Strategy Development Manager

**Title**:Strategy Development Manager**:

- Location: Bentleigh East, Victoria, AU**About us**:
At Officeworks we make bigger things happen. Our customers, our team, and our community are our heart and soul. And if our brilliant people have taught us anything, it is that we can do all kinds of incredible things, each and every day.

Fast paced. Innovative. Inspiring. With more than 8000 team members and a national footprint of more than 168 retail stores Australia wide - we’re focused on delivering a wide range, low price and great service. We’re about inspiring new ideas and thinking outside the box. We’re about kicking goals, having a laugh and pushing each other. We are about being rewarded and supported. We’re about teaching a customer something new and supporting the community. We’re about making a difference.

**About the role**:
Officeworks is currently working through the delivery of an ambitious and customer-centric growth strategy. We are making bigger things happen and are excited about what the future holds

Our Strategy development team is a dynamic, small team with a new opportunity for a Strategy Development Manager. This role will require an experienced and commercially astute leader who will support the evolution of Officeworks’ enterprise level strategy and work cross-functionally with various business leaders and lead strategy development. Additionally, this role will support the development and preparation of key strategic documents for internal and external audiences.

Key activities include:

- Support the development and refinement of the Officeworks strategic direction
- Conduct market research and analysis, including assessments of customer base, competitive landscape, market growth profiles and structure and recommend growth areas and initiatives to pursue
- Partner with functional General Managers to support them with the development (and iteration) of their respective functional strategies, ensuring alignment with the enterprise-level strategic direction
- Support the corporate governance submissions concerning the Officeworks strategy as and when required
- Develop strategic communications and presentations for both internal and external audiences

**About you**:
Tertiary qualified, and ideally with further management (MBA) qualifications, you will have spent 10+ years within a management consultancy or corporate strategy environment.

An exceptional problem solver, you can take your stakeholders on a journey to achieve their strategic vision and plans. You enjoy cross-functional engagement in a complex stakeholder environment to work solutions and drive meaningful, customer centric outcomes.

Your experience with preparation of formal business documentation and presentations is advanced.

You are comfortable in ambiguous, rapidly changing environments and have established project management and organisational capability.

An exceptional communicator, your style is adaptable to all levels within an organisation with ability to influence and inspire.

**Our culture**:
It’s all in a day’s work when you’re part of the Officeworks community - where you’re not defined by who you are, but what you can do. We celebrate our teams’ uniqueness by offering the below to the Officeworks family:

- An inclusive, diverse, and supportive environment.
- Flexible working arrangements to best support your individual needs.
- A key focus on wellbeing and safety.
- Generous discounts at Officeworks, Bunnings, Kmart, Target and Catch.
- Ongoing training and development opportunities to progress your career.
- Industry leading Growing Families policy and access to Circle In portal for Working Families.

Officeworks is a** ‘Circle Back Initiative’ **employer - we commit to respond to every applicant.