Strategic Sourcing Manager

4 months ago

Bella Vista, Australia Woolworths Full time

**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.

**Strategic Sourcing Manager - Drinks & Snacking
**About Us
**Woolworths Group Limited is an ASX top 10 company and the largest retailer in Australia and New Zealand. We own some of Australia's most recognised and trusted retail brands with more than 1,250 stores across Australia and New Zealand.

Woolworths Food Company (FoodCo) is a portfolio business within Woolworths Group, which includes Australia's and New Zealand's leading supermarkets; Woolworths & Countdown. We partner with dynamic suppliers to provide a range of owned and exclusive branded products to meet the ongoing and changing needs of Woolworths and Countdown customers.

We have a passion for food. Our integrated teams of Buyers, Developers, Quality, Welfare & Sustainability Specialists, Customer Insights & Sensory Specialists, Chefs, Nutritionists and Marketers work closely with suppliers to deliver the best mix of quality, taste, innovation, nutrition and value for our customers. Through focusing on our customers and providing them with passion and integrity, we maintain a sustainable and competitive offering for Woolworths, Countdown and our supply Partners.

**About the role
Strategic Sourcing Manager is a capability expert and is a servant leader for their chapter members. Their primary function is to build the relevant capability necessary to deliver value to the Tribes and help, guide & support the chapter to develop and maintain the standards, quality and tooling relating to the delivery of their capability across the organisation. The Strategic Sourcing Manager - Buying: Woolworths Food Company leads a core squad within the Woolworths Food Company to grow sales and margin in Food & Exclusives -Drinks & Snacking. This role is a crucial point of contact between our Portfolio Managers, Commercial, Finance, Quality, Sustainability, Operations & Supply Chain to ensure a cohesive approach to sourcing projects.

This team member will engage consistently with our FoodCo team to support supplier landscape reviews, performance and ongoing maintenance to continue growth for Woolworths Food Company

**Key responsibilities will include**:

- Design and lead the sourcing strategy for Own Brand Categories / Agile delivery - you will effectively lead a group of categories agenda across the streams of work by bringing together the key stakeholders and driving the sourcing plan through strategy thinking.
- You will lead the sourcing activity, stakeholder and change management activities to support the annual operating plan and deliver on best e
- Horizontal leadership and stakeholder engagement - there is a critical role to play in the management of key stakeholders across the Australian Foodgroup, through delivering clear, independent and strategic insights and recommendations.
- Governance and compliance through capability to develop the commercial elements of supply contracts including specification,
- Price review mechanism, delivery & tenure in consultation with the legal team.
- Risk Mitigation - monitoring existing business and supply base and proactively mitigate risks through dual supply and fully integrated supply strategies to support sales growth and sales during crises.
- Work collaboratively across key stakeholder groups (WFC,Commercial, Wholesale, Export & wider ecosystem) to deliver to the Own Brand sourcing strategy and broader strategic initiatives. Support prioritisation and phasing of the Agile transformation

**About You
The role requires a high level of commercial acumen, with daily buying, selling, and trading bulk materials in various processing and packaging facilities being common. Multi facing stakeholder engagement requires the manager to operate professionally and in accordance with legal and policy undertakings set by both Woolworths and relevant legislation.

Desirable skills, attributes and experience will include:

- A strong combination of Sourcing excellence and commercial understanding
- Role model tenacity, resilience and the ability to learn and adapt to new concepts and ways of working
- Demonstrated experience delivering sourcing strategy with the ability to identify and implement truly cross-functional solutions.
- Strong negotiation & analytical skill-set and a self-starter who has a strong sense of ownership whilst ensuring that stakeholders have ”buy-in”
- Experience in identifying trends and key financial risks, in order to assess the risks and

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