Food Safety Partner

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Food Safety Partner (983854)

Requisition ID 983854 - Posted - Woolworths Supermarkets - NSW - Full-time - Risk

Woolworths Group is a food and everyday needs retailer united by the shared purpose of creating better experiences together for a better tomorrow. With more than 1,400 stores across its Woolworths Supermarkets, Countdown Supermarkets (New Zealand) and BIG W brands, and fast-growing eCommerce businesses, Woolworths Group is Australia and New Zealand's largest retailer. A top 10 company on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX), Woolworths Group employs more than 180,000 team members and serves more than 20 million customers a week.

Food Safety Partner NSW/ACT

• See the results of your coaching and solutions you've embedded in the team
• Making a difference to the Operational team and our customers
• Hybrid role based in Sydney/Southern NSW supporting stores in this area

Welcome to the Food Safety Team

Support a network of supermarkets working with varying levels of stakeholders to develop, refine and implement existing and new food safety processes. Partnering with our Operational teams ensuring process compliance, delivering food safety outcomes and driving food safety culture and behaviours within the business. Coach our in-store teams, support the Woolworths Group with Regulator visits, food safety reviews, risk assessments and in design reviews for our store layouts to ensure best practices are able to be met.

What you'll do
Reporting to our State Food Safety Manager for NSW/VIC/TAS, to support our on-the-ground teams, state management and external regulators to ensure best practice is adhered to for our customers and community.

• Support and coach teams and demonstrate effective communication to drive best practice outcomes for stores
• Investigate store-related food safety customer complaints and support stores in root cause investigation and resolution
• Support with food related regulatory inspections by working with store teams and State Operations Team to find resolution and lead liaison with the regulator queries
• Liaise with category support teams to assist in customer complaints in relation to food safety
• Partner with your stakeholders to coach and implement improved processes and identify new opportunities

What you'll bring

As a Food Safety Partner, regular travel is required to stores within the State to coach and drive home best practices. You will have:

• Strong knowledge of the Food Standards Australia and New Zealand and State / Territory specific food safety regulations
• Previous experience in actively coaching and challenging operational (store) teams and leaders to ensure process compliance and to maintain the safety of food products
• Ability to engage with stakeholders at multiple levels, internally and externally, to generate system improvements
• Experience with process flows, incident investigation, root cause analysis and risk assessments
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Relevant Food Safety degree and/or previous experience with process compliance and food safety delivery and food retail

What you'll experience
In addition to this exciting role, these are some of the benefits we offer:

• An attractive remuneration package including base + superannuation + tool of trade
• Team member discounts at all Woolworths businesses
• The opportunity to collaborate with some of the brightest and best minds in Australia across our brands
• An exciting career - as our business grows, so do the opportunities for our people

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.

Grow with the Group

As an inclusive, team-first company, our people are at the core of everything we do.

We care deeply about creating a workplace where our team members feel valued, respected and empowered. We are committed to providing equal opportunity regardless of gender identity, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation or life stage.We are proud to be recognised as a Gold Tier Employer in the Australian Workplace Equality Index for LGBTQ+inclusion and as an Employer of Choice for Gender Equality by the Workplace Gender Equality Agency.

As our Group continues to evolve, innovate and support our communities, we encourage our team members to do the same with their own careers, by providing ongoing opportunities to grow and make a real difference.

We value flexibility, and encourage our team members to work in ways that meet their work/life commitments and support their wellbeing.

We work hard to create a safe and inclusive environment for all, and most importantly, we're all about creating better experiences - for our customers and for each other.

We'd love to hear from You

If you meet a number of the requirements, but not all, we encourage you to submit your application. You can learn more about working with us onLinkedIn or via

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