Strategic Partnership Lead

3 weeks ago


Camberwell, Victoria, Australia coles Full time

We're a leading Australian retailer with a rich history and a commitment to innovation. At Coles Group, you'll have the opportunity to make a real impact on our business and help us drive growth and success.

About the Team:

Our Technology team is at the forefront of our digital transformation, and we're looking for a skilled leader to join our Strategic Partnerships function. As the Tech Vendor Management Lead, you'll play a critical role in driving our maturity and continuous improvement programs, working closely with business stakeholders to deliver strategic outcomes.

About the Role:

In this role, you'll be responsible for leading investigations and delivering programs that drive stakeholder and vendor experience, reduce process complexity, and enable informed decision-making. You'll work closely with our business stakeholders to develop a sourcing strategy, identify partners, and facilitate stakeholder discussions.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Develop a deep understanding of our business, systems, and processes to recommend solutions and develop efficient uplifts
  • Work with business stakeholders to drive improvement with partners
  • Develop a sourcing strategy for technology and identify partners to engage
  • Help resolve competing priorities between stakeholder groups by facilitating stakeholder discussions and escalating issues where appropriate
  • Present insights and recommendations for maturity and continuous improvement programs and activities
  • Develop execution plans, managing scope, time, risks, stakeholder engagement, and change management elements, and status reporting
  • Lead the assessment and deployment of opportunities to mature processes, automate reports, and create system efficiencies to reduce administration waste and system complexity across the Strategic Partnership function
  • Use a variety of techniques to gather and understand business needs and challenges, such as interviews, workshops, surveys, and storyboards

About You and Your Skills:

  • Strong understanding of supplier management reporting needs, contract management onboarding, and financial processes
  • IT Financial Management and commercial knowledge, including contract management financial reporting and processes
  • Solid experience with Microsoft Office Suite, especially Excel, Power BI
  • Capable of making decisions that are conducive to good business processes and relationships
  • Ability to engage and operate at all levels within the organisation
  • Ability to process map and identify and execute process improvements
  • Ability to apply problem-solving skills in process and reporting
  • Experience with Microsoft Office Suite and SAP, Ariba, Fieldglass, Power BI
  • Experience in a Technology function is preferred


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