Trading Manager Fresh - Coles Supermarkets - Newton

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Coles Group is seeking a Trading Manager Fresh for the Newton store, a full-time leadership role reporting to the Store Manager. You’ll lead the Fresh Departments to deliver outstanding customer experiences, drive sales, manage costs and rostering, and push continuous improvement. The ideal candidate is a practical leader who can influence stakeholders, stays customer-obsessed, and fosters a one team culture that prioritises health, safety and wellbeing. Benefits include 5% staff discounts, 10% double discounts, recognition via mythanks, development opportunities, novated leases, a share plan, and paid parental leave. To apply, tailor your resume with measurable coaching outcomes and rostering results, show stakeholder collaboration, and reference job ID 177472; adjustments available via inclusion team.

From small everyday moments among the team to larger-scale changes unique to a business like ours, as a Leader, you’ll see the impact of your work connecting to customers and the communities we serve. Whether you’re in a store, distribution centre, manufacturing site or on the road, you’ll play an important part in how we achieve our purpose of helping Australians eat and live better every day.

About the role 

Reporting to the Store Manager, you’ll develop and inspire our team and provide amazing customer experiences and create a great place to work at our store Fresh Departments. You’ll also lead our team through effective coaching and support to ensure ongoing business development and growth.

About you and your skills

• Direct leadership experience as you’ll need to lead, coach and develop your team to achieve sales growth, cost control and rostering requirements
• To be proactive in driving continuous improvement of process and procedures
• Able to influence and maintain effective working relationships with internal and external stakeholders
• To be customer obsessed and continually seek to better understand our diverse customers
• To promote a one team culture which celebrates success and puts our team members health, safety, and wellbeing first

What’s in it for you?

• More cash staying in your pocket: Eligible team members receive 5% discount all year round on your Supermarket and Liquor online and in-store purchases. We also offer additional periods of double discount (10%) at various times throughout the year. As well as hotdeals exclusive to team members that translate into additional savings.
• Reward through recognition: Give and receive recognition, linked to our Coles values, through our digital recognition platform ‘mythanks’. You can accumulate points to redeem in the online shop for exciting gifts and electronic gift cards from an extensive range of retailers.
• Opportunities for learning and development: No matter where you start within our diverse business, you’ll have experiences, exposure, and education to satisfy you. Discover and explore a variety of career development programs and job-specific training.
• Novated car leases: Looking for a new car? We provide access to novated leasing for eligible team members.
• Investment in your future: Become a part-owner of the Coles Group. Our annual team member share plan offer allows eligible team members to make regular pre-tax salary sacrifice deductions to purchase Coles Group shares.
• Paid parental leave: We understand how important your life outside work is and offer permanent team members paid parental leave to support you in balancing work and family.

About the recruitment process

We’re continuing to build a gender equitable team, and a culture that is just as diverse, inclusive and welcoming as the communities we serve. We are committed to creating a workplace that is safe and respectful for our team. 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. For further information and additional contact details visit the ‘Our Recruitment Process’ section of our careers site or email [email protected]

Job ID: 177472

Employment Type: Full time