Availability Manager (10 month Fixed Term) - The Warehouse Napier

3/1/2026

The Availability Manager is tasked with overseeing presentation, merchandising, restocking, and recovery operations, ensuring these activities occur when customer impact is minimal. This involves leading, coaching, and motivating the Nightfill team to maintain merchandising standards, planograms, and display guides.

Working Hours

40 hours/week

Company Size

1,001-5,000 employees

Language

English

Visa Sponsorship

About The Company

In December 2012 Noel Leeming Group was acquired by The Warehouse Group. (TW Group) TW Group is a New Zealand success story, founded by Sir Stephen Tindall and grown from The Warehouse, TW Group is the largest general merchandise retailer in New Zealand. TW Group includes The Warehouse, Warehouse Stationery, Noel Leeming and Multi-Channel Business Unit (e-commerce websites, wholesale and alternative channel business). Noel Leeming strives to offer a superior standard of service and the widest possible range of branded consumer technology and appliances. Noel Leeming promises its customers that it will never knowingly be undersold. It provides comprehensive after sales support and can assist with customer requests for 'at home help' with it's TechSolutions service. With its significant retail footprint, Noel Leeming is uniquely positioned to offer its customers new technology based products such as LCD/LED TVs, the latest in Smartphone technology as well as a comprehensive range of Computers and tablets from all the major brands. We carry an extensive list and Digital Cameras including DSLR's and convergence technologies. Demand for these technologies is growing and is expected to continue to drive growth in the Noel Leeming brand. In August 2002, Noel Leeming introduced Noel Leeming "Online", offering customers the opportunity to research and then buy products over the Internet — This channel continues to unite the company with the customer as the retail space embraces the digital environment www.noelleeming.co.nz.

About the Role

Company Description

The Warehouse Group (TWG) is New Zealand’s largest retailer employing over 11,000 people across our reputable brands and our purpose is simple. Helping Kiwi’s live better every day.

If you're a people person with a knack for leadership and a passion for creating great customer experiences, this is a role where you'll be a crucial part of our store team dedicated to making shopping easy and enjoyable for all of our customers!

In return, we offer a competitive salary, perks like a day off on your birthday, and a discount card valid across The Warehouse Group brands.

Job Description

When customers walk through our doors, they should be able to locate what they want with ease and walk out satisfied.

The Availability Manager is responsible for presentation, merchandising, restocking and recovery at a time when it has the least impact on customers.

There are tight timeframes to ensure our stores are well stocked and look their best and this takes quality leadership.

You will be responsible for leading, coaching, and motivating the Nightfill team ensuring that merchandising standards, planograms, and display guides are maintained and our store shines so it's a safe and positive work environment for everyone.

This role is fixed term for 10 months covering parental leave.

Days and hours are Sunday, Monday, Tuesday and Thursday 5pm to 02.30am and Wednesday 1pm to 10.30pm.

This means Friday and Saturday off and your mornings free!

Qualifications

Ultimately we're looking for someone with leadership experience, a can-do attitude, and excellent communication skills.

If you've had any experience in retail preferably in stock, merch, recovery and presentation that would be a real advantage and if you're someone who loves to roll up their sleeves and get things done, then you could be the perfect fit for us!

Additional Information

Retail at the Warehouse is an exciting fast paced environment where no two days are the same. Take the next step in your retail management career and apply now to join our Warehouse Family!

Contract Type: Secondment

Key Skills

LeadershipCoachingMotivatingMerchandisingRestockingRecoveryPresentationCommunication skillsRetail experience