Head of Supply Chain & Infrastructure – Wholesale
Ko Waimātou – About Us
Kia ora. We’re Foodies. You know Gilmours, New World, PAK’nSAVE and Four Square right? That’s us! With 300+ stores and over 24,000 Foodies across Te Ika-a-Maui, 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.
Gilmours is 100% NZ owned and operated, proudly serving thousands of businesses and organisations across the North Island with everything they need to fuel their success - from fresh produce and butchery to chilled & frozen, grocery, liquor, and more. We’re the one-stop Foodservice shop for Kiwi businesses.
Te Tūranga – About The Role
Join us as our Head of Supply Chain & Infrastructure, where you’ll lead the development and execution of a world-class supply chain strategy that supports our 2030 goals and beyond.
Reporting to the GM Wholesale & Customer Service Centre, you’ll drive transformation across our support centre and stores, championing continuous improvement, operational excellence, and customer-centricity.
This role is highly strategic - you’ll work closely with the Wholesale Leadership Team, Membership & Property, Supply Chain, Owner Operators and other key areas more to answer big questions like:
· Where should our stores be located to best serve our customers?
· What infrastructure do we need to support future growth?
· How do we design a supply chain that’s fit for purpose, future-ready, and financially sustainable?
In this role, you’ll also:
· Lead the design and delivery of a prioritised supply chain and infrastructure programme aligned to FSNI’s strategic goals.
· Drive operational efficiency and reduce CODB through best-practice processes and productivity insights.
· Deliver benefits from EWM and other strategic tools, ensuring they evolve to meet business needs.
· Shape the property strategy for future growth, including Cash n Carry, temperature-controlled solutions, and store investment planning.
· Inspire a high-performing team culture focused on collaboration, accountability, and customer promise delivery.
· Champion integration across divisions, identifying opportunities for ROI, efficiency, and service improvement.
· Role model leadership and partner effectively across FSNI, including Gilmours stores and Owner Operators.
What You’ll Bring
· Proven leadership experience in diverse, high-performing teams and stakeholder engagement.
· A strategic mindset with the ability to align operational execution to long-term business goals and market opportunities.
· Proven experience in designing and delivering productivity initiatives that drive measurable efficiency and performance gains
· Strong B2B operations capability with a commercial and customer-first mindset.
· Excellent planning, communication, and presentation skills.
· Collaborative yet independent working style, with agility in fast-paced environments.
· Practical commercial acumen and ROI appreciation.
· Experience in programme/project management, operational design, and change delivery.
· Curiosity, resilience, and a drive for innovation and continuous improvement.
Ngā Painga - What We Offer
We’re committed to providing awesome experiences for our people, including offering a range of benefits:
· Free carparking -we’ve got over 1,000 carparks including EV plugs
· Southern cross health insurance
· 5% discount at our retail stores
· Onsite café with subsidised meals and a mini mart
· Flexible working options, a day off on your birthday, long service leave
· Inhouse learning and development programmes and courses, flu vaccinations, and social network groups (we call them Tribes).
Experience Awesome. Achieve Awesome. Be Awesomely You.
We’re proud to have a focus on Diversity & Inclusion here at Foodies and welcome courageous behaviour, encourage togetherness, inspire our people to be their best selves in our Foodies whānau.
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, interview location, sign language interpreter, assistive technology.