Area Manager

**Area Manager - BIG W (Sydney & Regional NSW)
- Partner across the BIGW ecosystem to drive our strategy and deliver transformational experiences.
- Coach and lead 15 stores across Sydney and regional NSW to ensure strong foundational retail experiences are being delivered. A multi-site role that requires travel but also supports hybrid working arrangements.

**Welcome to the BIG W Team**

It’s the start of something bigger. There are over 15,000 of us, in the biggest cities and the tiniest towns and for over 50 years BIG W has been the trusted backstop of Australian households, clothing families, furnishing homes, filling toy boxes and providing everyday essentials.

**What you’ll do
As we continue to invest in our team, customers and store network we are recruiting for an Area Manager in NSW. Our Area Managers make a real difference for families, by driving our transformation, and activating our purpose, by coaching and empowering Store Leadership Teams and collaborating end to end across the BIGW ecosystem.
- Delivering foundational & transformational retail experiences by bringing strategic initiatives to life through strong and consistent quarterly end to end planning.
- Coaching & empowering Store Leadership Teams, centered around planning and improving the capability of team (commercial acumen, strategic thinking & analytical insight, team leadership & change management).
- Operating horizontally at a national level by contributing across the ecosystem on the design of core programs of work and embedding them in to the stores the operating rhythm.
- Creating a purpose led and engaging team environment where everyone feels safe and that they belong.
- Building a pipeline of future leaders, identifying and coaching talent and supporting a strong succession pipeline for the state / nation.
- Making a real difference to communities that we serve by actively contributing to national and local partnerships. Trusting and verifying foundational retail fundamentals (process, routines, compliance & safety) are being delivered across stores, deep diving on focus stores only.

Our Area Managers are multi-site roles and require travel across the state.

**What you’ll bring
- Strong team leadership; building and developing diverse, highly engaged teams who perform at their best through coaching, development and feedback.
- Strong commercial acumen and strategic thinking; actively seeking to discover, adapt and innovate.
- Analytical insight; understands the unlock of data and seeks to continually improve own and other’s understanding.
- Influencing skills: able to build strong relationships to exchange ideas, resources and end to end working to ensure purposeful and store led decision making Experience in a retail leadership role is essential, big box preferred but not essential.

We value flexibility and will consider part time, job share or other flexible options to enable these roles to meet your work/life commitments.

**What you’ll experience**

Our Team Members are at the heart of everything we do and we’re always looking for ways to support your career journey and reward great work:

- A progressive and flexible ‘work from anywhere’ policy that gives you more control over your work, life and wellbeing
- 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 range of programs to help you prioritise and manage your well-being, including 24/7 access to the Sonder app.
- A progressive and competitive leave policy that gives you more space for what matters to you

**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.

**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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