Operations Manager

**This is an exciting time to join the Primary Connect leadership team with opportunities across Temperature Controlled & Ambient
- **Permanent role, based in Minchinbury**:

- **Seeking a highly motivated and passionate individual**:

- **Be inspired and motivated to build success through your leaders and your team
**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.

**About The Role**
The Operations Manager role exists to ensure optimal DC operational performance across the key pillars of safety, service, people, and value to create a world class supply chain that is described as the best and safest place to work.

Reporting to the Supply Chain Manager, the Operations Manager will be responsible for managing the operation to ensure delivery in full, on time, and error free and providing leadership to the operations.

**Additional responsibilities will include**
- Promote safety values and implement safety, health, and environment policies and systems to embed safety into the culture and ways of working
- Manage and monitor operational KPI's to ensure resource planning is within budget and meets volume forecasts
- Build a high performance team through clearly defined objectives, development plans, open and transparent communication
- Liaise with key contacts for Food & Endeavour Drinks Groups (as applicable) to both seek and provide feedback and identify opportunities for the DC to improve service continuously
- Drive accountability within the business, and ensure that the elements of Supply Chain culture are embedded at all levels
- Sponsor and lead change initiatives within the DC, including partnering with support functions throughout Supply Chain and other business units in the Woolworths Group
- Promote succession and development planning at all levels of the business through clearly defined recruitment procedures, open and transparent communication, feedback to team members, and relief opportunities.

**About You**
To be successful you will possess experience and success in a similar role, together with the following capabilities and experience:

- Operational and People leadership experience
- Experienced at leading and implementing change
- Strong Commercial Acumen
- Knowledge of relevant OH&S, IR, ER, and RTW legislation
- Extensive experience in FMCG, distribution, retail, and leadership
- Desirable, formal qualifications in business or supply chain operations

**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

Application close - 2nd October

**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.