Senior Manager (Health) - Products and Services - Sydney
- Engage with our health and nutrition program that will have impact across Australia & New Zealand as we look at programs across all our businesses
- An opportunity to see the retailer and customer perspective; support with making our own brand healthier, to meet customer need
- A 13-month contract to support the Nutrition team, based at Norwest and Surry Hills offices
We are Woolworths Group
We are Woolworths Group. 200,000+ bright minds, passionate hearts, and unique perspectives across Australia and New Zealand. Connected by a shared Purpose - 'to create better experiences together for a better tomorrow'. That Purpose fuels our ambition 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.
If you're excited to turn today's blue-sky thinking into a better tomorrow for future generations, you'll find yourself supported and enriched in a dynamic, inclusive, and empowering workplace.
With a culture of genuine care, a flexible approach to work, and opportunities across the group to grow your career and make a meaningful impact, the possibilities for what we can achieve together are endless.
What you’ll do
Join our Health & Nutrition team at Woolworths Group, to drive nutrition integrity and innovation across our range of products and services, bringing our strategies to life. Draw on your technical and commercial nutrition expertise and leadership skills, utilising your passion and knowledge of FMCG practices.Reporting to the General Manager Healthy Living, you will work with multiple teams to make credible evidence based decisions to support the development of our healthier range and offers.
- Proactively counsel Woolworths teams in the development and activation of own brands, packaging, and health related services (B2B and B2C), ensuring compliance to nutrition legislation and our commitments
- Lead the activation of and reporting on government and industry initiatives such as the Healthy Food Partnership (including reformulation to reduce salt, sugar, saturated fat) and adoption of Health Star Ratings
- Support engagement with vendors as it relates to their healthier innovation ambitions and projects
- Collaborate with the teams covering health & nutrition, data, insights, policy and strategy to consider health and nutrition trends, legislation, external environment, research and opportunities.
- Engage with and craft submissions to Government, and support external reporting and verification
- Make an effective and positive contribution to the health and nutrition of our customers, and broader business teams.
What you’ll bring
As part of our Health team, you will be supporting our customers to make healthier choices, using your curiosity and diligence to build strong relationships with stakeholders, as our SME on dietitian and nutritionist advice. Joining a collaborative and supportive team, facilitate goals by listening to customers and suppliers and translate thoughts into actionable plans, testing ideas, delivering and continuously learning.
- Accredited Practising Dietitian or equivalent
- 5+ years food industry experience
- Strong commercial / business acumen (FMCG) with a pragmatic approach to actions
- Relationship builder, from junior through to senior stakeholders across the Group and other brands
- Strong communicator, able to influence and negotiate to ensure big-picture thinking
What you’ll experience
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:
- A hybrid working model across our Norwest and Surry Hills offices, and from home, giving you more control over your work, life, and wellbeing
- Team discounts across our range of Woolworths Group brands you know and love and a robust rewards program that celebrates and incentivises purpose-driven work.
- As a leader in a crucial growth-focused role, you will have regular exposure to senior business leaders in both our Food Retail businesses and the broader Woolworths Group, and accumulate valuable experience to grow your career in surprising ways
- A range of programs to help you prioritise and manage your wellbeing, including 24/7 access to the Sonder app.
- A progressive and competitive leave policy that gives you more space for what matters to you
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.
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