People M&a E2e Integration Lead

**About Woolworths Group**

Woolworths Group is a food and everyday needs retailer united by the shared purpose of creating better experiences together for a better tomorrow. With more than 1,400 stores across its Woolworths Supermarkets, Countdown Supermarkets (New Zealand) and BIG W brands, and fast-growing eCommerce businesses, Woolworths Group is Australia and New Zealand’s largest retailer. A top 10 company on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX), Woolworths Group employs more than 180,000 team members and serves more than 20 million customers a week.
- **Full Time opportunity**:

- **Open to Sydney, Brisbane and Melbourne applicants**:

- **Excellent opportunity for growth within the group
**The Opportunity
**We have an exciting opportunity for our next incoming talent to play a key part of the People M&A strategy and M&A lifecycle. You will be supporting new and existing acquisitions and will be the point-person for People across all M&A transactions.
You will partner across the People function as well as cross functionally with the broader People team, M&A team, Legal and Finance, People Systems, Industrial Relations and any other areas that support building confidence in our acquisitions across the group.

**What you’ll do:
- Serve as the principal day-to-day point of contact for People streams of any M&A to orchestrate the execution of our People Playbook relating to M&A
- Establish scalable and repeatable processes to drive capability bringing a commercial and pragmatic mindset to sizing risk during the various stages of the transaction, including due diligence and integration matters
- Establish post signing requirements and identify key steps to ensure success of pre-completion activities where applicable
- Mentor and guide the team to focus efforts on critical success factors, demonstrating a commercial mindset and cautioning against approaches that may introduce risks or jeopardise deal value Drive the required momentum throughout the M&A lifecycle and seek timely decisions on key issues, ensuring accountability for action items and deadlines

**What you’ll bring:
- Proven M&A experience relating to People Functions with a focus in stakeholder engagement and influence
- Comprehensive understanding of the the current industrial relations landscape with a focus on pay compliance and other related topics
- 5+ years experience in HR with a focus on M&A work and ability to lead programs of work end to end
- Developing frameworks or working with third parties to ensure projects are delivered effectively and on time Navigate large organisations to understand key stakeholders to support development of projects as well as which stakeholders to be engaged at each stage of the project

**What you’ll experience:
- The opportunity to grow within the group
- Strong mentorship and development; opportunity to collaborate with some of the brightest and best minds in Australia
- Hybrid working arrangements
- Unparalleled growth opportunities Get your Woolies worth through team member benefits across all of our brands

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**Grow with the Group
As an inclusive, team-first company, our people are at the core of everything we do.

We care deeply about creating a workplace where our team members feel valued, respected and empowered. We are committed to providing equal opportunity regardless of gender identity, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation or life stage. We are proud to be recognised as a Gold Tier Employer in the Australian Workplace Equality Index for LGBTQ+ inclusion and as an Employer of Choice for Gender Equality by the Workplace Gender Equality Agency.

As our Group continues to evolve, innovate and support our communities, we encourage our team members to do the same with their own careers, by providing ongoing opportunities to grow and make a real difference.

We value flexibility, and encourage our team members to work in ways that meet their work/life commitments and support their wellbeing.

We work hard to create a safe and inclusive environment for all, and most importantly, we're all about creating better experiences - for our customers and for each other.

**We’d love to hear from You
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.