Transport Planning Manager

**New opportunity for a Transport Planning Manager in our Yennora DC support office**:

- **Effectively, lead and drive the development of a high performing team within a fast paced customer first environment.**:

- **Join one of Australia's leading retail groups, and enjoy the opportunity to grow and make a positive difference
**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.

**The Opportunity**
Working in a passionate and supportive team, time will be spent building relationships and creating engagement, as well as:

- Lead the development and training of the Primary Connect + transport planning team
- Manage the successful completion of daily transport planning operational requirements to achieve established service levels
- Ensure customer satisfaction is achieved by consistently delivering in full and on time
- Achievement of cost and service KPI's
- Effectively manage the business relationships between Operations and Internal stakeholders
- Maintain and foster business relationships between Operations and Transport Carriers
- Identify continuous improvement opportunities to deliver efficiency and remove waste
- Provide accurate, reliable and timely reporting to drive service improvement
- Drive innovation and organisation agility through improved operational process

**Who we're looking for**
Our new manager will be driven and passionate, keen to get things done and able to make an impact in a fast-paced environment. We're looking for a strong people leader with:

- Experienced leader with strong coaching and team development skills
- Manage and motivate the team to deliver continuous improvement and service excellence.
- Demonstrates effective problem-solving skills and techniques
- Effective time management with discipline and financial acumen
- Transport industry experienced preferred
- Excellent communication skills

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

- An attractive remuneration package
- Team member discounts at all of Woolworths businesses
- Take the next step in your career
- The opportunity to collaborate with some of the brightest and best minds in Australia across our brands
- An exciting career - as our business grows, so do the opportunities for our people

**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.