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Store Manager
Role summary
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The Store Manager is responsible for leading the Sarina supermarket, delivering strong sales, customer service and operational performance. Requirements typically include retail management experience, proven leadership ability, commercial awareness, sound workforce planning skills and the ability to work flexible hours, including weekends and public holidays. The successful candidate is expected to coach and motivate team members, maintain high standards of safety, food compliance and presentation, manage budgets and inventory, respond to customer needs and build positive relationships within the local community. A practical, inclusive and hands-on leadership style is important, along with the ability to make decisions in a busy environment.
Can I work in Australia?
Never pay anyone for a visa or a job offer. A real employer pays the permit costs and never asks you for money.
How it works
How it works: Sales assistants and shop-floor staff are not on the Core Skills list; only retail managers and buyers can be sponsored, at AUD 79,423+; a working holiday visa is the usual route for shop work.
Before you apply: Shop-floor jobs need no professional licence. Pharmacists do: they must register with the local regulator, and one qualified abroad often has to pass local exams first. Selling alcohol can need a short course and certificate, for example in Australia.
Watch for: Shop jobs go to people with work rights, including working holiday visa holders (6 months with one employer); there is no sponsorship route for sales assistants.
Official source: Federal Register of Legislation: Core Skills Occupation List (Subclass 482 instrument, LIN 24/089). Checked November 2026.
What the job usually comes with in Australia
Usual for Retail & Consumer jobs in Australia, varies by employer. Checked November 2026.
| Housing | Varies by employer |
|---|---|
| Relocation | Employer pays the nomination fee and training levy (by law); visa fee AUD 4,015, paid by you or the employer |
| Flights | Varies by employer |
| Pay and discount | Retail award floor, adult Level 1: AUD 27.81 an hour from 1 July 2026; casuals get 25% extra (by law) |
| Contract | Full-time, part-time or casual; a working holiday visa allows 6 months with one employer |
| Leave | Full-time and part-time: 4 weeks' leave, 10 paid sick days, paid public holidays (by law); casuals none |
| Income tax | Residents: 0% to AUD 18,200, 15% to 45,000, 30% to 135,000, 37% to 190,000, then 45%; plus 2% Medicare levy |
Senior staff often get more than line staff, for example a single room or a yearly home flight. Ask the employer what the job includes before you accept.
Guidance, not legal advice. Rules change; your employer confirms the details for your case.
About Woolworths Supermarkets
Woolworths Supermarkets is one of Australia's largest supermarket businesses and operates as part of Woolworths Group. It supplies groceries, fresh food, household products and everyday essentials through stores and online channels across Australia. The company employs a large national workforce and focuses on customer service, convenient shopping, value, product quality and supporting local communities. Store teams manage a wide range of activities, including replenishment, fresh food, online orders, safety, stock control and team development. Woolworths promotes career progression through operational, specialist and leadership pathways. Its stores are central to many regional and metropolitan communities, making local leadership, reliable service and team engagement important parts of the business. Benefits and employment conditions vary according to the position, location, applicable awards or enterprise agreements and individual experience.