Inventory Specialist - Hawthorn East
We’ve been proudly serving Australian communities since 1914 and have grown to become a top 30-listed company on the ASX with a portfolio of iconic homegrown brands. At the heart of our continued success is over 115,000 team members working across the country, all contributing to bringing our customers smiles. You’ll not only get to see your work make a difference, you’ll be part of a team working together to help Australians eat and live better every day.
About the team
Through the Liquorland banner, our Coles Liquor team work to bring the drinks our customers want, when and how they want them. With a network of more than 900 stores and ultra-convenient online sites, the team deliver on our commitment to provide accessible drink solutions for every occasion.
About the Role
We’re looking for an experienced Inventory Specialist to help improve inventory performance across our national Liquor Supply Chain. You’ll partner with stakeholders across the business to solve complex inventory challenges, reduce loss and drive continuous improvement.
With visibility across the end-to-end Liquor Supply Chain, you’ll identify operational risks, investigate complex inventory issues and deliver sustainable improvements that strengthen stock accuracy and reduce loss.
You’ll have the autonomy to get into the detail, challenge existing ways of working and influence teams across the network to deliver better outcomes. Your work will directly improve stock availability, reduce loss and support a better experience for our stores and customers.
Applications close Thursday July 30.
What you will do
You’ll work across the end-to-end Liquor Supply Chain to protect inventory integrity and reduce avoidable loss, partnering with internal teams and external logistics providers to deliver measurable operational and financial outcomes.
You will also
• Monitor inventory and loss performance to identify emerging trends, risks and opportunities.
• Lead root-cause analysis into complex inventory issues and implement sustainable corrective actions.
• Partner across Supply Chain, Operations, Finance, Merchandise, Technology and external logistics providers to deliver operational improvements.
• Analyse operational and financial data to identify trends, quantify loss drivers and measure the impact of improvement initiatives.
• Influence and coach stakeholders to improve inventory disciplines, controls and ways of working across the network.
• Identify, lead and deliver continuous improvement initiatives that strengthen inventory performance across the Liquor network.
About You and Your Skills
You’re an experienced inventory or supply chain professional who enjoys solving complex operational problems, taking ownership and seeing issues through to resolution.
You combine strong analytical capability and commercial judgement with the confidence to influence stakeholders, challenge constructively and deliver outcomes in a collaborative environment.
You will also have
• Experience in inventory management, inventory control, warehouse operations or supply chain within a complex operational environment.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving capability, including experience using data to identify trends, investigate issues and drive improvements.
• Demonstrated experience delivering sustainable process or performance improvements.
• Strong stakeholder management, communication and influencing skills.
• The ability to work independently, navigate ambiguity and take ownership.
• A proactive and curious approach, with the confidence to challenge existing ways of working and test new solutions.
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What’s in it for you?
- Flexible working options: We know that work is only one part of your life, so we actively encourage a positive work-life balance and provide hybrid working options to help you achieve it.
- Office perks: Take advantage of our gym facility and fitness classes, free parking, BBQ area, mini-Coles supermarket, fooderie hub where you can sample new products before they hit the shelves, school holiday program and so much more when you come in.
- Discounts: 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.
- 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.
- Investment in your future: Our annual team member share plan offer allows eligible team members to make regular pre-tax salary sacrifice deductions to purchase Coles Group shares.
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 inclusionrecruitment@coles.com.au
Job ID: 189530
Employment Type: Full time