Transport Operations Manager

**Full-time ongoing role, based in Yennora NSW**:

- **A newly created opportunity where you can build a legacy**:

- **Bring your expertise into world-class environment**:

- **Amazing team member benefits, worth around $5,000 - $7,000 per annum in savings
**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 continues to support our Woolworths, BWS, Dan Murphy's, Countdown, and BIG W stores across the country, providing them with our customers' favourite food, drink, and everyday needs items.

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.

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

- Enjoy massive team member savings on Groceries, Beer & Wine, Petrol, Insurance and more across all Woolworths Brands
- Partner with a collaborative, engaging and highly reputable leader and feel empowered to innovate
- Be inspired and motivated to build success through your leaders and their teams
- Our team believes in building partnerships through collaboration, transparency and trust
- Join Australia's largest retail supply chain where there is ample opportunity to develop and grow your career for life

**The Opportunity**
As the leader of the Primary Connect+ temperature controlled operations team, your primary responsibility will be to ensure the safe and efficient operation of the team responsible for freezer, chiller, and meat categories. You will also be responsible for ensuring that the team delivers exceptional service, achieves financial targets, and manages carrier relationships effectively.

In addition to these responsibilities, you will be responsible for enabling the execution and delivery of Primary Connect's $1B accelerated growth strategy. This will involve driving the adoption of new technology and processes that enhance the value proposition for all platform stakeholders, including team members, customers, carrier partners, and DC teams. You will also be responsible for leading the build of operational capability to transition historically non-integrated categories, such as meat and other short shelf-life products, onto the MyPrimaryConnect platform.

To achieve these goals, you will need to foster strong relationships with transport carriers, customers, internal business partners, service providers, and Distribution Centres. You will also need to ensure that the team delivers on key performance measures relating to safety, compliance, service, financial performance, and budget delivery.

Overall, your role is critical to the success of Primary Connect's growth strategy, and you will need to bring strong leadership, communication, and strategic thinking skills to the position.

**Who we're looking for**:
Proven ability to inspire, coach, guide, and develop teams.
- Ability to work in a matrix environment, influencing and developing strong partnerships at all levels.
- A high level of communication and interpersonal skills, including excellent conflict resolution and negotiation skills.
- Demonstrated success in influencing and leadership of change projects with multiple stakeholders.
- Strong analytical capability, combined with a passion for continuous improvement.
- Proven capability in delivering high-quality outputs under pressure and in a fast turnaround time.
- A senior leader with 5+ years of temperature controlled commodity or transport background, highly regarded

**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
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