Strategic Sourcing Manager

2 weeks 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 - Woolworths Food Company
- Leverage your communication and influencing skills to bring multiple internal departments together to align in unlocking maximum value
- Work collaboratively across key stakeholder groups (WFCR,Commercial, Wholesale, Export & wider ecosystem) to deliver to the Own Brand sourcing strategy and broader strategic initiatives. Inclusive culture with a focus on creating genuine career opportunities

**We are Woolworths Group**
We are Woolworths Group. 200,000+ bright minds, passionate hearts and unique perspectives connected by a shared Purpose - ‘to create better experiences together for a better tomorrow.’ It’s that Purpose that fuels our ambition to explore new ideas, make brave commitments and innovate better ways to meet the food and everyday needs of more than 24 million customers every week.

If you’re excited to turn today’s blue sky thinking into a better tomorrow for future generations, you’ll find yourself supported and enriched in an dynamic, inclusive and empowering workplace that reflects the diverse communities we serve. With a culture of genuine care, a flexible approach to work and opportunities across the group to grow your career and make a meaningful impact, the possibilities for what we can achieve together are endless.

**What you’ll experience**
- A global business with endless career possibilities around every corner and across every discipline - with valuable exposure to a vast and exciting business network.
- A progressive and flexible ‘Work from Anywhere’ policy that gives you more control over your work, life and wellbeing.* Parental Leave provision - applies to permanent team members, and excludes casual team Members, fixed term team members and contractors.

**What you’ll do**
- 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 strategic thinking, planning and negotiations..
- 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.
- Lead the sourcing activity, stakeholder and change management activities to support the annual operating plan
- Horizontal leadership and stakeholder engagement - there is a critical role to play in the management of key stakeholders across the Group, through delivering clear, independent and strategic insights and recommendations. Manage 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.

**What you’ll bring**
- Previous experience in retail or FMCG fast-paced working environment in Category Management and/or Sourcing with strong negotiation skills
- Demonstrated experience delivering sourcing strategy with the ability to identify and implement truly cross-functional solutions.
- Experience in identifying trends and key financial risks, in order to assess the risks and opportunities for Woolworths and assist in the development of COGS initiatives
- The ability to engage and communicate with all stakeholders with differing interests and priorities. Being able to adapt style and influencing skills to work effectively and collaboratively Previous demonstrated leadership skills and capabilities - leading, coaching, developing teams

**Everyone belongs at Woolworths Group
**Diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging are key to realising our purpose of better together for a better tomorrow. We recognise the value our team’s diversity brings to our business, customers, and communities and that teams with diverse experiences and backgrounds enrich our group and are better able to innovate and solve problems. As one of the largest employers in Australia and New Zealand, we aim to create a truly inclusive workplace where everyone feels that they belong, can be their best selves, and reach their full potential.

**We’d love to hear from You

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