Supply Chain Health & Safety Lead

About the role:

Reporting to the Supply Chain Health & Safety Manager, you'll provide technical leadership across our Temperature-Controlled Distribution Centre and wider Supply Chain function.

You'll partner with operational teams to strengthen critical risk management and verify that critical controls remain effective and well embedded in the way we work. This role provides specialist support across several complex risk areas and acts as the second-in-charge to the Health & Safety Manager.

You'll be joining a function where health and safety is already well embedded, giving you the opportunity to build on strong foundations and play a part in what's next.

Key responsibilities:

• Lead the ongoing evolution of critical risk frameworks across the Supply Chain function.
• Lead assurance activities that verify the effectiveness of critical controls and identify improvement opportunities.
• Provide expert advice and decision support on complex health and safety risks requiring specialist technical knowledge and judgement.
• Lead cross-functional initiatives to strengthen critical risk management capability and performance.
• Provide leadership support to the broader health and safety function, including mentoring and guidance when required

About you:

You'll be an experienced health and safety professional with a proven track record in leading critical risk management initiatives within a complex operational environment. You've provided technical leadership on high-consequence risks, influenced senior stakeholders, and can confidently operate as a trusted advisor across all levels of an organisation.

• Extensive experience in a senior health and safety role within a large operational, logistics, manufacturing, industrial, or other high-risk environment.
• Demonstrated experience developing, implementing, and assuring critical risk management frameworks and critical controls.
• Advanced technical knowledge of high-consequence hazards and complex operational risks.
• Experience leading assurance programmes, critical control verification activities, investigations, and audits.
• Strong understanding of risk-based decision making, governance, assurance, and regulatory compliance.
• Proven ability to coach senior leaders and influence decision making across multiple levels of an organisation.
• Excellent facilitation, consulting, and stakeholder engagement skills.
• A practical mindset, curiosity for learning, and a track record of delivering meaningful results

Don't Meet Every Requirement?

Don't tick every box? We'd still love to hear from you.

We encourage you to apply anyway. We are looking for individuals with diverse experiences and are keen to hear from those who believe they have the drive and potential to succeed in this role.

Why join us?

• We’re committed to equitable outcomes, and we offer additional paid parental leave, free period products and financial health checks to name a few. 
• We support your wellbeing with Southern Cross health insurance for you and your family after a qualifying period, discounts at local gyms, access to online wellbeing tools, and a prayer and privacy room onsite.
• We offer continuous learning and professional growth, as well as access to our extensive online training library and endless opportunities.
• We’re proud of our supportive team environment, and our positive and friendly culture that’s made fun by regular social events!
• We’re a Pride Pledge organisation, and we are committed to an inclusive workplace where everyone thrives, every day and we celebrate our diversity as strength.
• Our Hornby site has free carparking and in-house café. 

How to apply:

Ready to take on the challenge? Click “apply” to apply for the role! Applications will close 11:59pm Sunday 13 September 2026 and will only be accepted via our careers site.

If you have any questions about the role, or experience any issues submitting your application, please email careers@foodstuffs-si.co.nz 

About us:

We’re a team of 14,000 who make sure South Islanders have access to the groceries and essentials they need. Proudly 100% Kiwi-owned and operated, our co-operative has more than 200 PAK’nSAVE, New World, Four Square and On the Spot stores feeding the South Island.  

We value being at the heart of our communities, like we’ve always been, to make the South Island a better place – for today and for many generations to come. From sunny Golden Bay all the way to Stewart Island, there’s a Foodstuffs store serving you and your whānau.  

Our success is down to our people who bring their skills, experience, passion, and expertise to make Foodies an amazing and rewarding place to work. Our co-op has a wide variety of roles to offer, and endless opportunities for development. 

Our values:

At Foodies, together we drive success to be our best and care for our whānau. We recognise that it takes a collective effort to achieve success, and we thrive on fostering a culture of collaboration to drive innovation and embracing challenges as a united team. We are committed to supporting our people, and to positively impact the lives of South Islanders every day.