Security & Facial Recognition Manager

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 more than 320 stores and over 27,000 Foodies across Te Ika-a-Māui, Foodstuffs North Island is a co-operative proudly owned by our Members. Our purpose is simple – making sure New Zealanders get more out of life, and we’re driven by our aspiration to be one of New Zealand’s most customer-driven and productive retailers.

Our Retail Operations & Transformation team are laser-focused on critical metrics—driving SAP support, efficiency of in-store operations, checkout performance and play a key role with new store openings & ownership changes across all three banners.

Te Tūranga – About the role

We’re looking for an experienced Security & Facial Recognition Technology (FRT) Manager to lead our enterprise security capability and oversee the delivery and operation of FRT across our stores.

This is a high-impact leadership role responsible for ensuring our security systems and FRT programme are safe, ethical, compliant and effective - protecting our people, customers, and communities while reducing harm and loss.

You’ll own the end-to-end FRT operating model, from rollout through to governance and ongoing optimisation, working closely with internal and external stakeholders.

Ngā kawenga matua – Key responsibilities

• Provide enterprise leadership for security and loss prevention across Foodstuffs North Island
• Lead the rollout and ongoing operation of FRT, ensuring readiness, training, and successful adoption
• Ensure all FRT use is privacy-by-design and compliant with legislation and regulatory expectations
• Establish and maintain governance frameworks, policies, and controls
• Oversee day-to-day operations including alert accuracy, audits, and risk management
• Analyse security and incident data to drive improvements in safety and shrink
• Manage vendor partnerships (including Auror) and performance outcomes
• Partner across Retail Operations, IT, Legal, Privacy, and Store Owners
• Lead, coach, and develop a high-performing security & FRT team

He kōrero mōu – About you

You bring strong enterprise leadership capability, with a proven ability to influence and engage stakeholders at all levels of an organisation. Exercise excellent judgement in complex, high-risk, and sensitive environments, balancing operational needs with ethical and reputational considerations.

Being highly data-driven, with strong analytical capability and a track record of using insights to inform decisions, you combine strategic thinking with practical execution, ensuring initiatives are both well-designed and effectively delivered. Your ability to interpret complex data sets and translate them into actionable plans sets you apart.

You bring senior-level experience across security, loss prevention, risk, or integrity functions within large or complex environments. You have successfully led technology-enabled or data-driven programmes and built robust governance, compliance, and operating frameworks. In addition, you have demonstrated success leading teams through change and transformation, building capability while fostering engagement and performance.

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 EV plugs
• Southern Cross plans for you and your family
• Onsite café with subsidised meals, mini mart, 5% discount at our retail stores
• Flexible working options, a day off on your birthday, lots of fun on site activities
• Inhouse learning and development programmes and courses, flu vaccinations, and social network groups (we call them Tribes).

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  Recruitment.Foodstuffs@foodstuffs.co.nz.  Accessibility support could include interview location, sign language interpreter, assistive technology.