Continuous Improvement

We’ve been trusted to serve Aussie communities since 1914 and grown to become a top 30-listed on the ASX with 120,000 team members and a portfolio of iconic brands. At Coles Group, you’ll not only get to make a difference to millions of Aussie lives—you’ll also get to see your impact.

We’ve been trusted to serve Aussie communities since 1914 and grown to become a top 30-listed on the ASX with 120,000 team members and a portfolio of iconic brands. At Coles Group, you’ll not only get to make a difference to millions of Aussie lives—you’ll also get to see your impact.

**About the team**:
Technology is the backbone of our business. Every day, our team solves complex and meaningful problems. Those solutions help thousands of our fellow team members succeed, and make millions of customers’ lives easier every day.
The Technology Transformation vision and scope is to evolve organisational capabilities that enable and empower teams to continuously provide the highest value to customers at an ever-increasing pace.

**About the role**:
We are looking for a Continuous Improvement & Vendor Lead to drive the investigations and delivery of a wide variety of maturity and continuous improvement programs across the Strategic partnerships function. You will be driving outcomes that increase stakeholder and vendor experience, reducing process and system complexity and inefficiency to achieve strategic goals and enable the business to make informed decisions.
- About you and your skills:_
- Strong experience working with cross-functional technology and business teams to drive collaborative outcomes
- Strong experience providing a positive stakeholder experience in a greenfield or maturing landscape
- Solid experience leading assessment and deployment of opportunities to mature processes, automate reports, and create system efficiencies to reduce administration waste, system complexity across the Strategic Partnership function
- Strong experience with Suppliers, especially Strategic partners
- Strong understanding of supplier management reporting needs, contract management onboarding and financial processes
- Good presentation skills with the ability to inform, influence and drive maturity outcomes using data
- Ability to develop documentation and deliver training for self-service and knowledge uplift
- Experience with Microsoft Office Suite and SAP, Ariba, Fieldglass, Power BI
- Strong ability to develop informative reporting through data analytics
- Obtain a deep understanding of the business, systems, interdependencies, challenges and processes to be able to recommend solutions and develop streamlined, efficient uplifts
- Use a variety of techniques to gather and understand business needs and challenges, such as interviews, workshops, surveys, and storyboards.
- Help resolve competing priorities between stakeholder groups by facilitating stakeholder discussions, and escalate issues where appropriate
- Create and maintain relevant artifacts across the Strategic Partnerships function
- Ability to develop execution plans managing scope, time, risks, stakeholder engagement and change management elements, and status reporting

With us it’s not about the discounts (although you do get those), it’s about joining a team where your wellbeing and professional development is invested in and celebrating your contributions is the norm. And because everyone leads unique lives, we offer flexible work including work from home, additional leave and parental leave entitlements.

**Safer together**:
Job ID: 69785

Employment Type: Full time