Trade Store Area Manager - Kwinana WA

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Blackwoods is seeking a people-first, commercially minded Area Trade Store Manager to lead a regional portfolio of WA trade stores from Kwinana. You’ll drive operational discipline, culture, and continuous improvement across multiple sites, lifting performance, enhancing customer outcomes, and ensuring safety and audit readiness. Responsibilities include leading remote teams, delivering consistent service, partnering with sales and suppliers, optimizing pricing and merchandising, and managing stock, workflows, and key metrics. The ideal candidate has proven multi-site or complex operations leadership, strong stakeholder management, and a hands-on, pragmatic leadership style with budget discipline. To apply, tailor your resume to show regional leadership, inventory control, and evidence of audit-ready operations, and be prepared for background checks.

The Role

We’re looking for a people-first, commercially minded Area Trade Store Manager to lead a portfolio of trade stores across WA.

As a leader, you’ll be crucial in providing operational discipline, reinforcing workplace culture, and providing a continuous improvement mindset to a multi-site environment.

You’ll be responsible for lifting performance, strengthening customer outcomes, and ensuring each location runs safely, efficiently, and audit-ready.

If you are a driven leader with a passion for collaboration; apply with us today!

What You’ll Be Doing

• Lead and develop multi-site teams across a regional network, creating a strong culture of accountability, safety, and performance
• Drive customer experience and retention, ensuring consistent, high-quality service delivery across all locations
• Partner with sales teams, key customers, and suppliers to unlock sustainable growth opportunities
• Lift commercial performance through local execution of pricing, merchandising, and in-store initiatives
• Own operational excellence — optimising workflows, layouts, and processes across sites
• Manage stock, supplier relationships, and inventory performance to maintain effective supply flow
• Monitor and act on key metrics (sales, DIFOT, NPS, engagement), using data to drive decisions
• Ensure sites are audit-ready, with strong adherence to HSE standards, HR compliance, and operational controls
• Lead cost and budget management, balancing efficiency with service outcomes
• Coach, develop, and performance-manage leaders and teams, building capability across a dispersed workforce

What You Bring

• Proven experience leading multi-site operations and/or complex single-site environments (retail, FMCG, supply chain, or in similar sectors)
• Strong capability managing remote teams and diverse stakeholders
• A solid understanding of mid-market supply chain or inventory-driven operations
• Experience driving operational change, including store resets, process improvements, or supplier realignment
• Commercial acumen with accountability for budgets, performance, and growth outcomes
• A people-first leadership style grounded in safety, structure, and high standards
• High attention to detail — you run structured, compliant, audit-ready operations
• The confidence to engage and influence senior stakeholders and suppliers, while staying collaborative and outcome-focused
• A pragmatic, hands-on mindset — you roll up your sleeves and solve problems

Why Join Us

• Competitive salary + Senior Executive Incentive Plan + Wesfarmers shares
• Fully maintained company vehicle
• Team Member discounts across Kmart, Bunnings, Target & Officeworks + FREE One Pass
• Access to exclusive Wesfarmers partner offers
• Flexible working arrangements
• Strong career pathways within a national business backed by Wesfarmers
• Ongoing training and leadership development
• Wellbeing support (EAP), recognition programs, referral bonuses, additional leave options, and paid parental leave

About Blackwoods

For over 140 years, Blackwoods has been Australia’s leading supplier of industrial and safety products, supporting customers across every sector with over 300,000 products from global brands.

With more than 50 branches and 6 distribution centres nationwide, we combine scale with local expertise. As part of the Wesfarmers group, we offer the opportunity to build a meaningful career while helping our customers keep their operations moving.

NEXT STEPS

If you meet most of the criteria listed above and would like to be considered for this opportunity, please send your application today. We will be contacting suitable candidates as we receive them.

As part of our recruitment process and commitment to safety, you may be required to undertake background checks (which may include a police check, a pre-employment medical assessment; and/or drug & alcohol testing) as part of your application process.

Blackwoods also promotes diversity and inclusion across our workplaces and encourages applications from all backgrounds, including people from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities, the LGBTQI+ community and people with disabilities.