We're looking for someone who knows how to build strong teams, develop capable managers and drive consistent operational performance. Your background could be in food service, food retail, convenience or another high-volume, customer-focused environment. What matters is your ability to lead people, work with established systems and processes, and turn operational opportunities into commercial results.
What you'll be doing
- Leading and developing managers to build capable, engaged and high-performing teams
- Driving sales, profitability and operational performance across multiple locations
- Maintaining strong operational standards, including food quality, cleanliness and safety
- Ensuring effective staffing, equipment reliability and consistent execution of business processes
- Identifying performance opportunities and implementing practical improvement plans
- Addressing people challenges while maintaining a positive and accountable team culture
You'll bring experience leading multi-site operations or managing complex, high-volume environments.
You'll bring:
- Proven experience in food retail, convenience or a comparable customer-facing operation
- Strong people leadership skills, with experience developing managers and leading large teams
- Commercial acumen and an understanding of sales, budgets, labour efficiency and business performance
- Experience working within established systems, processes and operational standards
- A hands-on, energetic leadership style with the ability to engage, motivate and hold people accountable
- Resilience, adaptability and the confidence to navigate challenging operational and people situations
In this position, you will take ownership of 6–8 business-owned sites situated primarily throughout South Auckland.
You'll have the opportunity to make a genuine impact across a substantial operation, develop future leaders and work alongside an established global business. We are looking for an ambitious professional driven to take on expanded responsibilities when the time is right and advance their career over time.
If you're a hands-on operational leader ready for your next challenge, we'd welcome a confidential conversation.
Retailworld is managing this opportunity confidentially. Apply now with your CV to explore further.