People

It is important for us to ensure that we employ and invest in people who share our brand purpose, values, and passion to help grow a future-fit business. Our Employee Value Proposition is aimed at attracting, developing and retaining talent that enables us to create a diverse staff complement to deliver to our strategy.  We entrench our purpose and values through employee engagement, building our organisational leadership capability, as well as investing in the wellbeing of our people.

A Connected People Council (CPC) - a collective forum of senior executives - chaired by the Woolworths SA CEO, was established in 2016 to deliver a modern and connected people experience to our employees. The main aim of the CPC has been to systematically address the issues that hinder us from living up to our promise of a unique employee experience. Having identified a few pain points, we have also focused on further entrenching our values, building leadership capabilities that are aligned to our values, as well as digitising our operations – not only for better delivery to our overall business strategy, but also to facilitate agile communication with our staff.