State Planner (SA/NT/WA)

• Embrace flexibility and remote working
• Full time permanent opportunity
• Great career development opportunities
• State coverage and scope

Welcome to Woolworths 360
We’re the national team of 1,000 bright minds designing, developing and innovating the retail stores of the future across construction, operations, sustainability, data, refrigeration, and everything in between. United by a passion for bringing fresh food and great experiences to our customers every day, our ‘Best in, Better out’ mentality guides our decisions and puts customers at the heart of all we do. Every day we’re reimagining and reinventing our stores, innovating new fulfilment processes, and developing simpler, smarter and more sustainable solutions to future proof our network and fight for a healthier planet.

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 progressive and flexible ‘work from anywhere’ policy that gives you control over your work, life and wellbeing.
• 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.
• A global business with endless career possibilities around every corner and across every discipline – with valuable exposure to a vast and exciting business network.
• An attractive remuneration package including base + super + Tool of Trade (vehicle, laptop, phone).
• A range of programs to help you prioritise and manage your wellbeing, including a competitive leave policy and 24/7 access to the Sonder app.

What you’ll do
In this role you will be accountable for the end to end development of conceptual designs for store flow and layout in refurbishment and new stores. Through architectural documentation you will ensure the right offer is planned, maximising customer experience whilst meeting business expectations. You will work cross-functionally and collaboratively to identify the right offer targeted to site specifics, supporting capital approval process and support the end-to-end delivery of projects.

This role is primarily responsible for managing projects and stakeholders at a state level which would involve attending stores through all stages of projects, providing technical advice and influence across the state.

• Delivering planning and documentation outcomes for all new, replacement, acquisition, extension, Renewal projects as well as all business initiatives and planning requirements for any store within the State
• Extension store plans post approval in conjunction with business categories, ensuring financial viability & construction costs are aligned to launch
• Developing Renewal documentation from project commencement to launch to meet objectives, budget direction, site-specific needs and direct planning team to achieve end store plan goal
• Strategic layout planning ensuring the best scheme is developed for all project types with both a commercial and customer lens
• Managing external consultants required to deliver planning, documentation and store design for these works within budget
• Providing architectural and technical advice relating to concept, project plans, building and Woolworths standards

What you’ll bring
To be successful in this role, you will have:

• Degree qualifications in architecture will be well regarded, whilst technical architectural drafting or related knowledge/experience is essential
• Retail planning experience, with design, commercial or financial understanding desirable
• Excellent people and communication, negotiation and influencing skills
• An ability to work with design team on how to best implement design in simple and complex stores
• An ability to demonstrate leadership skills including team organisation, coaching and training.
• Fluent capability to work in architectural drafting software (Revit)
• Ability to represent the State Planning Manager at meetings and forums.

Everyone belongs at Woolworths Group
We believe that 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, our customers and our 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 self 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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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. #LI #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.