We’ve been trusted to serve Aussie communities since 1914 and grown to become a top 30-listed on the ASX with over 115,000 team members and a portfolio of iconic brands. At Coles Group, you’ll not only get to make a difference to millions of Aussie lives—you’ll also get to see your impact.

ABOUT YOU AND YOUR SKILLS

We are looking for a strategic sourcing or procurement professional with a strong blend of commercial acumen, cross functional collaboration skills and value-drive thinking. Individuals with prior experience in category management or within a senior developer role that can demonstrate a sound understanding of manufacturing processes would also be advantageous. Strong project management, planning, problem solving, and time management skills are essential.

You will also have:

• Proven experience within the retail or FMCG industry
• Experience in complex commercial negotiations across multiple categories, jurisdictions and stakeholder groups
• Strong people skills and proven ability to engage with internal and external stakeholders
• Critical thinking with the ability to operate in a dynamic, customer-driven retail environment
• Developed presentation and facilitation skills

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Reporting to the Own Brand Value Added Sourcing Lead, this role will see you leverage your procurement sourcing strategies whilst allowing you to have key stakeholder relationships with several business units to really drive added value within the wider Own Brand function.

You will:

• Support Value Added Sourcing initiatives to unlock end-to-end efficiency and deliver COGS savings
• Contribute to Own Band volume and share growth by supporting strategic sourcing initiatives to offset investment in Simply and Value Strategy
• Drive alignment of sourcing strategies with enterprise priorities and the strategic blueprint
• Help identify and deliver ‘right-fit’ supplier partnerships focused on value creation, supply security, sustainability and P&L benefits
• Implement criteria for Value-Add agreements, including cost transparency, commodity impact visibility and efficiency targets
• Enhance supplier collaboration for end-to-end reviews, packaging and product efficiency and cost input analysis
• Collaborate and align with various internal stakeholders on priority alignment, governance and benefit realisation