Store Planner - Melbourne, Australia - Woolworths 360

Woolworths 360

Verified Company

Melbourne, Australia

1 week ago

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Olivia Brown

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Description

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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Full time position:

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Join Australia's largest retailer:

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Hybrid role

Based in Melbourne:
**Attractive remuneration package

About Us
The Woolworths Format Development Team is a national team of 700+, responsible for developing retail stores of the future. We're construction people, facilities and asset management people. We're planning & commercial people. We're architects and sustainability people. We're data analysts, refrigeration and air conditioning people. We are operations and training people. Together, we're doing our part to bring fresh food and great experiences to our customers everyday.

We implement designs through creating experience-centric technology-led, retail store formats that are purpose built for our customers and teams.

We innovate by focusing on Continuous Improvement, sustainable energy management, technology, and working with our suppliers, service providers and operations teams to move towards a healthier planet.

We maintain all aspects of our supermarkets stores through having highly specialised, skilled team members across all trades. Every decision we make is designed with our customers and teams at the heart.

The Role

As a Store Planner, you will be accountable for the end to end development of conceptual designs to construction drawings for store flow and layout in refurbishment and new stores, to ensure the right offer is planned to maximise customer experience whilst meeting commercial and business expectations.

You will work cross-functionally and collaboratively to identify the right offer targeted to site specifics, supporting capital approval process and support the end-to-end delivery of projects.

Key responsibilities:

Delivering planning and documentation outcomes for all new, replacement, acquisition, extension, Renewal projects as well as all business initiatives and planning requirements for any store within your State Detailed new, replacement, acquisition, Renewals and extension store plans post approval in conjunction with business categories, ensuring financial viability & construction costs are aligned to launch
Developing renewal documentation from project commencement to launch to meet objectives, budget direction, sitespecific needs and direct planning team to achieve end store plan goal
Strategic layout planning ensuring the best scheme is developed for all project types with both a commercial and customer lens
Managing external consultants required to deliver planning, documentation and store design for these works within budget
Postimplementation reviews completed with learnings incorporated into all future schemes Support annual Renewal Program and ensure it is approved to achieve all timelines
Developing best value and scope with a commercial view on Capital and operating costs
Being the goto person representing store planning to support project teams
Flexibly supporting multiple teams in accordance with business needs
Providing architectural and technical advice relating to concept, project plans, building and Woolworths standards

Who we're looking for
To be successful in this role, you will have:

Technical architectural drafting or related knowledge with a preference for tertiary qualifications in Architecture or similar discipline
Good proficiency in using Autodesk Revit
Retail planning experience/exposure with design, commercial or financial understanding desirable
Proven ability to work at pace in a changing environment
Ability and willingness to undertake interstate travel on an adhoc basis

Why you'll love it here
In addition to this exciting role, we offer some fantastic benefits including:

Flexibility and work life balance. Flexibility isn't just about working from home. It's about opening the conversation and changing the focus to what & how we deliver, rather than where we deliver it. Chat with us about your flexibility needs.
A culture that embraces new talent and a truly great place to work
Team member discounts across Woolworths brands
An attractive remuneration package

**Applications close - 9am Friday the 16th
**Grow with the Group
As an inclusive, team-first company, our people are at the core of everything we do.

We care deeply about creating a workplace where our team members feel valued, respected and empowered. We are committed to providing equal opportunity regardless