Ko wai mātou – About us
Kia ora. We’re Foodies. You know 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.
Our Merchandise team works with supplier partners and store teams on category ranging, buying, pricing and promotions so we can get the right products on the right shelves at the right time for our customers.
Te Tūranga – About the role
As a Quality Controller, you’ll proactively identify product defects, working with the buying and DC teams to ensure quality specifications are met and that the quality of our produce is of a high quality and as fresh as it can be before it leaves our Distribution Centres for stores. You’ll also provide the Warehouse with operational support.
To ensure our customers get the best produce, some of your responsibilities will be to:
· Ensure records are maintained to identify high risk produce and suppliers, liaising with growers and suppliers to address issues.
· Work cross functionally to align quality processes keeping relevant stakeholders abreast of progress related to quality.
· Create and maintain quality dashboards, providing quality reports relating to quality.
· Follow best practice process and metrics to ensure customers consistently get the best quality products.
· Check and count inbound deliveries from suppliers, by comparing expected stock to actual stock received and Goods Receipt the checked inbound stock.
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 36 free EV plugs
· Foodies superannuation scheme
· 5% discount at our retail stores
· 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).
He kōrero mōu - About you
A strong communicator with a passion for fresh produce, your knowledge of the produce industry coupled with your awesome organisational ability will set you up for success in this busy team.
Ideally you’ll have:
· Experience in a quality control role or experience within the produce/FMCG industry
· Great attention to detail and a passion for perfect produce.
· Proven experience as someone who is process driven with the ability to assess qualitative and quantitative information to make sound decisions.
· Awesome stakeholder management experience.
· Effective communication with the ability to engage with a variety of customers and colleagues.
· Experience with the Microsoft Office suite of products.
· Availability to work Part Time, 20 hours per week either Monday - Wednesday or Thursday - Saturday between the hours or 5am – midday.
We’re interested in your diverse experiences, your strengths and how adaptable you are to learn and grow. If you don't meet every requirement, but feel this role could be for you, we’d still love to hear from you!
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 Recruitment.Foodstuffs@foodstuffs.co.nz. Accommodations could include, interview location, sign language interpreter, assistive technology.
Are you ready to be part of our bunch – apply now!
