About the role
As our General Manager Transformation, you’ll lead enterprise-wide initiatives that enable our co-op to deliver on its long-term vision and strategy. Reporting to the CEO, you’ll shape and execute a transformation roadmap that aligns with our strategic priorities and delivers measurable value. You’ll work across all areas of the business to embed new ways of working, strengthen delivery, and build the capability needed to lead and sustain change.
Key accountabilities include:
• Designing and delivering a transformation strategy that supports growth, resilience, and long-term performance
• Leading a portfolio of transformation programmes that integrate technology, infrastructure, and business change
• Embedding governance frameworks, performance tracking, and data-led decision-making across transformation efforts
• Driving alignment across business units to ensure transformation initiatives are integrated, prioritised, and value-focused
• Ensuring transformation programmes deliver commercial value, including return on investment, long-term sustainability, and alignment with financial governance frameworks
About you:
You’ll bring experience leading complex, enterprise-wide transformation programmes that deliver measurable impact; enhancing how teams operate, how change is delivered, and how value is realised. You’ll know how to align transformation with business priorities and lead through change with clarity and confidence. You’ll also bring:
• A people-first leadership style that builds high-performing, engaged teams
• Proven success delivering transformation across operations, infrastructure, and digital platforms
• Strong programme leadership skills, with the ability to manage risk, track benefits, and drive delivery
• Executive-level experience influencing across senior stakeholders, governance forums, and vendor partnerships
• Deep experience embedding transformation capability and fostering a culture of adaptability and continuous improvement
How to Apply
Ready to take on the challenge? Click “apply” to apply for the role! Applications will close 25 July 2025 and will only be accepted via the careers site. If you have any questions about the role, or experience any issues submitting your application, please email [email protected]
Why join us?
• Our Papanui based office has free carparking, an in-house café.
• Our approach to flexible working is based on trusting and empowering our people to manage their time and deliver results while balancing the needs of their personal lives.
• We’re committed to equitable outcomes, and we offer additional paid parental leave, free period products and financial health checks to name a few.
• We support your wellbeing with Southern Cross health insurance for you and your family after a qualifying period, discounts at local gyms, access to online wellbeing tools, and a prayer and privacy room onsite.
• You can access Enhanced leave; Lifestyle leave and sick leave from day one of joining the Foodies team.
• We offer continuous learning and professional growth, as well as access to our extensive online training library and endless opportunities.
• We’re proud of our supportive team environment, and our positive and friendly culture that’s made fun by Furry Friend Fridays and monthly social events!
About us:
We’re a team of 14,000 who make sure all South Islanders have access to the groceries and essentials they need. Proudly 100% Kiwi-owned and operated, our co-operative has more than 200 PAK’nSAVE, New World, Four Square, and On the Spot stores feeding the South Island.
We value being at the heart of our communities, like we’ve always been, to make the South Island a better place – for today and for many generations to come. From sunny Golden Bay all the way to Stewart Island, there’s a Foodstuffs store serving you and your whānau.
Our success is down to our people who bring their skills, experience, passion, and expertise to make Foodies an amazing and rewarding place to work. Given the breadth of our cooperative, the opportunities for development are endless.
