Food Leader

About the Role

Join Woolworths Supermarkets New Zealand as a Food Leader, where you'll guide teams to ensure precise inventory control, efficient stock replenishment, and attractive presentation of fresh food items. You'll strategically manage product flow and displays to deliver a smooth and inviting shopping experience for customers.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead teams to accurately audit inventory and finalize production plans for departments like Meat and Bakery.
• Ensure ticketing accuracy and support online order fulfillment to reduce errors.
• Prioritize restocking efforts while maintaining stock rotation and high-quality merchandising of fresh foods, essentials, and promotional items.
• Maintain freshness standards and oversee visual merchandising, cleanliness, and campaign execution to enhance customer experience.
• Provide operational guidance, solve escalated issues, and conduct routine health checks to improve store functions.
• Support store leadership by acting as Store Manager when required and actively engage in team collaboration initiatives.

Candidate Profile

• Strong analytical skills to break down complex problems and devise effective solutions.
• Ability to build and maintain collaborative relationships with colleagues and stakeholders.
• Proven leadership skills, including delegating tasks, monitoring team progress, and offering constructive feedback and motivation.
• Excellent communication skills to clearly convey tasks, deadlines, responsibilities, and performance expectations.
• Data literacy to interpret information and ensure accurate, timely delivery aligned with company values.
• Availability to work four shifts on weekends monthly, including at least one Saturday and one Sunday, plus at least one evening weekly until store closure.

Benefits

• Employee discounts across the Woolworths Group brands and participation in a rewarding incentive program celebrating purpose-driven work.
• Access to Sonder, a free, confidential 24/7 personalized support system covering financial, medical, psychological, and physical well-being for employees and their families.
• Opportunities to build a career within a global business network offering diverse disciplines and career paths.

About Woolworths Group

As part of the Woolworths Group with over 200,000 employees, you'll be supported and encouraged to innovate, make impactful decisions, and grow professionally while helping to serve over 24 million customers each week. The company values diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging, fostering an inclusive workplace where every team member can thrive.

Diversity & Inclusion

Woolworths is committed to building a workplace where diverse perspectives fuel innovation and problem-solving. All candidates are encouraged to apply, and the company is ready to provide accommodations during the hiring process.