Product Owner

Overview

Product Owner role at Foodstuffs North Island Limited. This position is within the Enterprise Systems team and focuses on transforming how one of New Zealand’s largest retailers delivers value. You will own and shape products that support trading operations and create outstanding customer experiences. You will work at the intersection of business strategy, customer needs, and technical delivery, leading cross‑functional teams to turn ideas into impactful solutions in a fast‑paced FMCG environment.

Working in an agile environment, you’ll take ownership of your product vision and roadmap, partnering with merchandise, commercial teams, and technical leads to turn strategy into reality. You’ll lead discovery and delivery, using data, insights, and stakeholder feedback to deliver outcomes that matter and help Foodstuffs become more customer‑driven, delivering simplicity, agility, and value at scale.

Responsibilities

• Own and align the product vision and roadmap across multiple squads / products, delivering commercial outcomes and customer value at scale.
• Engage with business colleagues to develop trusted relationships and incorporate their needs.
• Ensure solutions are pragmatic, scalable, and aligned with solution architecture for long‑term viability.
• Lead discovery and delivery using data and customer insights to guide decisions and evaluate outcomes.
• Own and refine the product backlog with a clear, well‑prioritized path and acceptance criteria to deliver business impact.
• Act as a product champion within your squad and across the organization, fostering clarity, alignment, and engagement.
• Collaborate with other Product Owners to ensure smooth integration of new features into the product ecosystem.
• Drive continuous improvement, foster a learning mindset, and evolve ways of working.
• Build strong relationships across the business to connect people, ideas, and outcomes.
• Ensure your team has the right capacity, focus, and engagement to deliver exceptional results.

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You’ll Be

A curious, collaborative problem‑solver who translates complexity into clarity with strong analytical thinking, commercial insight, and hands‑on delivery. You will understand change quickly, prioritise, and turn ambiguity into actionable outcomes while delivering real results. You’ll be a confident communicator and facilitator who builds trust, inspires alignment, and keeps focus on delivering the right outcomes. You balance strategic thinking with practical delivery and base decisions on data and customer insight.

Qualifications

Experience and Diversity

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