Ko waimātou – 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.
Te Tūranga – About the role
As Head of Compliance, you’ll lead the delivery of strategic and operational compliance services across Foodstuffs North Island and its Members. Reporting to the General Counsel, you'll be responsible for ensuring strong governance, managing regulatory risk, and embedding an effective compliance culture. This role plays a key part in shaping our future capability — enhancing systems, frameworks, and team resources to support a modern, risk-aware business.
You’ll work closely with senior leaders and the Audit & Risk Committee to provide assurance, influence key decisions, and drive alignment across multiple compliance functions, while keeping pace with emerging legislation.
In this role, you will:
- Lead the evolution of the FSNI Compliance Framework across the business and Member network.
- Provide strategic advice and assurance to the Executive, Board, and Audit & Risk Committee on compliance and risk.
- Design and maintain compliance policies, registers, and risk controls.
- Drive the development of systems, tools, and training to support compliance capability uplift.
- Conduct regular risk assessments and build a proactive monitoring system to identify and mitigate compliance risks, potentially before they turn into incidents and/or breaches.
- Foster collaboration across internal teams (legal, audit, safety, risk) and external stakeholders.
- Represent FSNI on governance groups and support legal innovation, including the adoption of compliance technologies.
- Uphold high ethical standards and be known for promoting a culture of integrity within the organisation.
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.
- 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, and long service leave.
- In-house learning and development programmes and courses, flu vaccinations, and social network groups (we call them Tribes).
He kōrero mōu - About you
You’re a seasoned compliance and risk professional with a strong track record of operating at a senior leadership level. With deep expertise in regulatory frameworks — you bring a strategic mindset, operational excellence, and the ability to influence at all levels of an organisation. You’re known for your collaborative leadership style, strong planning and communication skills, and a proactive approach to driving change and embedding a culture of compliance.
Your experience has seen you shape and implement enterprise-wide compliance frameworks, lead high-performing teams, and work closely with senior leaders and Boards to provide trusted guidance on complex risk matters. You’re curious, adaptable, and open to learning — always looking for ways to innovate and strengthen organisational capability.
You’ll bring:
- 7+ years’ experience in risk, compliance, and/or assurance, ideally in senior leadership roles.
- Strong understanding of regulatory requirements relevant to the consumer sector.
- Proven success in designing and implementing enterprise-wide compliance strategies.
- The ability to influence senior stakeholders and lead through complexity and change.
- A collaborative, driven approach with a focus on continuous improvement and learning.
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.
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