Planning and Resource Manager

**cust_CareersBrand** **Wetherill Park**

Requisition ID: 54977

Employment Type: Full time

**Good things start here**

This could be the very first step towards an exciting new career with us - a fresh beginning. At the Coles Group, these are moments we live for.

Starting good things is what drives our purpose: to sustainably feed all Australians so they can lead healthier, happier lives. With a team of 120,000 people and an iconic portfolio of Australia’s most trusted brands, we’re perfectly positioned to turn a promising start into a whole lot more.

**About the role**

The engine room of our business, our Central Operations team keeps us moving and delivering our services to all Australians. We empower and support our retail teams across the country, helping them deliver great experiences for our customers every single day.

In partnership with Ocado we are in the process of delivering a brand new state-of-the-art customer fulfilment centre in NSW. Harnessing the latest technology this site will offer a wider range to our customers and safter, cleaner environment for our staff. As this site ramps up we have an opportunity for an experienced Planning and Resource Manager to join the team

**What you’ll be doing**

You will be responsible for the development of resource planning processes, working closely with leaders across our brand-new customer fulfilment centre to collaborate on best practice process for the site

**You'll also**
- lead resource planning processes for the new site, collaborating with central management and onsite teams to deliver effective process
- manage 3PL relationship to ensure resource needs are met and ongoing service delivery
- Maintain the resource planning system as a business super user. Ensure that the system accurately reflects all labour tasks and rates to meet business requirements. Plan and manage a rigorous process for budget & quarterly changes to system.
- drive a customer focused culture across all departments of the operation ensuring Coles Online customers receive ‘the perfect order’ each time.
- be a champion for safety and lead an operational safety-first culture

**Good things you’ll need**

We’re looking for an experienced inventory leader who has had exposure to an automated DC, with a passion for developing processes and growing a continuous improvement culture

**you’ll also need**
- Tertiary qualification in a relevant discipline
- extensive experience in labour scheduling and resource planning
- Strong background in large, single-site operations that have a large workforce.
- Proven commercial acumen is essential.
- Able to lead a team of technical resources, and a large volume of cross-functional stakeholders.
- Strong analytical capabilities and the ability to identify & drive continuous Improvement initiatives.

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**Why Coles?**
You’re joining a culture that truly cares about your wellbeing, values what you do and celebrates your success. We’ll invest in you and your career with best practice training, development, and leadership programs. You’ll also receive fantastic team member discounts across our supermarkets and brands.

As part of our focus on achieving a gender balanced workforce, we belong to the WORK180 network as an endorsed employer for women. Our commitment to helping all women thrive in the workplace includes initiatives such as our recently updated parental leave policy, flexible working options and our Employee Assistance Program.

You can explore all this and more at our Coles Careers website.

**For everyone who shares our passion**

**We’d love to meet you