Store Manager EOI - South Islands

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

We are currently accepting Expressions of Interest for Store Manager opportunities across our New Zealand South Island stores. 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!

**About the Role | Mo te Turanga**

Strong leadership is essential to successfully lead a Woolworths Supermarket and own its full performance. As a Store Manager you responsibilities will include:

• Leading your team to drive trade activity and profitability
• Coaching and developing your team to ensure product passion, knowledge, and an excellent customer shopping experience
• Attracting, selecting and training talented employees, and developing succession plans
• Making data-led decisions based on customer and operational insight, effectively managing P&L and resources, and confidently navigating digital platforms and transformation.
• Empowering and building capability within your diverse team, successfully translating change into tangible goals while maintaining team support
• Championing genuine customer care to constantly delight customers, supporting local community priorities, and actively implementing the Sustainability Plan.

The roster will be rotating, including 2 Saturday and 2 Sundays shift per month and at least one evening each week

**About You | Mou**

We are looking for our next Store Manager to have:

• Proven leadership capabilities and prior retail management experience is essential
• Demonstrated ability to manage a retail operation with commercial success.
• The ability to build, maintain, and influence stakeholder relationships
• An ability to illustrate a team first, customer first approach to business
• Strong knowledge of health, safety, wellbeing legislation and best practice

**Our Benefits | To Tatou Painga**

Our Team Members are at the heart of everything we do and we’re always looking for ways to support your career journey and reward great work including:

• Everyday Rewards team card, providing a range of benefits including discounts and bonus points for groceries and discounted online shopping delivery.
• Banking and insurance (health, life etc) discounts
• Global and local career opportunities

**Endless possibilities with Woolworths Group**

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**

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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