Availability Leader

CGR Services; Gisborne; On-site; NZD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Team discounts across Woolworths Group

Sonder support for staff wellbeing

Global career possibilities

Job summary

Woolworths Group in New Zealand seeks an Inventory Leader to drive accuracy across stocktakes and audits, optimise online fulfilment, and coordinate production planning for stores with onsite production. You will lead with a collaborative approach, ensuring data-driven decisions and strong team support to deliver accurate stock, pricing integrity, and timely outputs.

You’ll work on a dynamic NZ-based team, with weekend shifts and evening coverage requirements.

Qualifications

• Strong problem-solving and critical thinking abilities.
• Collaborative leadership with coaching and team development.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Ability to interpret data and translate insights into action.
• Commitment to accountability and alignment with company values.
• Ability to work four weekend shifts (at least one Saturday and one Sunday per month) and one evening weekly.

Responsibilities

• Lead inventory accuracy through audits and stockroom/shop floor checks to ensure precise core inventory processes.
• Optimise online order fulfilment and pricing; collaborate with Customer Experience to address discrepancies and ensure ticketing accuracy.
• Manage production plans for stores with onsite production (e.g., Meat and Bakery) and finalize outputs.
• Drive continuous improvement by addressing process issues and conducting regular health checks.
• Support store leadership; step in as Acting Store Manager on scheduled shifts and engage in team collaboration initiatives.

Skills

Problem solving

Leadership

Communication

Data interpretation

Accountability

Weekend shifts

Job description

• Lead the Availability team to ensure precise and timely execution of all inventory processes.
• Oversee production planning, price integrity, and stock receiving to maintain accurate inventory.
• Optimize product availability and minimize discrepancies through effective inventory management.

Working with Woolworths Supermarkets New Zealand | Te Mahi ki Woolworths Supermarkets New Zealand

With over 185 stores and 20,000 team members across Aotearoa, we've made it our mission to make Kiwi lives a little better every day.

We're friendly, down‑earth, and energetic - we work hard but we have a great time doing it, and we love what we do. There is plenty of scope for new ideas, lots of room for you to add value, and importantly, you'll be working with a business that touches the lives of three million New Zealanders a week.

We embrace diversity of thought and love to take on challenges with a pragmatic and innovative approach. Our culture thrives on mutual respect, care, curiosity, openness, and a proactive attitude. We continually seek ways to pair, collaborate, support, and learn from each other as a team!

What you'll do | Hei mahi

• Lead inventory accuracy through audits: Conduct regular shop floor walks and stockroom audits to ensure precise completion of core inventory processes and stocktakes.
• Optimise online order fulfillment and pricing: Collaborate with the Customer Experience Leader to investigate discrepancies in online orders and implement preventative measures. You'll also oversee ticketing accuracy to prevent pricing issues.
• Manage production plans: For stores with onsite production (like Meat and Bakery), you'll review and finalise production plans to ensure accurate output.
• Drive continuous improvement: Resolve process-related issues escalated by the SOS and conduct regular health checks to identify and address areas for functional improvement.
• Contribute to store leadership and team collaboration: Step up as the Acting Store Manager on scheduled shifts and actively participate in "Better Together" connections to foster team communication.

What you’ll bring | Hei koha

• Problem-solving and Critical Thinking: You possess a strong ability to solve problems and think critically.
• Collaborative Leadership: You excel at establishing and maintaining collaborative partnerships while effectively leading a team, delegating tasks, monitoring progress, and providing coaching and feedback.
• Exceptional Communication: Your communication skills are exceptional, enabling clear articulation of tasks, timelines, responsibilities, and performance standards.
• Data Interpretation and Action: You can interpret insights and take action based on data.
• Accountability and Values Alignment: You demonstrate commitment to responsibility and accountability for timely and accurate delivery of work objectives, with behaviors consistently aligned with company values.
• The ability to work four weekend shifts consisting of at least 1 Saturday and 1 Sunday per month and at least one evening each week (until at least store closure).

What you'll experience | Ngā Huanga

• Team discounts across our range of Woolworths Group brands you know and love and a robust rewards program that celebrates and incentivises purpose-driven work.
• Access to Sonder. Sonder provides free confidential 24/7 personalised financial, medical safety, psychological or physical support for team members and their families.
• A global business with endless career possibilities around every corner and across every discipline – with valuable exposure to a vast and exciting business network.

Endless possibilities with Woolworths Group | Ko Woolworths Tātou

We're a proud part of the Woolworths Group – 200,000+ bright minds, passionate hearts and unique perspectives working together connected by a shared Purpose – to create better experiences together for a better tomorrow.

Here you’ll be supported and empowered to explore new ideas, make brave commitments and innovate better ways to meet the food and everyday needs of more than 24 million customers every week. Backed by a culture of genuine care, a flexible approach to work and the support to grow your career and make a meaningful impact, the possibilities for what we can achieve together are endless.

Everyone belongs Woolworths Group | No Woolworths tātou

We believe that diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging are key to realising our purpose of better together for a better tomorrow. We recognise the value our team’s diversity brings to our business, our customers and our communities, and that teams with diverse experiences and backgrounds enrich our group and are better able to innovate and solve problems. As one of the largest employers in Australia and New Zealand, we aim to create a truly inclusive workplace where everyone feels that they belong, can be their best self and reach their full potential.