Mō te whai waahi | About the opportunity

As Pricing Desk Manager, you will lead the end-to-end pricing and quote management process, ensuring timely, accurate and commercially sound decisions that support sales growth and margin optimisation. You’ll play a key role in connecting sales, category and vendor teams while driving efficiency, governance and continuous improvement across the pricing function.

Responsibilities:

• Manage the end-to-end quote process, ensuring all requests are validated, prioritised and delivered within agreed timeframes.

• Develop and apply pricing models using customer data, margin analysis and commercial benchmarks to support decision-making.

• Lead pricing desk workflow and reporting, maintaining visibility of quote pipelines, SLAs and performance outcomes.

• Engage with category teams and vendors to negotiate pricing, secure commercial terms and optimise value.

• Drive continuous improvement initiatives, embedding data-led and AI-enabled pricing practices across the function.

Mōhou ake | About you

• Experience in pricing, commercial, or sales operations roles, within a rural sales and/or complex, high-volume environment.

• Strong analytical capability, with advanced Excel skills and confidence working with data and pricing models.

• Excellent organisational and workflow management skills, with the ability to prioritise and meet deadlines.

• Proven ability to build relationships and work across multiple stakeholder groups, including sales teams and suppliers.

• A commercially minded, detail-focused approach with strong problem-solving skills and a drive for continuous improvement.

Mō ngā painga | About the benefits

• Flexible working options and free onsite parking.

• Great perks from day one – Competitive salary, sick leave from Day 1, paid birthday leave, leave purchase opportunity.

• Grow with us – Access to our learning platform The Greenhouse and LinkedIn Learning with ongoing development opportunities.

• Everyday extras – Staff discounts at Farmlands stores and exclusive shareholder offer and many more!

• A pet-friendly office environment, vibrant local café scene, and strong team culture.

Mō matou | About us

At Farmlands Te Whenua Tāroa, New Zealand's largest farming co-operative, we're driven by three core values: Be You, Minds Open, and See It Through. We support NZ farmers and growers to boost profitability and productivity, aiming to be the trusted partner for everyone connected to the land.

With over 1,200 team members across 80+ locations, we offer diverse operations - from retail and feed production to ecommerce and fuel. Join us to be part of a Kiwi-owned brand that values your uniqueness, creativity, and teamwork in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.

Te Tono | How to apply

Apply now. We're reviewing applications as they come in, so don't wait!

Applicants must have the legal right to work in New Zealand.

Please note that the successful candidate will have to go through pre-employment checks before starting with us at Farmlands. These will include two references from your two most recent managers, a Ministry of Justice Check, proof of your right to work in New Zealand, a driver's licence check and an ACC background check. For certain roles a drug and alcohol test, credit check and AML check may be required.