivery
- Lead a high-performing team that brings energy, rigour, and clarity to our strategic agenda
About you:
You’ll be a strategic leader with deep experience in consulting or corporate strategy, ideally from large, complex organisations. You’ll lead with purpose and clarity, building trust across the cooperative and empowering your team to deliver.
Ideally, you’ll also bring:
- A track record of shaping strategy at the highest levels and influencing senior decision-makers
- Exceptional strategic storytelling able to distil complexity, shape thinking, and coach leaders through ambiguity
- Deep experience in business planning and change leadership across complex environments
- Strong commercial acumen, ideally supported by a relevant qualification in economics, finance, or a related field
- A collaborative approach and the ability to turn vision into action
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 with us.
How to apply:
Ready to take on the challenge? Click “apply” now! Applications will close 11:59pm 1 October 2025 and will only be accepted via our careers site. If you experience any issues submitting your application, please email careers@foodstuffs-si.co.nz.
If you have any questions about the role or want to learn more, please reach out to alexandra.echaluce@foodstuffs-si.co.nz for a confidential conversation.
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.
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.