Operations Manager

**Brighter Futures Start Here**

We are an inclusive team who power two of the most iconic and loved brands, Kmart and Target. We have more than 50,000 passionate individuals across our stores, distribution centres, and offices around the globe.

With our brands touching the lives of almost two million customers every week, you’ll feel the impact of the work you’ll do every day. Join our team in our unwavering promise to make everyday living brighter by providing great value products at the best prices for Australian and New Zealand families.

**Our Distribution team**

Getting the products we love into the hands of happy customers is what we do best, from the remote countryside to coastal towns and big cities and everywhere in between. As you know, our distribution teams play a big role in our business.

You'll be joining a highly motivated team that prides itself on having a super-fast supply chain network unloading, sorting, and sending products out to the store network.

**What you’ll be doing**

As a Operations Manager in our Kmart Distribution Centre you’ll:

- Have full responsibility for planning the daily operation to achieve daily operation on site to deliver safety, leadership, service and financial performance targets are met
- Execute One simple way of working planning process collaboratively with stores, Kmart CI and functional Team Managers, plan effective resourcing to meet productivity targets, produce accurate reporting for stores on transport and cluster and load via planning tool
- In the absence of DC Manager, assume full DC Manager responsibilities operationally for the period of absence. Delegates operational manager responsibility to either Operations planning Manager, CI Manager or relevant team manager.
- Lead and Execute agreed plan either via third party providers or direct Kmart team managers of resources to meet productivity targets and improvements
- Lead, drive and champion continual improvement culture
- Manage service providers to deliver against agreed service levels and KPIs, as per their 3PL service level agreements and job descriptions
- Provide Subject Matter expert collaboration and communication of Kmart requirements to service providers

**To be successful in this role you’ll have**:

- Warehouse Management System knowledge & experience
- Occpational, Health & Safety knowledge and experience
- Industrial Relations Understanding. Including EBA
- Warehouse Management System knowledge & experience
- Computer skills, IT and System skills to execute Kmart Planning Tool requirements

**Benefits we’ll offer you**:

- Flexible hybrid working options through our Flex Where, Flex When, Flex Well policy
- A team member discount card that gives you a discount at Kmart, Target, Bunnings, and Officeworks
- A free OnePass membership offering free delivery across Kmart & Target on eligible products
- Access to the Kmart for You benefits program which entitles you to exclusive discounts and benefits in the areas of entertainment, travel, lifestyle, and health - with over 60 suppliers
- We want you to feel rewarded for your commitment and hard work that's why everyone gets the opportunity to participate in a bonus program
- We offer inclusive parental leave and ongoing support offered though our partnership with Circle In for team members of all backgrounds and family circumstances
- A dynamic learning and support program
- Kudos recognition program, where you are nominated by your peers to spin a wheel, to win a stack of cool prizes
- Wesfarmers is Kmart and Target’s parent company and each year eligible employees can elect to purchase shares through a salary sacrifice arrangement
- Great career opportunities across the broader Wesfarmers Group

**A place you can belong