Head of Supplementary Sourcing & Trading

Woolworths Group; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 200,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Team discounts across Woolworths Group

Rewards program

Work from anywhere policy

Parental Leave

Job summary

Woolworths Group in Sydney (Bella Vista) seeks a senior leader to head supplementary sourcing and trading for its E2E Meat team. This full-time, hybrid role manages sourcing strategy, supplier relationships, and market intelligence to drive commercial outcomes.

You will collaborate with Planning, Logistics, Manufacturing and Quality to mitigate risks and unlock opportunities, while building a high-performing team and partnering across exports.

Qualifications

• Extensive commercial procurement experience in agricultural commodities or protein markets.
• Deep understanding of meat market cyclicality and supply chains.
• Proven experience balancing complex networks and inventory optimization.

Responsibilities

• Architect and execute boxed meat sourcing strategy leveraging market intelligence.
• Cultivate high-value partnerships with suppliers and coaching on procurement methodologies.
• Set robust product specifications with Quality and Livestock teams to reduce costs without compromising quality.
• Balance livestock utilisation, boxed meat purchasing, and export opportunities across the network.

Skills

Commercial procurement

Protein market

Supply chain management

Strategic acumen

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Integrity

Job description

• Sydney location (Bella Vista). Hybrid working (3 days in office, 2 days WFH)
• Key strategic leadership position

• Full time permanent position
• Sydney location (Bella Vista). Hybrid working (3 days in office, 2 days WFH)
• Key strategic leadership position

We are Woolworths Group

We are Woolworths Group. 200,000+ bright minds, passionate hearts and unique perspectives connected by a shared Purpose - ‘to create better experiences together for a better tomorrow.’ It’s that Purpose that fuels our ambition to explore new ideas, make brave commitments and innovate better ways to meet the food and everyday needs of more than 24 million customers every week.

If you’re excited to turn today’s blue sky thinking into a better tomorrow for future generations, you’ll find yourself supported and enriched in a dynamic, inclusive and empowering workplace that reflects the diverse communities we serve. With a culture of genuine care, a flexible approach to work and opportunities across the group to grow your career and make a meaningful impact, the possibilities for what we can achieve together are endless.

E2E Meat

E2E Meat is Woolworths' fully integrated, multi-channel red meat team. Our end-to-end operational model spans commercial, product development, and the supply chain, where we manage livestock, processing, manufacturing, and strategic planning. We maintain total oversight and ensure excellence from farm to customer.

Our ambition is to be Australia’s most trusted provider of red meat and we bring this mission to life through our commitment to

• Delivering trusted prices, quality, and freshness
• Developing solutions and products with care
• Providing deep expertise in beef, pork, and lamb

Reporting to the GM - Strategy and Planning, the Head of Supplementary Sourcing and Trading is a key leadership role responsible for both architecting Woolworths' overarching boxed meat sourcing strategy and driving hands-on, day-to-day purchasing execution. In this pivotal position, you will drive commercial outcomes by leveraging deep market intelligence and by building high-value industry partnerships. You will partner across the value chain with planning, logistics, processing, manufacturing, and quality to mitigate sourcing risks and unlock continuous commercial opportunities.

What You’ll Do

• Architect and execute Woolworths' overarching boxed meat sourcing strategy, leveraging deep market intelligence and seasonal insights to optimise purchasing and drive competitive commercial outcomes.
• Cultivate high-value partnerships across both large and small-scale industry suppliers, establishing clear performance metrics and coaching suppliers on procurement methodologies to manage capacity and capability.
• Collaborate with Quality and Livestock teams to set robust product specifications while proactively challenging existing standards in partnership with suppliers to reduce raw material costs without compromising quality or customer experience.
• Partner with Planning, B2B, and Export teams to balance livestock utilisation, boxed meat purchasing, and export opportunities across the network, establishing robust decision frameworks that empower rapid execution.
• Lead the strategic partnership and forward-sales strategy in partnership with our export sales agent, establishing robust KPIs, conducting business performance reviews, and leveraging market intelligence to understand trends, and capture emerging risks and opportunities.
• Partner with Planning and Commercial to evaluate economic trade-offs on raw material excess to retail demand, proactively routing products to optimal B2B or export channels to maximise margin recovery, establish forward vs. spot market strategies, and mitigate overall inventory risks.
• Act as the voice of Purchasing and challenger during demand consensus forums, pressure-testing inventory volumes and timing with Replenishment, Commercial, Planning, and Manufacturing.
• Design processes and tools to capture real-time market insights, using data to inform short-term purchasing tactics and educate the broader commercial team on market risks and opportunities.
• Lead the operational mechanics, storage management, and risk mitigation for the annual Deli Ham program, delivering year-round performance reporting to key business leaders.
• Oversee the Operations Services team to ensure flawless execution of inventory, order management and logistics.
• Lead, coach, and develop a high-performing team while building strong, collaborative relationships across the end-to-end meat business and the wider Woolworths ecosystem.

What You’ll Bring

• Extensive commercial procurement experience within agricultural commodities, fresh food, or protein markets, backed by a strong track record of crafting and delivering high-impact sourcing strategies.
• Deep protein market expertise, including a thorough understanding of meat market cyclicality, livestock supply chains, buy/sell windows, and processing specifications.
• Proven experience in large-scale supply chain management with demonstrated success balancing complex networks and inventory optimisation.
• Strong strategic acumen with data-driven problem-solving capabilities, enabling you to translate market volatility into actionable purchasing strategies and cost efficiencies.
• Accomplished senior leadership experience in coaching, developing teams, and cultivating high-performing cultures centred on operational excellence.
• Exceptional partnership and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence cross-functional peers and build enduring external supplier networks.
• Woolworths' core values by caring deeply about team and customer outcomes, listening and learning continuously, and maintaining integrity in every decision made.

What You’ll Experience

We embrace diversity of thought and love to take on challenges with a pragmatic and innovative approach. Our culture thrives on mutual respect, care, curiosity, openness, and a proactive attitude. We continually seek ways to pair, collaborate, support, and learn from each other as a team!

• 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
• A progressive and flexible ‘work from anywhere' policy that gives you the opportunity to harmonise work, life and your wellbeing
• Parental Leave provisions and various leave types, including but not limited to Study Leave and Sports Representation Leave

Everyone belongs at Woolworths Group

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, customers, and 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 selves, 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.