P&C Manager - 10 month FTC - Hawthorn East

We’ve been trusted to serve Aussie communities since 1914 and grown to become a top 30-listed on the ASX with over 115,000 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

People and Culture are dedicated to fostering  an engaged and empowered workplace. One that’s strong, diverse and where our team members have exciting career pathways to choose from. We do it by making people’s lives easier through better experiences, useful tools, and by providing ongoing opportunities to learn and grow.

About the role - 10 month FTC starting in August 2025

The P&C Business Partner Manager – Technology partners with tech leaders to align people strategy with business goals, drive workforce planning, and lead change across major transformations. Reporting to the Head of P&C – Technology & Digital and supporting General Managers, this role ensures the right structure, capability, and culture are in place for tech teams to scale, grow talent, and deliver impact.
 

What You’ll Be Doing

Strategic Partnership: Work closely with tech leaders to understand business goals and deliver aligned people strategies (e.g., workforce planning, capability build, culture uplift).
Accountable for delivering the workforce strategy and roadmap: Insourcing contingent talent, Implementing upskilling for capabilities needed in the new model, Partner with senior stakeholders (General Managers)
Talent & Capability: Support the identification, development, and retention of critical tech talent; drive succession planning and leadership development.
Organisational Design: Identify, define organisational design and advise on team structures, roles, and ways of working to enable agile delivery and tech innovation.
Change & Transformation: Support people aspects of tech transformation, operating model shifts, or system/tool implementations.
Culture & Engagement: Drive a high-performance and inclusive culture within tech teams, using data and insights  
P&C Initiatives: Translate enterprise-wide people initiatives (e.g., performance, diversity, EVP) into meaningful actions tailored for tech teams.

Good things you'll need

HR/People Advisory Experience: Proven experience as a People Business Partner in a complex, fast-paced environment.
Tech-Savvy Mindset: Experience supporting or partnering with technology, digital, or engineering teams. Understanding of agile environments is a strong advantage.
Strategic Thinking: Ability to align people initiatives with long-term business and workforce goals.
Delivery: Ability to drive the P&C Workforce strategy and deliver on key components across our COE Operating model and Technology function.
Relationship building: Ability to work across P&C teams and with a diverse range of business stakeholders at all levels
Commercial Acumen: Understand how tech contributes to broader business outcomes and the ability to influence through data and insight.
Change Management: Demonstrated ability to support organisational change and tech transformation programs.
Stakeholder Influence: Strong relationship-building and coaching skills, particularly with senior tech leaders and people managers.
Data-Driven: Comfortable working with people analytics to shape decisions and priorities

Applications close on 21/05/2025 at 23:59PM

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: 155375

Employment Type: Full time