From managing supermarket floors to leading supplier teams, Kim Calvert has lived and breathed the retail industry for 35 years. His career has spanned retail operations, category management, sales, and management roles – giving him a rare, end-to-end view of the sector and the people who keep it moving.
Now Country Manager for Cottonsoft Ltd, we are lucky to have Kim as one of our three ShopCare Trustees, bringing his significant experience across the industry and supply chain. Kim has run supermarkets around the country for 15 years, worked in retail head office in a category role, and for the last 20+ years, has been in sales and general management roles for suppliers to the industry.
Kim champions health, safety, and wellbeing (HSW) as an integral part of the retail operations. His insight into how people work and interact has enabled him to inspire major safety improvements for and by his teams. Kim believes that we demonstrate care for our frontline and supply chain workers by involving them in ensuring their safety in the workplace. His deep understanding of “work as done” and the reality of HSW challenges, comes from his hand-on experience.
Away from the office, you’ll find Kim on the badminton court (playing Masters and Vets for Auckland and as chair for Auckland Badminton Association), out on the water fishing, or elbow-deep in his next house renovation project.
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