Address
SalaryJavaScript is turned off in your web browser. Turn it on to take full advantage of this site, then refresh the page.
Loading...
Career Opportunities: Workforce Planning SME (949764)
Requisition ID 949764 - Posted - Supply Chain - NSW - Fixed-term Full-time - Supply Chain
Apply Save Job Email Job to Friend Return to List
- Workforce Planning “Subject Matter Expert” career role
- Regular travel to our Distribution Centres across Australia and New Zealand
- Role can be based in Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, Brisbane or Perth
- 2 Year FTC with attractive salary and benefits package on offer
We're a proud part of the Woolworths Group - 200,000+ bright minds, passionate hearts and unique perspectives working together connected by a shared Purpose - 'to create better experiences together for a better tomorrow.'
Here you'll be supported and empowered to explore new ideas, make brave commitments and innovate better ways to meet the food and everyday needs of more than 24 million customers every week. Backed by a culture of genuine care, a flexible approach to work and the support to grow your career and make a meaningful impact, the possibilities for what we can achieve together are endless.
Welcome to Primary Connect
Primary Connect is the most extensive food and retail supply chain network in Australia and New Zealand. Our 10,000-strong team are an essential part of the expansive Woolworths Group, which encompasses Woolworths Supermarkets and Metro stores, BIG W, Countdown NZ, Quantium, and more. With us, your possibilities are not limited to a single opportunity.
We're delivering to more than 3,000 retail stores every day (stores like Woolworths, BIG W, Dan Murphy's, and BWS), but at Primary Connect, we're more than just a supply chain business. We're a big team, but every individual plays a pivotal role and leaves a distinctive impact.
What you'll do
Contribute to changing the face of Woolworths Groups' Workforce Management as we implement a world-leading Labour Planning and Time and Attendance Systems suite within our distribution network.
As the Workforce Planning SME (Subject Matter Expert) and champion of the Operations needs you will:
- Manage the requirements of the business, develop solutions (process, practice, technology, training), combine with testing, delivery and support for system implementation
- Provide knowledge within the domain of labour planning and subsequent day-of-operations team member roster management requirements
- Travelling to our various DC's across Australia and New Zealand to support the solution implementations
- Supporting 'Understanding the Change' through impact assessments, knowledge sharing and uncovering business readiness activities, through coaching Site Operations and Labour Planning Teams to support change management
- Developing and facilitating User Acceptance Testing aligned to detailed design requirements for execution in Defect and Hotfix testing
- As part of the team you will develop 'Site Champions' and End User Training at the various DC's so that the sites can become self-sufficient and ensure the systems continue to run as intended by troubleshooting and resolving issues
- Continuing to learn and understand current ways of working in labour planning and DC operations, and challenge the 'norm' to translate requirements into future ways of working and continuous improvement
We'd like to hear from you if you have an operational, labour planning, or systems management background in a senior capacity, are a keen troubleshooter with a "can-do" attitude, great with people, and you thrive on being part of a high performing team.
You'll need to be a team player with an ability to travel extensively across Australia and New Zealand, have an interest in developing your expertise within Labour Planning, as well as having a passion for helping people understand the system.
- Experience within warehouse operations, labour planning or systems, in a leadership or SME capacity
- Ability to understand technical issues and communicate problems and solutions to a non-technical stakeholder group
- Structured and methodical problem-solving skills, with the ability to influence in a non-leadership role
- Ability to re-engineer processes to deliver cost, quality and service improvements
- Demonstrated experience in fundamental change management
Everything we do is driven by a culture of care for our team, customers, and community.
We create a thriving team experience through a culture of belonging that champions safety and wellbeing for our people and partners.
- Career development opportunities: A global business with endless career possibilities around every corner and across every discipline - with valuable exposure to a vast and exciting business network.
- We offer team member discounts across all Woolworths Group and partner businesses, access to discounts in novated leases, share purchase plans, lifestyle and other attraction discounts
- Generous parental leave policy, with 4 weeks paid leave for all secondary carers, and all permanent full and part-time roles can access Parental Leave from their first day
- We are open and encourage conversations regarding flexible arrangements to make the next step viable for all our team intrigued by this role. Does part-time or job-sharing work better for your lifestyle? Please let us know, and we are happy to discuss this further with you & our team.
Woolworths Group 2nd in LinkedIn's Top 25 Companies Australia 2022
WGEA Employer of Choice for Gender Equality
Work180 Endorsed Employer for all women
Australian Workplace Equality Index for LGBTQ workplace inclusion
Endless possibilities with Woolworths Group
We're a proud part of the Woolworths Group - 200,000+ bright minds, passionate hearts and unique perspectives working together connected by a shared Purpose - 'to create better experiences together for a better tomorrow.'
Here you'll be supported and empowered to explore new ideas, make brave commitments and innovate better ways to meet the food and everyday needs of more than 24 million customers every week. Backed by a culture of genuine care, a flexible approach to work and the support to grow your career and make a meaningful impact, the possibilities for what we can achieve together are endless.
Everyone belongs at Woolworths Group
Diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging are key to realising our purpose of better together for a better tomorrow. We recognise the value our team's diversity brings to our business, customers, and communities and that teams with diverse experiences and backgrounds enrich our group and are better able to innovate and solve problems. As one of the largest employers in Australia and New Zealand, we aim to create a truly inclusive workplace where everyone feels that they belong, can be their best selves, and reach their full potential.
We encourage all candidates to apply; please let us know in your application if we can support you with any adjustments in the hiring process.
You can learn more about working with us on or via . #LI #work180.
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.
