Commercial Lead

**Commercial Lead - Flow Path Optimisation
Our Commercial Lead helps to bring the Big W purpose to life through embedding strong long term business process improvement, governance and control in key strategic business initiatives to improve our Customer Advocacy, Sales and Profit. Based in Sydney, 12 month fixed term contract.
- Inclusive culture with a focus on creating genuine career opportunities
- Purpose-led business in everything we do Opportunity to collaborate with some of the brightest and best minds in Australia

**Endless possibilities with Woolworths Group**

We’re a proud part of the Woolworths Group - 200,000+ bright minds, passionate hearts and unique perspectives working together connected by a shared Purpose - ‘to create better experiences together for a better tomorrow.’

Here you’ll be supported and empowered 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. Backed by a culture of genuine care, a flexible approach to work and the support 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**

This role will have a particular focus on how Big W collaborates with our Supply Partners to build trusted operational relationships. Key deliverables will include how we bring our products into our value chain via the most optimal flow paths.
- Manage the supplier and commercial negotiations on behalf of category teams while partnering with Replenishment and Primary Connect(Supply Chain)
- Partner with the Delivery Lead to ensure a roadmap for delivery is in place and endorsed, this is updated and relevant support gained to ensure key deliverables are met
- Lead all communication to suppliers and across BIG W, collaborating with the comms team and various stakeholders.
- Partner with the Heads of Commercial to align on approach for the suppliers and escalate for support as required Ensuring products are on the optimal flow paths and where required achieving suitable warehouse allowances and freight cost recovery

**What you’ll bring**

A functional understanding of business processes and systems landscape, particularly in a retail value chain.
- Extensive experience working across commercial and supplier initiatives, preferably with exposure to large and complex retail/general merchandise organisations
- Demonstrable ability to engage internal & external parties to deliver outstanding results while maintain key partnerships
- Meticulous engagement, negotiation and influencing skills
- Experience leading agile teams and squads, with a proven track record of delivering positive end to end business outcome Clear understanding of the strategic direction for your team with the buy-in of the wider business.

**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.