At Woolworths, we create better experiences together for a better tomorrow. We play a critical role in the community, ensuring everyone can access the products they need and love. We are broadening our ecosystem with forward-thinking solutions to continue delivering great experiences for our customers, who are at the heart of everything we do. Whether you're starting, already on the way to achieving your goals, or at the top of your game, we can help you build a brilliant retail career - the opportunities are endless!

Assistant Fruit and Veg Manager

To assist the Fruit and Veg Manager to lead, coach and support the Fruit and Veg Team to deliver a consistently good offer on our Fresh range to enable the customer shopping need of fresh and convenient products.

Woolworths, a job is never just a job.

It’s the start of something bigger. There are over 128,000 of us, in the biggest cities and the tiniest towns. And each of us have an important role to play. If you have a passion for great customer service, a hunger to make a tangible difference and you’re looking for a place to develop, you could be who we’re looking for.

Who we are

Joining Woolworths Supermarkets means being a part of the wider Woolworths Group, which includes the businesses of Big W and Countdown (NZ). Which means you won’t have one opportunity with us, you’ll have thousands.

About the Role

Responsibilities:

Leading teams across our Fruit & Veg Department to put team and customers first through the day-to-day management of the department
Coaching Teams to deliver great shopping experiences through superb store standards in Food Safety, Safety and Merchandising Standards
Ensure quality/fresh product is available for our customers
Ensure daily operational routines are completed

What makes you right for Woolies

About you…

Ability to listen and learn and show genuine care for both team and customers
Believes in always doing the right thing
Works collaboratively end to end as one team
Ability to work in a fast-paced & complex environment
Drive to coach and develop large teams to deliver great results
Enjoys leading teams to deliver day to day running of the department
Have previous food safety operational experience

When you will be needed

This full-time role is best suited to an individual with flexible availability to work early mornings, days and late nights across a fortnightly rotational roster including weekends.

Why work with us

Whether you’re starting out, already on the way to achieving your goals or at the top of your game, we can help you build a brilliant retail career: If you’ve got goals, we’ve got all you need to succeed. You’ll find over a thousand career options, plus the learning encouragement and support for you to grow. Working with a diverse range of people in an industry facing rapid change, you’ll gain real-world experience and grow as a person. Whether it’s making customers smile, supporting Aussie farmers, or playing an important role in your local community, you’ll be doing a little good every day at Woolworths.

Please note that the Woolworths support office is closed for the festive season from 21 December 2024. We will return on Monday 6 January 2025 and will review your application after this date.

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 at Woolworths Group

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, customers, and 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 selves, 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.

You can learn more about working with us on LinkedIn or via www.wowcareers.com.au. #LI #work180.

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