Major Fill Operations Specialist

Woolworths Group; Haruru; On-site; NZD 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Team discounts across Woolworths Group

Sonder support program for team well‑s

Career development opportunities

Job summary

Woolworths Group NZ operates a modern supermarket network with a strong focus on customer service, efficiency, and local community engagement. This role contributes to smooth store operations, stock control, and leadership of frontline teams across a busy retail environment.

You will lead training, uphold safety and quality standards, and work within a team that values collaboration and inclusion, while supporting weekend and evening shifts as needed.

Qualifications

• Strong ability in process excellence and a commitment to continuous learning.
• Collaborative partnerships with other functions and stakeholders.
• Effective leadership of teams with coaching, feedback, and motivation.

Responsibilities

• Execute Operations & Stock Management: ensure timely routines, lead the swarm, oversee teams to fill shelves and manage deliveries to standards.
• Team Leadership & Development: on-job training and coaching for team members, promoting a safe, healthy work environment.
• Maintain Store Standards: ensure evening team meets standards, optimize shelf-friendly packaging, manage overstocks.
• Resolve Issues Proactively: escalate process-related issues promptly to the Function Lead.
• Contribute to Store Leadership: act as Store Manager on scheduled shifts and participate in Better Together initiatives.

Skills

Process Excellence

Collaboration

Team Leadership

Compliance & Communication

Values Alignment

Weekend/evening availability

Job description

Roster option 1

Start dayEnd dayStart timeEnd timeMondayMonday3:30 PM12:00 AMTuesdayTuesday3:30 PM12:00 AMWednesdayWednesday3:30 PM12:00 AMThursdayThursday3:30 PM12:00 AMSundaySunday3:30 PM12:00 AM

• Manage and maintain process flow for an assigned workstream.
• Collaborate closely with your Team Leader and 'swarm' to ensure efficiency.
• Ensure uninterrupted process completion and strict adherence to established guidelines.

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-to-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

• Execute Operations & Stock Management: Ensure accurate and timely completion of routines, leading the "swarm" to correctly handle tasks, and overseeing all teams to fill shelves and manage deliveries according to standards.
• Team Leadership & Development: Lead on-job training and coaching for team members, and champion a safe and healthy work environment.
• Maintain Store Standards: Ensure the evening team are filling to correct standards, prioritize shelf-friendly packaging, and manage overstocks effectively.
• Resolve Issues Proactively: Timely escape process-related issues to the Function Lead for resolution.
• Contribute to Store Leadership: Step up as Acting Store Manager on scheduled shifts and actively participate in "Better Together" connections to foster team collaboration.

What you’ll bring | Hei koha

• Process Excellence & Learning: You demonstrate a strong ability in process excellence and a commitment to continuous learning.
• Collaborative Partnerships: You excel at building and maintaining collaborative partnerships with other functions and stakeholders.
• Effective Team Leadership: You effectively lead teams, delegating tasks, monitoring progress, coaching, providing feedback, and motivating members.
• Compliance Expertise & Communication: You are an expert in compliance within your function and possess exceptional communication skills to clearly articulate tasks and standards.
• Values-Aligned Behavior: Your actions consistently align with company values.
• The ability to work four weekend shifts per month and at least one evening each week.

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.

We encourage all candidates to apply, please let us know in your application if we can support you with any adjustments in the hiring process.

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