Customer Service Specialist - 6 month Fixed Term

Customer Service Specialist – 6 months Fixed Term

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 serving thousands of businesses and organisations across the North Island for the food and beverages they need to grow their business. Gilmours is your one-stop Foodservice shop with Butchery, Produce, Chilled & Frozen, Grocery, General Merchandise, Consumables, Beverages and Liquor.

Te Tūranga – About the role

As a Customer Service Specialist, you’ll be the first point of contact for our customers and stores, providing empathetic, timely, and effective support. You’ll work across phone, email, and chat to resolve complex issues and ensure a seamless experience.

Enjoy the flexibility of working from your own space. While this role is fully remote, you may occasionally be asked to pop into our Palmerston North office for training or team catch-ups.

Key responsibilities include :

• Responding to a high volume of inbound inquiries with professionalism and urgency
• Diagnosing and resolving customer issues efficiently
• Maintaining accurate records in our CRM system
• Collaborating with internal teams to resolve concerns
• Meeting KPIs and contributing to a positive team culture

Ngā painga - What we offer

We’re committed to providing awesome experiences for our people, including offering a range of benefits

He kōrero mōu - About you

You might be early in your career or looking for a fresh start – either way, if you’re curious, adaptable, empathetic, and love solving problems, we want to hear from you.

We’re looking for :

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 Accessibility support could include interview location, sign language interpreter, assistive technology.

Don’t ‘cart’ around – apply now!

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