Strategy Associate - Bella Vista, Australia - Woolworths

Woolworths

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Bella Vista, Australia

1 week ago

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Olivia Brown

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About Woolworths Group

Woolworths Group is a food and everyday needs retailer united by the shared purpose of creating better experiences together for a better tomorrow.

With more than 1,400 stores across its Woolworths Supermarkets, Countdown Supermarkets (New Zealand) and BIG W brands, and fast-growing eCommerce businesses, Woolworths Group is Australia and New Zealand's largest retailer.

A top 10 company on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX), Woolworths Group employs more than 180,000 team members and serves more than 20 million customers a week.

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Opportunity to contribute to the success of one of the most visible C-suite-sponsored strategic programs within Woolworths Group:

Initial 24-month Fixed Term Contract with potential extension:

- **Flexible with full time or part time hours | Sydney based, flexible working with minimum 1 day/week in office
**About our Program Team

We are an enterprise-wide, C-suite sponsored program team built to drive value and operational excellence throughout the Business Units through a consulting style service that leverages a strong program structure and provides both leading practice insights / thought leadership and delivery excellence to our business partners.

Our mandate is to partner with each of our Business Units across the group portfolio to identify and develop high-quality cost optimisation plans and projects, within the Goods & Services Not for Resale space.

We collaborate with each Business Unit to target and prioritise the areas that represent the most significant improvement in their cost of doing business and therefore directly contribute to the bottom line of the company.

**About the Role

We are looking to hire for our dynamic program team of experienced Strategy & Transformation Consultants whose focus is to support the operational functions of the Woolworths Group Portfolio, to deliver the 2025 strategic objectives.

You will be involved with:
- leading individual or a portfolio of cost optimisation and transformation projects across the Group or within the Primary Connect and Supermarket Operations Business Units.
- building credibility and be a trusted advisor to senior stakeholders across the Business Units.
- being challenged in a key role where you will make a visible impact on the success of the business and manage senior stakeholder relationships.

Each role will utilise the ability to think strategically and innovatively and will leverage strong stakeholder management skills as key relationships with senior business leaders are developed.

Team members own the entire development and deployment of a portfolio of large-scale transformation initiatives across the organisation, driving them through to execution.

**About You

We have an overarching capability framework that brings to life 5 key capabilities that shape who we are, what we do and how we work together; these are; value co-creator, inspiring leader, trusted advisor, agile learner and insights generator.

We are looking forward to hearing how you may have demonstrated these capabilities whilst also thinking about your relevant experience.

You will have:

Minimum of 4 years experience with Tier 1 or boutique consulting firm (Associate / Consultant level)
Welldeveloped consulting and problemsolving toolkit.
A proven analytical and creative mindset that brings clarity to ambiguity.
Strong endtoend project or program management skills.
Proven experience in managing the whole or parts of an endtoend multimillion dollar transformation project/s across a large organisation and geography.
Strong track record in delivering quality outcomes, demonstrated ability to manage internal and external stakeholders as well as the ability to structure and prioritise project demands.
Excellent stakeholder management and business partnering skills with demonstrated ability to influence & gain credibility with senior stakeholders and project teams.
Ability to be selfmotivated and selfdirected; to structure and manage workloads and be a valued contributor to the team.
Exceptional written, verbal communication and presentation skills.
Proficiency with Excel and PowerPoint.
Prior experience in the following areas will be highly regarded:
Strategic Cost Reduction Programs
Supply Chain Optimisation
Facilities Management Optimisation
Technology & Digital Transformation including Media & Marketing
Spend Analytics / Financial Modelling
Process Optimisation
Program Management Office
Retail / FMCG

**What is in it for you

You will be joining Australia's largest retail group to contribute to the success of one of the most visible Csuitesponsored strategic programs. This scale brings complexity, challenges and opportunities for an extremely rewarding career
Having a career with us means you are joining Australia's largest retail group which is also at the forefront of innovation and modern ways of working. We are recognised as a WGEA Employer