Dc Design Manager 1

**About Us
In October 2020, Woolworths Group Supply Chain rebranded to become Primary Connect - an end-to-end supply chain partner within Woolworths Group. Our team of more than 8,000 support businesses within Woolworths Group (such as Supermarkets, Countdown and Big W), and over 1,300 commercial customers across the country, to connect communities with the products we need and love.

Becoming Primary Connect gives us the opportunity to keep growing so we can become the next generation supply chain whilst remaining an essential part of Woolworths Group. There has never been a more exciting time to join our team.
- **Full time, Permanent position**:

- **Sydney Based - Norwest Location**:

- **Hybrid Role - WFH
**Our People**
Woolworths and Primary Connect teams are great people. Whether we’re learning new things, seizing the initiative, or winning together our customers are at the heart of everything we do. If you’re the sort of individual who takes accountability and strives to always do the right thing for each other, our communities, our customers, and our business then we ought to connect. Together with demonstrated success in a similar role and your ability to influence, we are seeking your skills and experience.

**The Opportunity**
Every decision we make is designed with our customers, teams and safety at the heart. Our Supply Chain processes are always changing to adjust to the ever evolving needs of our customers and the need for ultimate convenience, even more so in the current societal climate. There has never been a better time to join Woolworths as we grow and transform in our offering to customers.

The utilisation of technology and the speed in which we operate are truly transforming the Supply Chain landscape in Australia & New Zealand and in this role, you’ll be at the forefront of initiating this change. The thinking is fresh and the way we do things is new and industry leading. In this role, you will adopt an innovative design lens supporting tier 1 projects in Australia and New Zealand across all of our brands.

**Key responsibilities will be**:

- Driving future thinking best in class facility designs, leading executive engagement throughout the full project lifecycle to deliver transformational customer, team and safety outcomes.
- Leading the development and delivery of distribution and fulfilment centre designs to meet our customer, safety and operational objectives
- Undertaking data analysis, modelling, research and design to support development for existing & future Distribution Centres (DCs), Customer Fulfilment Centres (CFCs), and Micro Fulfilment Centres (MFCs)
- Lead the evaluation of alternative facility concept layouts including automation solutions with the support of project teams and external consultants
- Leading the development of DC capital and operating cost models and requirements to underpin project business cases
- Providing expertise in specification and procurement of MHE and Automation systems
- Working alongside internal stakeholders including: Safety, Transport, Operations, Project Management, Property, Maintenance and Stores
- Supporting optimisation of existing distribution and fulfilment centre activities
- Focusing on safety in design during concept development.
- Facility/supply chain design experience including automation
- Experience in Retail, FMCG and/or e-Commerce industries is an advantage.
- Ideally a Bachelor degree in Engineering, Sciences, Business or other area
- A functional understanding of AutoCAD
- The ability to inspire and lead teams through the design journey instilling advocacy at all levels
- Executive relationship management, communication and influencing skills
- A self-learning style adaptive to work in an ever changing and faced paced environment
- A driven personality with the desire to contribute to a world class team in an open and collaborative environment

**Why you’ll love it here**:
In addition to this exciting role, these are some of the benefits we offer:

- An attractive remuneration package
- Flexibility and work-life balance policies that will support you to thrive
- An exciting career - as our business grows, so do the opportunities for our people
- Team member discounts at all of Woolworths businesses
- Be part of Australia’s biggest supply chain network
- Opportunity to collaborate with some of the brightest and best minds in Australia across our brands
- Tech options - Woolworths is the largest employer of Google Apps in Australia, are early adopters of Agile and have BYOD options too

**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