Assistant State Manager | SA/NT/WA

• Lead the charge to elevate our customer and team experience into the next generation

• Contribute significantly to shaping and executing strategic initiatives

• Travel across the region

• Role based in Adelaide SA (office in Gepps Cross)

The Opportunity

The Assistant State Manager role is key to our transformational journey and will allow you to lead programs and initiatives designed to grow/improve our business across the region, and have a sustainable impact on our team and customer culture. To be successful you will have the ability to think big picture and translate strategy into executable plans. You will also have strong people skills and a collaborative approach to achieving success. 

What you’ll do  

You will support the State Director and partner with Zone Operations Managers and state partners to drive and land key operational initiatives and focuses. Together you’ll bring an end to end comprehensive approach to all our strategic initiatives, leading the translation of strategy into executable plans in the state network.

You will:

• Be a key member of our state leadership team, working together to create a great place to work and improve our customer experience time after time.

• Be responsible for contributing to and bringing the strategy and culture to life throughout the states.

• Inspire and lead large teams through change, working at scale and complexity 

• Actively participate in strategy implementation, aligning local initiatives with the broader organizational goals.

• Lead and inspire large teams through periods of change, providing clear direction, open communication, and consistent support.

• Manage complex projects and initiatives, ensuring timely and successful execution while prioritizing efficiency and effectiveness.

• Build strong relationships with key stakeholders, to drive collaboration and achieve mutual success.

What you’ll bring

Your experienced operational leadership and connection will be key to our cultural transformation and help us continue to lead and embed our ways of working to keep things simple, ensure our teams feel empowered, free to contribute and put our customers first. 

You will bring; 

• Extensive large scale, multi-site or national leadership experience

• Strong stakeholder management, influencing and partnering skills

• Financial acumen and the ability to analyse information, identify trends and patterns

• Proven change management and implementation experience

• Flexibility to travel across the region

What you’ll experience

Our Team Members are at the heart of everything we do and we’re always looking for ways to support your career journey and reward great work:

• A global business with endless career possibilities around every corner and across every discipline – with valuable exposure to a vast and exciting business network.

• Access to Sonder.  Sonder provides free confidential 24/7 personalised financial, medical safety, psychological or physical support for team members and their families.

• Team discounts across our range of Woolworths Group brands you know and love and a robust rewards program that celebrates and incentivises purpose-driven work.

• Attractive remuneration package, including base salary, Tool of Trade, super and performance-based incentive schemes

We are Woolworths Group   

We are Woolworths Group. 200,000+ bright minds, passionate hearts and unique perspectives connected by a shared Purpose – ‘to create better experiences together for a better tomorrow.’ It’s that Purpose that fuels our ambition 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. 

If you’re excited to turn today’s blue sky thinking into a better tomorrow for future generations, you’ll find yourself supported and enriched in a dynamic, inclusive and empowering workplace that reflects the diverse communities we serve. With a culture of genuine care, a flexible approach to work and opportunities across the group 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.

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