Merchandise Operations & Visuals Lead

Woolworths Group; Christchurch; On-site; NZD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Team discounts across Woolworths Group

Sonder support

Global career possibilities

Job summary

Woolworths Supermarkets New Zealand is seeking an operational leader for our Canterbury team. You’ll lead Operational Excellence, ensure timely completion of routines, maintain food safety standards for fresh items, and oversee production quality with strong attention to detail.

You’ll champion team development, coach your swarm, drive visual merchandising, resolve issues, and step into store leadership on scheduled shifts.

Qualifications

• Demonstrates strong ability in process excellence and commitment to continuous learning.
• Excels at building collaborative partnerships with other functions and stakeholders.
• Effectively leads teams, delegates tasks, coaches, and motivates members.
• Expert in function compliance with clear, precise communication of tasks and standards.
• Actions align with company values.
• Able to work four weekend shifts per month and at least one evening each week.

Responsibilities

• Lead Operational Excellence: Ensure accurate and timely completion of routines, maintain food safety/SF5 compliance, and oversee production standards for fresh items.
• Drive Visual Merchandising: Lead product presentation, ensuring best quality availability, high standards for displays, markdowns, and removal of outdated products.
• Champion Team Development: Lead your swarm in correct task completion, provide on-job training and coaching, and foster a safe, healthy work environment.
• Proactively Resolve Issues: Escalate process issues to the Function Lead and perform health checks to identify and implement improvements.
• Provide Store-Wide Leadership: Step up as Acting Store Manager on scheduled shifts and participate in Better Together initiatives to boost team collaboration.

Skills

Process Excellence

Learning

Collaborative Partnerships

Team Leadership

Compliance Expertise

Communication

Values Alignment

Weekend Shifts Availability

Job description

Woolworths Supermarkets New Zealand is seeking an operational leader for our Canterbury team. You’ll lead Operational Excellence, ensure timely completion of routines, maintain food safety standards for fresh items, and oversee production quality with strong attention to detail.

You’ll champion team development, coach your swarm, drive visual merchandising, resolve issues, and step into store leadership on scheduled shifts.