WooliesX Hiring for Head of Strategy – WooliesX at Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Full Time

Woolworths Group is a food and everyday needs retailer united by the shared purpose of creating better experiences together for a better tomorrow. With more than 1,400 stores across its Woolworths Supermarkets, Countdown Supermarkets (New Zealand) and BIG W brands, and fast-growing eCommerce businesses, Woolworths Group is Australia and New Zealand’s largest retailer. A top 10 company on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX), Woolworths Group employs more than 180,000 team members and serves more than 20 million customers a week.

• Your path to many possible futures
• An opportunity to make a visible difference to a ~A$60b business, developing and executing the most critical strategic initiatives within divisions and across the portfolio
• Key leadership role within Woolworths largest business
• Surry Hills location with flexible/hybrid working

The Opportunity

This role will be a critical leadership position in the WooliesX strategy, transformation and enablement team. In this role you will support the GM of Strategy, Transformation and Enablement, the MD of EverydayX, our loyalty and services organisation, and the Woolies X leadership team to set and refine the strategic priorities for the WooliesX business, including defining the role that it will play within the Woolworths Group. You will lead teams that are engaged across a portfolio of projects aligned to the strategic priorities of the EverydayX and the entire Woolworths Group.

More Specifically The Role Will

• Support the MD of EverydayX and the wider WooliesX leadership team in the definition of their strategic plan, and provide thought leadership to the leadership team
• Role model partnering across Woolworths Group, ensuring initiatives are scoped and orchestrated end to end
• Support the GM of Strategy, Transformation and Enablement for WooliesX with the leadership and direction of the strategy team. Including leading & developing a team of high performing strategy members (ex top tier consultants and experienced strategists)
• Serve on the Woolworths Group Strategy leadership team, co-leading a community squad and looking after career development for a cohort of team members
• Executive level communication and engagement, including preparation of strategy updates to the Executive Committee and the Woolworths Board

Who We’re Looking For

Key to the success of someone in this role is the ability to to influence and build relationships with the senior management team and executives. You will be comfortable working in a fast paced environment and leading teams in pressured situations, drawing on your structured and rigorous approach. You will have deep experience and knowledge of strategic problem solving frameworks and can demonstrate your success delivering on large-scale projects and change management. You are a dynamic and results oriented individual with a positive attitude and strong customer first mindset.

In Addition You Will Possess

• Experience in and deep passion for all things digital, eCommerce and Loyalty
• Deep experience and knowledge of strategic problem solving and frameworks, delivering large-scale projects and change management
• Exceptional ability to influence, establish and maintain strong relationships with senior leadership team
• Outstanding written and oral communication
• Strong leadership, coaching and people development skills
• Organised and structured, able to coordinate multiple streams of work in parallel
• Driven & dynamic, pushes the boundaries and goes beyond the obvious
• Result-oriented, positive work ethic, collaborative and people-oriented mindset
• Minimum 7 years experience in a top tier strategy consultancy or similar experience in a corporate strategy environment
• Retail / consumer market experience is required
• Outstanding academic record and social achievements; top tier MBA preferred

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

If you meet a number of the requirements, but not all, we encourage you to submit your application. You can learn more about working with us on LinkedIn or via www.wowcareers.com.au. #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.