We’ve been trusted to serve Aussie communities since 1914 and grown to become a top 30-listed on the ASX with 120,000 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 the team

The engine room of our business, our Central Operations team keeps us moving and delivering our services to all Australians. We empower and support our retail teams across the country, helping them deliver great experiences for our customers every single day.

We’re looking for an exceptional Outbound Planning Specialist to join our team. Reporting to the National Outbound Planning Manager. This is an exciting permanent career prospect for a passionate individual working to support continuous improvements

About the role

You’ll take responsibility for managing Outbound Volumes and Store Delivery rosters across our network of distribution centres(DC) and stores . A large part of this is supporting DC’s and stores to achieve volumes within their capacity to manage. You will also be:

• Effectively negotiating across stakeholders in managing rosters and volume changes
• provide a strategic review of rosters and volumes across network to optimise cost and service working across Stores, Transport, and DCs and communicate roster and volume changes to impacted logistics and store teams
• forecasting and resolving Outbound demand breaches ahead of time
• working with Distribution centres and Operations team to maintain balanced Volumes and store delivery roster frequency end to end
• ensuring Store Operations, logistics and business units are aligned to rosters and volume flow for public holidays and major events in timely manner
• lead the delivery of specific initiatives to improve the Outbound flow of goods

About you and your skills

• an understanding of end-to-end supply chain, logistics processes and store operations would be beneficial
• a strong problem-solving ability coupled with the capacity to identify areas for continuous improvement
• the ability to work autonomously and in a team environment across all levels of the organisation
• high attention to detail and accuracy
• strong Stakeholder, time management, organisational and communication skills, along with a strong customer and team focus will also see you excel in this role
• an advanced level of expertise utilising MS Excel to manage and analyse data
• Strong working knowledge of MS office and PowerPoint
• the ability to build relationships and influence key stakeholder groups (internally and externally)
• a familiarity with working in a fast paced and constantly changing environment
  

Take your next step into something bigger, apply now

With us it’s not about the discounts (although you do get those), it’s about joining a team where your wellbeing and professional development is invested in and celebrating your contributions is the norm. And because everyone leads unique lives, we offer flexible work including work from home, additional leave and parental leave entitlements.

We’re continuing to build a gender equitable team, and a culture that’s just as diverse, inclusive and welcoming as the communities we serve. We encourage applications from people of all ages, cultures (including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples), abilities, sexual orientation and gender identities.

We’re happy to adjust our recruitment process to support candidates with disability. Find out more in the ‘Our Recruitment Process’ section of our careers site.

Safer together

We’re committed to providing a safe environment for our team members and our customers, so you’ll need to be vaccinated against COVID-19 before joining the team, unless you’re medically exempt. You’ll also need to disclose and evidence your COVID-19 vaccination status as part of your application. Thanks for understanding.

Job ID: 61820

Employment Type: Full time