Program Manager Simpler for Stores

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Program  Manager | Simpler for Stores

• New & Exciting Role

• National & Multi project scope

• Lead & Grow a Diverse team of professionals

About Us

Woolworths is proud to be Aussie, through and through.  It's why 96% of our fresh fruit & veg comes from our very own backyard and it's also the reason why 100% of our fresh meat comes from Australian farms and nowhere else.  Welcome to Australia's Fresh Food People!

We are much more than a supermarket though, we are part of Australia's biggest retail group, Woolworths Limited, and have the most trusted food, liquor and general merchandise brands. With recent expansion into financial services and award-winning multi-channel initiatives, our innovation and customer obsession is changing the face of Australian retail.

About You

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

Reporting to the Head of Non-Trade, you  will lead the design and development of new innovative solutions  to make things simpler for our Store Teams and better for our Customers across our non trade areas.

You will also lead, manage a coach a team of Business Analysts and Operations Leads and act as a support to the greater team including preparation & coordination of Steering Committee materials and overall program governance. .

If you’re looking for a challenge and to branch out of Project Management to a role where you will be creating the solution and then managing the project then we’d love to connect.

The successful candidate will be accountable for:

• Leading the design and development of solutions to improve team experience in-store & improve the customer experience

• Experience in establishing and leading cross functional continuous improvement projects

• Project Managing the end to end delivery of the initiative into Store

• Develop the approach, business requirements and associated business case for the initiative

• Partner with a number of stakeholders collaboratively across the team and the business to develop the approach for the initiative, the business requirements and proof of concept including any technology and systems requirements

• Develop and manage an appropriate project schedule to feed into the overall program schedule (Schedule, Dependencies, Risk, financials)

• Run regular meetings and sessions to drive outcomes and also ensure project delivery

• Timely and accurate reporting on progress, risks, roadblocks, financials

• Engaging and managing senior stakeholders to ensure buy in and support

• Ensure end state teams are ready to accept the change

• Ensure smooth delivery and implementation into Stores

What Knowledge & Experience do you need:

• Effective relationship builder -  junior through to senior stakeholders

• Proven ability to lead and grow a team

• Extensive Project Management experience

• Proven experience in process improvement (DMAIC, Lean, DMADV, Green Belt/ Black Belt), certification would be highly regarded

• Previous experience in initiative start up from solution design through to implementation

• Ability to manage multiple stakeholders within a matrix work environment

• Strong commercial / business acumen

• Track record in managing complex projects

• Previous Retail or Supply Chain experience  

• Business case development

• Previous experience in programs with end to end process improvement changes

• Formal project management qualifications

• Previous experience in programs with People and Process impacts