Commercial Manager

**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.
- **Join Australia's largest retail business**:

- **Be a part of a large and complex commercial and contracts team**:

- **Pathway to unparralleled career development opportunities
**Woolworths Group**

Founded in 1924, Woolworths Group is Australia's largest retailer with more than 3,500 stores across Australia and New Zealand that span food, drinks, petrol, general merchandise and hotels. The Woolworths Group is a proud, home-grown Australian business, employer of more than 205,000 people and a committed business partner of many thousand local farmers, producers and manufacturers.

**The Role**

We are looking for a Supply Chain Commercial Manager to join our Contracts and Commercial Team. Our network utilises multiple modes, across all our brands to deliver exceptional service to our stores. You will manage a portfolio of supply chain services that will improve our safety, service and cost outcomes across all of our transport & 3PL networks.

**You will be responsible for, but not be limited to:
- Managing commercial relationships between our Transport & 3PL Partners and Woolworths Operations teams
- Prepare procurement activities, conduct negotiations and deliver recommendations that achieve safety, service and budget outcomes
- Manage ongoing contracts requirement and be the escalation point for operational teams across the Woolworths Group on transport and 3PL related commercial issues
- Develop continuous improvement programs that refine the transport and 3PL portfolio
- Engage with internal stakeholders to deliver short, medium and long term strategic transport objectives and contribute to the development and achievement of the Woolworths Freight strategy

**About You**

WOW people are great people. Whether we're learning new things, seizing the initiative, or winning together and 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, our trading partners and our business then we ought to connect.

We're looking for our next superstar with the following:

- 8+ Years experience in procurement or leading / managing negotiations in the commercial and contracts area within the supply chain industry
- Extensive knowledge and operational experience of complex end-to-end Supply Chain management
- Ability to engage and work with diverse internal and external stakeholders to achieve mutually acceptable outcome
- Demonstrated vendor management experience across multiple transport modes
- Advanced communication skills (formal presentation delivery and written skills)
- Ability to think strategically and diagnose the end-to-end implication of supply chain decisions
- A highly motivated team player with demonstrated ability to deliver outcomes and work autonomously
- Knowledge and experience within the FMCG retail supermarket and grocery industry highly regarded
- Tertiary Education in Business, Logistics or Supply Chain

**Why you'll love it here**

In addition to this exciting role, these are some of the benefits we offer:

- Flexibility isn't just about working from home. It's about opening the conversation and changing the focus to what & how we deliver, rather than where we deliver it. Chat to us about your flexibility needs.
- A culture that embraces new talent and truly a great place to work.
- Team member discounts across Woolworths brands.
- An attractive remuneration package including base + super + bonus
- 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.