Gnfr Supply Manager

**Permanent Opportunity**
- **Flexible working options - Open to Sydney Applicants**
- **Excellent opportunity for growth within the group
**We are Woolworths Group
We are Woolworths Group. 200,000+ bright minds, passionate hearts and unique perspectives connected by a shared Purpose - ‘to create better experiences together for a better tomorrow.’ It’s that Purpose that fuels our ambition 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.

**Welcome to the Procurement Team
We are an enterprise wide function and our job is to provide thought leadership, best practice advice and deliver a service that adds value to our business partners.

We operate in a fast paced, nimble environment with entrepreneurial-minded professionals who work collaboratively to build relationships to achieve outcomes to be the leaders in the market. Our point of difference is that we are part of Australia’s largest retailer allowing us to provide unparalleled career opportunities.The team is positioned to drive change and continuous improvement across the business whilst continually focussed on providing excellent customer experiences to key stakeholders. We are a high performing team providing the best service to our customers.

**The Opportunity**

A strategic role within the procurement team only limited by your imagination, leading innovation and performance of the Woolworths GNFR (Goods Not For Resale) supply model The GNFR supply model spans the physical supply chain and information flows for many suppliers from all parts of the globe, transport partners across all modes, warehouses, and distribution to ~1300 stores and sites across the Woolworths Group nationally. The availability of ~6000 GNFR products across many categories including packaging, consumables, equipment, apparel,and the like are required to maintain the trading of our stores across the country.

**What you’ll do
- Work autonomously to plan and lead change to optimise for efficiencies, while maintaining quality and service ongoing
- Support performance management with data and insights; includes and is not limited to supply and demand planning, suppliers, supply chain network and nodes (warehouses/distribution centres), transport partners, technology enablement, finance, category managers
- Lead, Coach and mentor the team to build further capability and culture (includes direct and indirect teams across the model)
- Manage campaigns, events, peak periods and product life cycles (product availability, replacements, exits), minimising slow moving and obsolete inventory
- Manage resolution of issues through appropriate functions and escalations, understanding and articulating root causes and proposing change to circumvent issues in the first place Lead Continuous Improvement Opportunities to streamline operational efficiencies

**What you’ll bring
- Experience in Supply Chain Operations, Multiple Procurement Categories or Commercial (Retail or FMCG) roles with leadership experience
- Demonstrated value delivery across multiple functions in the form of revenue, cost reduction, cost avoidance, working capital and continuous improvement
- Confidence engaging, influencing and collaborating with senior stakeholders across multiple functions and business units Understanding of technology systems across supply chains, warehouse management, logistics operations, product life cycle management, interpreting data and developing insights

**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.

Our Talent Acquisition Team and Hiring Leaders kindly request no unsolicited resumes or approaches from Recruitment Agencies. Woolworths Group is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.