Merchandise Manager (Promotions)

About the role:

As the Merchandise Manager (Promotions), you’ll lead strategic improvements across campaigns, promotions and trading business systems, with a strong focus on process improvement, increasing the effectiveness of promotions and maximising supplier trade investment.

This is a 12 month fixed‑term role covering parental leave.

You’ll work closely with internal Merchandise, Marketing & Retail teams to simplify process, strengthen commercial outcomes and ensure our promotional programmes deliver value for our members and customers.

This is a role for someone who thrives on combining insight, relationships and disciplined delivery to influence strategy and convert opportunity into measurable results.

Key Responsibilities :

• Designing, implementing and embedding improvements to promotional and trade activity in partnership with the Head of Strategy & Operations.
• Providing clear leadership and direction to the promotions and trade team, ensuring priorities are set and initiatives are delivered at pace.
• Improving the efficiency and effectiveness of promotional activity, measured through sales, profit and customer loyalty outcomes.
• Building strong, collaborative  relationships with Foodstuffs South Island (FSSI) teams to support simplified decision-making and joint promotional success.
• Leading co-op and promotions simplification initiatives through to completion.

About you:

You’ll be a commercially sharp thinker, highly collaborative and confident working at pace in a complex environment. You know how to balance relationships with results and you bring both strategic thinking and hands-on delivery to your work. Ideally you’ll also have:

• Strong commercial acumen and the ability to turn data into clear insights and actions
• Excellent stakeholder relationship skills, with the ability to build trust across internal teams.
• Exceptional leadership capability leading a dynamic and agile team.
• Exceptional attention to detail and a structured approach to delivering projects and initiatives.
• Strong written, verbal and presentation skills

How to apply:

Applications will close 25 February 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.  

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.
• You can access Enhanced leave; Lifestyle leave and sick leave from day one of joining the Foodies team.
• 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!
• 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 200 PAK’nSAVE, New World, Four Square, Raeward Fresh 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.

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.