* Lead stores across New Zealand’s lower South Island Lead stores across New Zealand’s lower South Island * Bring your leadership and commercial acumen to build success across the region Bring your leadership and commercial acumen to build success across the region * Excellent Package and Relocation Opportunities Excellent Package and Relocation Opportunities **Ready to make an impact, inspire and drive success?** Woolworths is New Zealand’s leading supermarket brand, serving more than 3 million customers every week. We’re committed to providing our customers with choice, value and convenience, so they’ll enjoy the best overall shopping experience. Our purpose is to make Kiwis’ lives a little better every day. With 185 supermarkets across New Zealand supported by 21,000+ team members, we give our customers a choice of more than 20,000 different products in each of our stores. **The Opportunity** We're looking for an exceptional Group Manager to join our team and make a real impact across the 12 stores in the lower South Island region. As a Group Manager, you'll be at the forefront of our operations, driving customer satisfaction, driving compliance and fostering high-performing teams. If you're passionate about leadership, strategic thinking, and achieving outstanding results, we want to hear from you! **** **What you’ll do | Hei mahi** * Customer Centric: Know your customer, deliver for them, represent the brand, understand the community, and ensure excellent customer offers. Customer Centric: Know your customer, deliver for them, represent the brand, understand the community, and ensure excellent customer offers. * Problem Solver: Coach, develop and support Store Managers and Functional Leaders, and be an early adopter of new tools. Problem Solver: Coach, develop and support Store Managers and Functional Leaders, and be an early adopter of new tools. * Operational Performance: Be responsible for the performance of the Group, understand its competitor, lead & develop business acumen & delivery, deliver sales, profit & cost targets, and create a high-performance environment. Operational Performance: Be responsible for the performance of the Group, understand its competitor, lead & develop business acumen & delivery, deliver sales, profit & cost targets, and create a high-performance environment. * Landing Strategy: Deliver strategy for the Zone, partner with peers to deliver initiatives, build strong connections with all Store Managers in Group, and network across the business to grow. Landing Strategy: Deliver strategy for the Zone, partner with peers to deliver initiatives, build strong connections with all Store Managers in Group, and network across the business to grow. * Safety Leadership: Build a culture of safety & wellbeing and be a safety leader. Safety Leadership: Build a culture of safety & wellbeing and be a safety leader. * Ownership & Management of Change: Facilitate & lead change, be a change advocate & early adopter, deploy & embed change, and understand the change curve. Ownership & Management of Change: Facilitate & lead change, be a change advocate & early adopter, deploy & embed change, and understand the change curve. * People Performance: Build succession plans, identify future talent, put in place development opportunities, and develop Store Managers. People Performance: Build succession plans, identify future talent, put in place development opportunities, and develop Store Managers. * Verification: Lead compliance, own knowledge & tools, verify retail fundamentals, and manage risks. Verification: Lead compliance, own knowledge & tools, verify retail fundamentals, and manage risks. **** **What you will bring | Hei koha** * Proven leadership experience in a retail or similar environment. Proven leadership experience in a retail or similar environment. * Strong strategic and operational management skills. Strong strategic and operational management skills. * A passion for customer service and team development. A passion for customer service and team development. * Excellent communication and interpersonal abilities. Excellent communication and interpersonal abilities. * A proactive and adaptable approach to change. A proactive and adaptable approach to change. **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 **** **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.