Woolworths Change Management Training Course 2026
Dear Valued Woolworths Suppliers
Change is inevitable, in fact it is needed for growth and continuous improvement. Uncontrolled changes may lead to instability in your food safety and quality management systems, which can lead to possible food safety and/or quality failures. Therefore it is important to manage change to ensure that it has no effect (or as little as possible) on food safety and quality.
We have therefore designed a Virtual Change Management Workshop for suppliers, facilitated by IBL Africa.
There will be no cost to the suppliers for this training, and we encourage all suppliers to allow their teams to attend.
The training will focus on Change Management; how to plan for change, executing the change and finally managing the change to ensure it becomes the new normal.
Various change examples/scenarios will be workshopped such as:
- Construction of a fully operational premises (production not stopping), including extension to premises.
- Changes to production volumes increasing (including promotions), and capacity planning.
- New equipment or modifications to current equipment.
- Purchasing of used equipment.
- Changes to suppliers of raw materials, ingredients and packaging.
- Changes to suppliers of cleaning chemicals, cleaning equipment and consumables (e.g. disposable PPE).
- Changes to Supply Chain
- Changes to Raw Materials and Packaging
- Changes in Woolworths Guideline Requirements
- Changes in applicable legislation and regulatory requirements.
- Changes to Supplier Services contractors and vendors (e.g. contract cleaning; outsourced maintenance; pest control; frequent outsourced contractors; medical resources; canteen food services).
- Changes in Senior Management.
- Change of ownership and the impact on Food Safety Culture.
This Change Management Workshop is aimed at (and not limited to) the following personnel at your facilities:
- Technical Management and Staff.
- QA and QC Personnel.
- NPD (New Product Development)
- Hygiene Team.
- Operations Management and Staff.
- Production Management, Supervisors, Team Leaders and Staff.
- Buying and Procurement Management and Staff.
- Maintenance and Engineering (Management and Staff).
- Testing Laboratories on-site, where applicable (Management and Staff).
- Medical Resource personnel (e.g. on-site clinics).
- Supply Chain and Logistics (including Warehousing) for inbound and outbound.
- Key Account Management who deal directly with Woolworths (including Commercial team).
Information to Note
As these Workshops will be run virtually, in order to participate, you will only need to have the following in place for the full duration of the course:
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Please note, there are limited spaces available – we are capping the training course audience at 45 delegates to ensure effective interaction between trainers and delegate. We therefore encourage you to book your spot as soon as possible. We will be treating registration on a first-come first-serve basis.
We hope to see you there!