Commercial Analyst

Foodstuffs, the NZ co-op behind familiar names like New World, PAK’nSAVE, Gilmours and Four Square, is expanding its team in Mangere. The group operates more than 300 stores and employs over 27,000 Foodies across Te Ika-a-Maui, delivering a wide range of groceries and foodservice solutions. Gilmours sits within this network as a full-service foodservice supplier, offering everything from butchery and produce to chilled and frozen goods, grocery and beverages. The role sits in this bustling environment, onsite in Mangere, and would suit someone who loves turning data into clear business decisions and who wants to contribute to strategic buying initiatives.

The role itself centers on partnering with Buying Leads to deliver financial analysis, data interpretation, modelling and reporting, and to support a key strategic project for Gilmours. You’ll be immersed in category management, helping to map out the current buying position for categories and suppliers and turning those insights into actions for the buying team. If you enjoy working with numbers, thrive on solving problems with data, and want to contribute to a large, NZ-owned retailer’s success, this could be a strong fit.

If you’re drawn to data-heavy work in FMCG, retail or wholesale, and you like the idea of combining analytics with practical business outcomes, this could be the right place for you. The role rewards curiosity, a practical mindset and the ability to translate complex data into clear recommendations that leaders can act on.

Day-to-day rhythm in Mangere

You’ll work closely with the Buying Leads to surface financial insights, interpret data and build models that feed reporting for key projects. The work blends numbers with business context, so you’ll be turning calculations into meaningful recommendations that help guide buying decisions and strategic direction. In the category-management space, you’ll analyse current buying positions across categories and suppliers to support the team’s planning and negotiation efforts.

Part of your focus will come from customer-driven work, where you’ll pull together insights on range optimisation, pricing and data cleanliness to ensure decision-making is grounded in high-quality information. You’ll also help shape the negotiation strategy and targets for the buying lead team, translating data into practical targets and clear performance measures. On top of that, you’ll measure the impact of changes on Members and Leadership, and contribute to the evolution of reporting capabilities with BI tools so the team has more accurate, actionable insights. Tracking project milestones and keeping activities aligned with business objectives will be a regular part of your cadence, with opportunities to sharpen project-management skills by taking on a variety of support tasks during project implementation.

What we’re after in a Commercial Analyst

You’ll need a commercially minded mindset and a few years of relevant analytics experience, with strong skills in SAP and Cognos to underpin your work. Excel will be one of your go-to tools, and you’ll have a track record in analytics-focused roles within FMCG, retail or wholesale, turning data into insights the business can act on.

You’ll likely be a proactive, inquisitive thinker who enjoys asking questions and pushing boundaries to uncover deeper learnings. A natural curiosity and comfort with complexity will help you excel in this role.

• What you bring: a few years of analytics experience with hands-on SAP and Cognos know-how
• Your toolkit: strong Excel skills and a background in analytics within FMCG, retail or wholesale, translating numbers into practical insights
• Mindset: a proactive, curious approach with a habit of challenging the status quo

• Nice-to-haves: experience in category management or buying analytics within a similar sector
• Nice-to-haves: familiarity with BI tools to produce more actionable reporting
• Nice-to-haves: exposure to data cleansing and maintaining data integrity to support decisions

Pay, benefits and practical details

The role is on site in Mangere, full-time, with a range of benefits designed to support you both at work and outside of it. You’ll have access to free car parking with more than 1,000 spaces and free EV plugs, plus Southern Cross health insurance. There’s an onsite café with subsidised meals, a mini mart and a 5% discount at the company’s retail stores, along with flexible working options, a day off on your birthday and long service leave.

The company also supports ongoing learning with in-house programmes and courses, flu vaccination programs, and active social networks they call Tribes. Accessibility support for applicants is available if needed; reach out to [email protected] for options related to interview location, sign language interpretation or assistive technologies.

Advice for applicants

Lead your resume with your analytics track record in FMCG or retail and highlight your experience with SAP and Cognos so the reader sees you can hit the ground running.

Show concrete examples where you turned data into decisions, talk about projects where you analysed buying positions, supported negotiation targets, or built reports that informed strategy and pricing decisions.

Be ready to talk through how you would approach a 90-day plan in this role, including how you’d track milestones, partner with the buying team and use BI tools to deliver timely, actionable insights.

Ask a focused question about how the team measures success for the customer-driven project and how this role interacts with the Buying Leads on negotiation strategies and targets.