Safety, Health

Join a team & culture that puts people first
- Flexibility and autonomy whilst championing Safety, Health & Wellbeing Professional development and career opportunities

**Ready to make an impact?**
We’ve reviewed and reshaped our Safety, Health & Wellbeing team, and have the exciting opportunity for talent to join our Safety, Health & Wellbeing Leadership team right here in Aotearoa. Reporting to the Head of Safety, Health & Wellbeing, this new role focuses on key areas where we have some great mahi ahead, and we are looking for people who are passionate to make a difference strategically and for our front line team, you need to be organised and passionate about people, and great at building relationships and influencing at a senior level.
If you are a champion of assurance, systems and love getting your teeth into specific programmes of work, coupled with great team mentoring skills - look no further and learn more

**About the Roles | Mō te Tūranga**
If you are into assurance, systems & programmes, you will be responsible for:

- Be accountable for leading the overall WWNZ governance, assurance (including auditing) and safety management systems
- Support, map and assist in the professional development of the SH&W team, including networking and building WWNZ SH&W team ‘brand’ awareness
- Work collaboratively to develop the plan to reduce musculoskeletal / manual handling and injury prevention across WWNZ
- Support the identification, research and execution of continuous improvement projects across health, safety and wellbeing Develop strong internal and external working relationships with key stakeholders

Innovation, continuous improvement and our people’s safety is at the core of all we do. Our people’s success is our business’s success and we strongly believe in empowering and developing our teams. This role is significant and key within our SH&W leadership team, so we are looking for special people that can lead, coach, mentor, challenge and help their stakeholders on the journey.
Our team is at the heart of our business, and keeping them safe and well is our number one priority. We’re a caring bunch, and we pride ourselves on a robust SH&W strategy that prioritises a focus on our critical risk controls, injury prevention as well as supporting and caring for our team and communities at the centre of everything we do.

**About You | Mōu**
To succeed in this role, you will need to be an individual with a strong health, safety and wellbeing background, appropriate qualifications and at least 10 years SH&W experience. Highly desirable is experience within the FMCG sector, retail trading environments, awareness of the ACC AEP requirements, and specifically transport / supply chain and / or last mile eCom.

If you’re the sort of individual who strives to always do the right thing for customers, team, our communities, and our business then we ought to connect.
To be successful in this position, you will be able to present and deliver safety, health and wellbeing information to all levels within the business, have a demonstrated ability to influence stakeholders and possess the experience of leading a team.

**Working with Woolworths NZ | Me mahi tahi tatou ki Woolworths NZ**
Our purpose is to make Kiwis' 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 offer a diverse range of career opportunities across our ecosystem.
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**Come as you are | Nau mai, whakatau mai**
We’re an equal opportunity employer and are committed to the principle of equal opportunity for all.
If you’re smart and good at what you do, let’s work together | Me mahi tahi tatou