Replenishment Leader

Woolworths Ltd.; Upper Hutt; On-site; NZD 70,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Team discounts across Woolworths Group

Sonder support for team welfare

Career growth opportunities

Job summary

Woolworths New Zealand is hiring a Replenishment Team Leader to ensure optimal product availability and stock presentation across stores. You will lead a team, coordinate with the Availability Leader, and drive improvements in replenishment processes.

The role requires strong leadership, problem-solving, and communication skills, as well as the ability to cover weekend shifts and evenings until store close.

Qualifications

• Strong problem-solving and collaborative approach across functions.
• Proven ability to lead teams, delegate, coach, and motivate.
• Exceptional communication skills for clear task ownership and expectations.
• Ability to interpret data and act on insights with accountability.
• Behaviour aligned with company values of care and teamwork.
• Must be able to work four weekend shifts (2 weekends per month) and a weekly evening shift.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Replenishment team to ensure excellent product availability.
• Oversee stock management, rotation and quality checks.
• Enhance customer experience with appealing stock displays.
• Collaborate with Availability Leader to prevent gaps and lost sales.
• Provide guidance to SOS and other teams and ensure tasks meet standards.
• Drive continuous improvement through issue resolution and health checks.
• Step in as Acting Store Manager on scheduled shifts.

Skills

Problem solving

Team leadership

Communication

Data-driven

Values-aligned

Weekend availability

Job description

• Lead the Replenishment team to ensure excellent product availability.
• Strategically oversee stock management, including product rotation and quality checks.
• Enhance the customer shopping experience through appealing stock displays.

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

• Ensure optimal stock presentation and replenishment: Conduct regular shop floor walks to prioritize, rotate, and present stock to the highest standards, focusing on essentials, promotions, and fresh food.
• Collaborate for seamless product availability: Partner with the Availability Leader to align on fill requirements, preventing gaps and lost sales.
• Guide and support team operations: Provide clear direction to SOS and other teams, ensuring tasks are completed efficiently and to company standards.
• Drive continuous improvement: Resolve escalated process issues and conduct regular health checks to identify and implement operational improvements.
• Contribute to store leadership and team collaboration: Step in as Acting Store Manager on scheduled shifts and actively participate in "Better Together" connections.

What you’ll bring | Hei koha

• Problem-Solving & Collaboration: You excel at problem-solving and critical thinking, adeptly building collaborative partnerships across functions and with stakeholders.
• Effective Team Leadership: You lead teams effectively, skillfully delegating tasks, monitoring progress, providing coaching and constructive feedback, and motivating team members.
• Exceptional Communication: Your communication skills are exceptional, allowing you to clearly articulate tasks, timelines, responsibilities, and performance standards.
• Data-Driven & Accountable: You capably interpret insights and action data, demonstrating a strong commitment to responsibility and accountability for timely and accurate delivery of work.
• Values-Aligned Behavior: Your actions consistently align with company values, reflecting integrity and dedication.
• 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.