Operations Manager (Nepean/Lennox Village)

Summary about this job

Detail information about job Operations Manager (Nepean/Lennox Village). Terms and conditions vacancy

• Top ASX 30 listed company
• Work for an exciting brand with a national portfolio
• Important leadership role with a commercial focus

We exist to enrich community experiences. We reimagine destinations of the future, creating places where people love to connect. We do this by creating unique and relevant consumer experiences, delivering compelling value to our retail partners and striving for excellence in everything we do.

About the Centres

Nepean Village is a single-level fully-enclosed sub regional shopping centre located 50kms west of the Sydney CBD in Penrith, a large, established suburb at the foothills of the Blue Mountains. The centre is anchored by Coles and a Kmart that is open 24 hours a day, seven days a week. With more than 49 specialty stores and 800 car parking spaces, the centre offers local residents a variety of choice in fresh food and services.


Lennox Village is a single-level neighbourhood shopping centre situated in the suburb of Emu Plains, Penrith, approximately 55km from the Sydney CBD. The well-established centre is anchored by Woolworths, Aldi and Dan Murphy's with an additional 30 specialty retailers. With more than 400 car parking spaces, Lennox Village’s focus is to provide local residents with a convenient, everyday fresh food shopping experience.

What will you bring?

You will be an experienced Operations or Facilities manager with a strong understanding of building operations, legislative requirements, WH&S and project management. You will have strong budgeting, reporting and forecasting capabilities coupled with a proven track record in contractor management. You will be known for your tenacious approach to achieving positive outcomes and your ability to resolve complex issues effectively.

You will have demonstrated experience in Health and Safety management across a range of projects and have an exceptional ability to take initiative and proactively manage changes that impact the centre(s). Your knowledge of retail leases & retailer management together with centre operations (tenancy delivery, facilities management, safety and security) will be enable you to drive success. A strong people leader you will be skilled at coaching and mentoring to build capability of your people. A relevant tertiary qualification is desirable.

What will success look like?

We Imagine a Better Way

• You champion new ideas, facilitating changes to improve customer outcomes.
• You consistently role model the values and behaviours.
• You are comfortable in challenging the status quo across the organisation to get better outcomes.

We Embrace Difference

• You advocate equal opportunity, challenging assumptions to create a diverse workforce.
• You seek out and encourage diverse views to challenge your own thinking
• You understand and show respect for the diversity of the Vicinity community.

We Always Collaborate

• You engage and communicate with your team, consistently and effectively sharing information.
• You proactively develop a welcoming team environment where team member feel supported and valued.
• You influence and manage key stakeholders to enable better outcome for our customers.

Why Vicinity?

At Vicinity, we are in the business of people. The people who shop in our centres, lease our retail space, invest in our centres, and of course, the people who work in and for our centres and our corporate office. Our people are important, and we believe in giving them every opportunity to grow and succeed in our business. Our benefits program focuses on creating an awesome place to work in which our people are rewarded and recognised, and offers flexibility, balance and continuous learning opportunities, ensuring we give back, and that we look after ourselves.

Our values cultivate a culture that encourages our 1300+ team members to be curious, agile, passionate and committed. At Vicinity we embrace difference. We are committed to creating an inclusive work environment that supports diversity and flexibility.

Note: To be eligible to apply for this position, you must have existing, relevant Australian work rights. At the later stages of the recruitment process the shortlisted candidate/candidates will be required to undergo a Criminal History Background/Police Check as a mandatory part of the process. Additional qualification checks may also be required dependant on role and level.