Merchandise Leader

Woolworths Group; Dargaville; On-site; NZD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Team discounts

Sonder support program

Global career opportunities

Job summary

Woolworths Group in New Zealand seeks a Merchandise team lead to own Fresh, drive in-store visual merchandising, and ensure quality across displays. You will uphold policies, train staff, and collaborate on campaigns, with weekend shifts and flexible leadership responsibilities.

Join a large, diverse retailer impacting three million Kiwis weekly, offering growth opportunities and a supportive culture. This role focuses on maintaining fresh standards and brand integrity across stores.

Qualifications

• Problem-solving and critical thinking skills to tackle complex issues.
• Collaborative partnerships across teams and stakeholders.
• Effective team leadership including delegation, coaching, and motivation.
• Exceptional communication of tasks, timelines and standards.
• Data-driven decision making and accountability in operations.
• Availability for four weekend shifts (one Saturday and one Sunday per month) and one evening weekly.

Responsibilities

• Champion Freshness & Quality: conduct walks/audits to ensure high standards for fresh products.
• Drive Visual Merchandising Excellence: oversee planogram accuracy, cleanliness, stock loss, markdowns, and campaign alignment.
• Promote Brand & Team Advocacy: empower team as food ambassadors for Own Brand products.
• Optimize Operations & Resolve Issues: identify improvements, health checks, and ensure efficient performance.
• Provide Leadership & Foster Collaboration: serve as Acting Store Manager on shifts and support team initiatives.

Skills

Problem-solving

Collaboration

Team leadership

Communication

Data-driven

Weekend availability

Job description

• Own 'Fresh' and lead the Merchandise team to ensure visual merchandising excellence in-store.
• Consistently present products with a focus on placement, appeal, and quality to enhance the customer experience.
• Ensure full compliance with company policies and legal requirements in all merchandising activities.

• Own 'Fresh' and lead the Merchandise team to ensure visual merchandising excellence in-store.
• Consistently present products with a focus on placement, appeal, and quality to enhance the customer experience.
• Ensure full compliance with company policies and legal requirements in all merchandising activities.

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

• Champion Freshness & Quality: Conduct regular walks and audits to ensure high standards of quality and freshness, particularly for fresh food production.
• Drive Visual Merchandising Excellence: Oversee planogram accuracy, store cleanliness, stock loss, markdowns, and ensure consistent campaign alignment across all displays.
• Promote Brand & Team Advocacy: Champion 'Own Brand' products and empower the team to act as effective food ambassadors.
• Optimize Operations & Resolve Issues: Address process-related issues, conduct health checks to identify improvements, and ensure efficient functional performance.
• Provide Leadership & Foster Collaboration: Step in as Acting Store Manager on scheduled shifts and actively participate in team collaboration initiatives.

What you'll bring | Hei koha

• Problem-Solving & Critical Thinking: You're skilled at tackling complex issues and developing effective solutions.
• Collaborative Partnerships: You excel at building and maintaining strong relationships across various teams and with stakeholders.
• Effective Team Leadership: You're adept at delegating tasks, monitoring progress, coaching, and motivating your team members.
• Exceptional Communication: You clearly articulate tasks, timelines, responsibilities, and performance standards.
• Data-Driven & Accountable: You interpret data to drive action and consistently deliver work accurately and on time, while upholding 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.

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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