Head of Supplier Capability and Insights

6 months ago

Bella Vista, Australia Woolworths Full time

**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.
- **Play an instrumental role in defining the strategy for building supplier capability**:

- **Partner seamlessly with external suppliers and internal stakeholders alike**:

- **Hybrid work arrangements with support offices in Bella Vista and Surry Hills
**The Opportunity
The Head of Supplier Capability and Insights exists to lead, coach and develop the Supplier Capability team. In this role, you'll partner closely with senior leadership to define the strategy and scope programs of work to improve supplier capability in partnering with Woolworths and upskilling the commercial team to build stronger joint plans to deliver mutual growth with demonstrated impact.

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 do
- Define the strategy for building supplier capability by reimagining tools, processes and training to bring greater transparency and consistency to how we use data to build closer strategic alignment.
- Review and define what data and insights are shared with Suppliers to help build their capability and how this data is shared with them, working in close partnership with Commercial and Wiq (retail and consumer).
- Partner seamlessly across Commercial, wiq, the Woolworths Group and Suppliers to create and deliver platforms and solutions to set us up for the future to ensure Woolworths is the trading partner of choice for our suppliers. Overall performance and delivery of the Supplier Capability and Insights team, by leading and developing through coaching, mentoring and guidance whilst role-modeling the Woolworths Values.

**What you'll bring
To succeed in this position, you need to demonstrate:

- Strong retail experience particularly in buying and category management, to deliver mutually beneficial performance outcomes, whilst unlocking data for better decision making.
- A track record of strategic planning, program management, delivery and continuous improvement experience, with the ability to understand how to use data to build capability (including Suppliers and Commercial).
- Design and leadership experience in the definition of agile teams to achieve commercial and technical outcomes.
- Team leading experience, inclusive identifying, creating and building processes and systems to deliver agreed KPI’s and outcomes. Strategic influencing and communication skills, to engage direct reports, stakeholders, internal & external parties to deliver outstanding results while maintaining key partnerships.

**What's in it for you?
We embrace diversity of thought and love to take on challenges with a pragmatic and innovative approach. Our culture thrives on mutual respect, care, curiosity, openness, and a proactive attitude. We continually seek ways to pair, collaborate, support, and learn from each other as a team

In more detail, 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.
- Team discounts across our range of Woolworths Group brands you know and love and a robust rewards program that celebrates and incentivises purpose-driven work.
- A progressive and flexible ‘work from anywhere' policy that gives you the opportunity to harmonise work, life and your wellbeing.
- Parental Leave provisions and various leave types, including but not limited to Study Leave and Sports Representation Leave. A range of programs to help you prioritise and manage your wellbeing, including 24/7 access to the Sonder app.

**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.

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