Ko wai mātou – About us    Kia ora. We’re Foodies. You know Gilmours, New World, PAK’nSAVE, and Four Square, right? That’s us! With more than 320 stores and over 27,000 Foodies across Te Ika-a-Māui, Foodstuffs North Island is a co-operative proudly owned by our Members. Our purpose is simple – making sure New Zealanders get more out of life, and we’re driven by our aspiration to be one of New Zealand’s most customer-driven and productive retailers. Our Retail Operations & Transformation team are laser-focused on critical metrics—driving SAP support, efficiency of in-store operations, checkout performance and play a key role with new store openings & ownership changes across all three banners.   Te Tūranga – About the role As Retail Deployment Manager, you’ll own the end-to-end deployment of major retail change into our store network—ensuring initiatives are practical, sequenced effectively, and delivered successfully in real trading environments. This is a critical leadership role where you’ll be accountable for how change lands in stores. Working closely with Programme and Project teams, Retail Operations, and external partners, you’ll translate approved initiatives into clear, executable deployment plans that minimise disruption and protect store performance. You’ll lead the retail deployment discipline—managing the change pipeline across stores, ensuring readiness, coordinating rollout activity, and supporting teams through go-live and stabilisation. You’ll also lead a team of Store Trainers and deployment specialists, building a consistent, scalable, and practical approach to change across the network. Key initiatives include large-scale programmes such as POS transformation, SAP and enterprise system rollouts, store openings, Change of Ownership activity, and regulatory change.   He kōrero mōu – About you You’re an experienced delivery leader who thrives in complex, fast-paced environments and understands the realities of store operations. You bring: * Experience delivering large-scale operational change in multi-site retail or frontline environments * Proven success leading deployment of complex programmes, systems, or operating model changes * Strong leadership experience managing field teams, trainers, and cross-functional delivery resources * Experience with major system rollouts (POS, SAP, ERP or similar platforms * Excellent stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence at senior levels * Strong planning, prioritisation, and pipeline management capability across multiple concurrent initiatives.pdf) You’ll be highly organised, pragmatic, and resilient—able to balance pace and risk while maintaining a strong focus on customer experience and store stability   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 * Onsite café with subsidised meals, mini mart, 5% discount at our retail stores * Flexible working options, a day off on your birthday, lots of fun on site activities * 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.   We encourage you to apply with all your awesomeness and welcome your diverse background, including any disability, additional health and mental health needs, and/or neurodiversity.   If you require accessibility support to ensure you can fairly access our recruitment process, please reach out to  [email protected].  Accessibility support could include interview location, sign language interpreter, assistive technology.