Health, Safety & Wellbeing Business Partner

Company Description

Are you a passionate, experienced Health and Safety professional looking to make a significant impact in a fast-paced supply chain environment?

We’re looking for a Health, Safety and Wellbeing Business Partner to join our Logistics and Distribution Centres team. 

This is an exciting opportunity to play a pivotal role in fostering a safer, healthier work environment for our team of more than 800 staff, with a strong focus on continuous improvement and risk reduction. 

Job Description

What You’ll Be Doing: 

You will help drive the execution of key safety initiatives and collaborate closely with teams across the business to make sure our team members arrive home healthy and safe at the end of their day.  The role helps ensure continuous improvement of safety standards and practices, while fostering a culture where safety is always the top priority. 

Your day-to-day will involve: 

• Managing and executing high-priority safety projects across our supply chain, ensuring safe practices are maintained and critical timelines are met. 

• Contributing management of critical safety risks and proactively developing strategies to enhance safety culture and reduce incidents. 

• Implementing lead indicators to improve injury rates and embedding key safety projects, including contractor management and safety assessments. 

• Partnering with teams across the business to ensure safe design planning and operational safety standards are integrated into supply chain activities. 

• Collaborating with senior leaders and key stakeholders to manage complex safety programs, ensuring alignment with business goals and regulatory requirements. 

• Supporting the delivery of the annual Health, Safety & Wellbeing plan, contributing to all strategic and tactical initiatives across our supply chain. 

• Promoting continuous improvement by identifying safety gaps and driving change to achieve best-in-class safety practices. 

Qualifications

About You: 

You’re a seasoned Health and Safety professional with a deep understanding of the unique challenges within a supply chain environment. With a proactive, solutions-focused mindset, you thrive in a role where you can drive change and deliver tangible outcomes.  

Your strengths include: 

• Extensive experience in Health and Safety within supply chain, logistics, or distribution environments. 

• A strong working knowledge of New Zealand Health and Safety legislation and an ability to apply it effectively across operations. 

• Proven ability to manage and implement health and safety projects, including contractor management, safety culture initiatives, and risk assessments. 

• Strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence and collaborate across different teams and leadership levels. 

• A customer-centric, continuous improvement mindset, ensuring that safety measures evolve to meet the changing needs of the business. 

• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to engage, educate, and influence all levels of the organization. 

Additional Information

With more than 800 staff across distribution and logistics, your role will be key in shaping a safety culture and driving impactful projects. You’ll collaborate with teams across the business to influence change and lead safety initiatives that make a difference every day, while benefiting from: 

• Discounts across our brands 

• Paid birthday day off 

• Free parking  

• Flexible working arrangements with up to 2 days working from home per week 

• 26 weeks paid parental leave (for permanent team members) 

• A range of wellbeing support  

If you’re ready to step into this high-impact role and help us improve safety outcomes in our supply chain, we’d love to hear from you! 

Apply now and help us create a safer, healthier future for our supply chain teams!