Employer job description
From Foodstuffs North Island's posting. “We” and “our” refer to the employer.
Insights Partner
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 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
We’re looking for a commercially astute Insights Partner to lead the insights strategy and execution for Gilmours. Sitting within our Procurement & Insights team, you’ll be the go-to advisor for turning complex data into clear, actionable insights that drive performance across our foodservice business.
- Lead the Gilmours insights programme, delivering high-impact analytics and scalable reporting frameworks
- Partner with Gilmours stores and the Wholesale Leadership Team to influence strategic decisions
- Champion AI-driven insights and embed a data-led culture across the network
- Design and build world-class dashboards using tools like Power BI
- Drive cross-functional alignment through enterprise-wide data initiatives
What You’ll Bring
- You’re a curious, solutions-focused data leader who knows how to connect insights to business outcomes. With a strong technical toolkit and a knack for storytelling, you’re ready to shape the future of foodservice through data.
- Proven experience in commercial insights, analytics or strategy roles, ideally in FMCG, Foodservice or Retail
- Advanced skills in data visualisation (Power BI, Tableau) and analytics tools (Python, R, SQL)
- Strong understanding of data governance, modelling and cloud platforms
- Excellent communicator who can translate technical data into business language
- Collaborative, innovative and passionate about capability uplift 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.