Job Description
Ko wai mātou – 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.
Our Support Centre is 1,000+ people strong — including 300+ IT employees — all working to keep our systems humming and our supply chain moving.
Te Tūranga – About the role
We’re looking for a Supply Chain Solution Architect to join our Business Systems & Platform team, with a strong focus on Blue Yonder Warehouse Management and Transport Management platforms.
This role is functionally driven first, bringing deep understanding of supply chain operations and best‑practice processes, while guiding integration, data, and architectural standards across our enterprise landscape.
You'll shape how core supply chain functions operate across Blue Yonder, SAP S/4HANA, and connected platforms, ensuring our solutions are scalable, reliable, and future‑ready.
In this role, you will:
· Lead solution design for WMS and TMS, ensuring alignment to business processes across inbound, outbound, inventory control, receiving, pick/pack/ship, yard management, fleet planning, carrier management, and transport execution.
· Translate supply chain operational requirements into practical, scalable architectures, guiding functional consultants, operations leaders, and technology teams through solution options.
· Work with developers, integration teams, and platform owners to enable supportable, visible end‑to‑end integrations across Blue Yonder, SAP S/4HANA, BTP/CPI, APIs, and automation tools.
· Define and govern solution architecture standards for supply chain platforms, supporting clean‑core principles and consistent design patterns.
· Apply architectural frameworks including LeanIX, Signavio, and Blue Yonder implementation methodologies to deliver high‑quality outcomes.
· Partner with Enterprise and Principal Architects to shape our long‑term supply chain technology roadmap, including automation, optimisation, IoT, telematics, real‑time visibility platforms, and cloud evolution.
· Act as a trusted advisor on supply chain best practices, platform extensibility, upgrade approaches, and new capability enablement (e.g. Analytics, machine learning forecasting, optimisation engines).
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, Foodies superannuation scheme
· Onsite café with subsidised meals, mini mart, 5% discount at our retail stores
· Flexible working options, a day off on your birthday, long service leave
· Inhouse learning and development programmes and courses, flu vaccinations, and social network groups (we call them Tribes).
He kōrero mōu – About you
You're an experienced Solution Architect with strong capability across supply chain platforms and a deep understanding of distribution centre and logistics operations. With 5+ years of leading solution design, you're skilled at connecting with and influencing cross‑functional teams, ready to shape future‑state supply chain processes and system landscapes.
You’ll bring:
· Strong experience as a Solution Architect or Senior Functional Consultant in supply chain, warehouse, or transport management domains.
· Expertise in Blue Yonder WMS, or TMS, including Transportation Planner/TMOD (or equivalent tier‑1 supply chain platforms).
· Deep understanding of distribution centre, warehousing and logistics processes, inbound, outbound, slotting, labour, transport planning, fleet and carrier management, load building, visibility, etc.
· Experience integrating BY platforms with ERP systems (ideally SAP S/4HANA), automation, and third‑party logistics systems.
· Ability to influence decision‑making and guide stakeholders through complex solution scenarios.
· Familiarity with integration platforms (API‑led integrations) from an architectural perspective.
· A passion for building modern, resilient, scalable supply chain capabilities that support real business outcomes.
You know how to bridge the gap between how operations truly work and how platforms need to be designed. You can simplify complexity, provide clarity, and help business and technical teams make great decisions. Curious and pragmatic, you consistently look for opportunities to improve resilience, accuracy, and user experience across our supply chain.
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.
We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact 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.
Our Support Centre is 1,000+ people strong — including 300+ IT employees — all working to keep our systems humming and our supply chain moving.
Te Tūranga – About the role
We’re looking for a Supply Chain Solution Architect to join our Business Systems & Platform team, with a strong focus on Blue Yonder Warehouse Management and Transport Management platforms.
This role is functionally driven first, bringing deep understanding of supply chain operations and best‑practice processes, while guiding integration, data, and architectural standards across our enterprise landscape.
You'll shape how core supply chain functions operate across Blue Yonder, SAP S/4HANA, and connected platforms, ensuring our solutions are scalable, reliable, and future‑ready.
In this role, you will:
· Lead solution design for WMS and TMS, ensuring alignment to business processes across inbound, outbound, inventory control, receiving, pick/pack/ship, yard management, fleet planning, carrier management, and transport execution.
· Translate supply chain operational requirements into practical, scalable architectures, guiding functional consultants, operations leaders, and technology teams through solution options.
· Work with developers, integration teams, and platform owners to enable supportable, visible end‑to‑end integrations across Blue Yonder, SAP S/4HANA, BTP/CPI, APIs, and automation tools.
· Define and govern solution architecture standards for supply chain platforms, supporting clean‑core principles and consistent design patterns.
· Apply architectural frameworks including LeanIX, Signavio, and Blue Yonder implementation methodologies to deliver high‑quality outcomes.
· Partner with Enterprise and Principal Architects to shape our long‑term supply chain technology roadmap, including automation, optimisation, IoT, telematics, real‑time visibility platforms, and cloud evolution.
· Act as a trusted advisor on supply chain best practices, platform extensibility, upgrade approaches, and new capability enablement (e.g. Analytics, machine learning forecasting, optimisation engines).
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, Foodies superannuation scheme
· Onsite café with subsidised meals, mini mart, 5% discount at our retail stores
· Flexible working options, a day off on your birthday, long service leave
· Inhouse learning and development programmes and courses, flu vaccinations, and social network groups (we call them Tribes).
He kōrero mōu – About you
You're an experienced Solution Architect with strong capability across supply chain platforms and a deep understanding of distribution centre and logistics operations. With 5+ years of leading solution design, you're skilled at connecting with and influencing cross‑functional teams, ready to shape future‑state supply chain processes and system landscapes.
You’ll bring:
· Strong experience as a Solution Architect or Senior Functional Consultant in supply chain, warehouse, or transport management domains.
· Expertise in Blue Yonder WMS, or TMS, including Transportation Planner/TMOD (or equivalent tier‑1 supply chain platforms).
· Deep understanding of distribution centre, warehousing and logistics processes, inbound, outbound, slotting, labour, transport planning, fleet and carrier management, load building, visibility, etc.
· Experience integrating BY platforms with ERP systems (ideally SAP S/4HANA), automation, and third‑party logistics systems.
· Ability to influence decision‑making and guide stakeholders through complex solution scenarios.
· Familiarity with integration platforms (API‑led integrations) from an architectural perspective.
· A passion for building modern, resilient, scalable supply chain capabilities that support real business outcomes.
You know how to bridge the gap between how operations truly work and how platforms need to be designed. You can simplify complexity, provide clarity, and help business and technical teams make great decisions. Curious and pragmatic, you consistently look for opportunities to improve resilience, accuracy, and user experience across our supply chain.
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.
We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.
💡 Quick Summary
Seeking a career-building opportunity? The Solution Architect - Supply Chain position is now open for candidates interested in the Labour/Helper Jobs sector. This role in Mangere offers a professional environment and growth potential.
Requirement Snapshot: Candidates should possess basic communication skills, a proactive attitude, and the ability to work in a team. Experience in Labour/Helper Jobs is a plus.
