Facial Recognition Technology Analyst

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 our FRT Analyst (Security, Risk & Assurance), you’ll play a critical role in providing independent analytical insight, assurance, and risk visibility across our Facial Recognition Technology (FRT) programme.

This role is all about ensuring data integrity, evidencing outcomes, identifying emerging risks, and supporting defensible, evidence-based decision-making at an enterprise level.

You’ll partner closely with stakeholders across Retail Operations and governance forums to translate data into insights that strengthen compliance, performance, and trust in our systems.

Ngā kawenga – What you’ll be responsible for

• Owning FRT performance, risk, and compliance reporting across the co-operative
• Analysing lifecycle data, alert outcomes, false positives, and store usage trends
• Identifying indicators of misuse, drift, or emerging privacy risks
• Producing regular reporting for senior stakeholders, including ELT and governance forums
• Maintaining auditable dashboards and evidence to support regulatory assurance
• Supporting Privacy Impact Assessments through data-led insights
• Contributing to policy, governance, and operating model improvements
• Supporting internal and external audits with accurate, defensible data
• Partnering with FRT Specialists to turn insights into operational improvements

He kōrero mōu – About you

You’ll bring advanced analytical capabilities, strong attention to detail, and a focus on data integrity. You’re confident in interpreting risk, compliance, and operational data in complex environments, and can translate insights clearly for a range of audiences. You have strong written communication skills and are comfortable engaging with senior stakeholders. You also demonstrate high ethical standards, with care and discretion when working with sensitive information.

A background in analytics, risk, compliance, loss prevention, or assurance, with experience working with dashboards, incident data, or operational reporting, will be highly valuable. You bring exposure to privacy, security, or regulated environments, and understand the importance of working within frameworks that require accuracy, accountability, and governance.

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 plans for you and your family
• 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.