Senior Quantity Surveyor

Woolworths Group; Sydney; On-site; AUD 100,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work from anywhere policy

Team discounts across various brands

Competitive remuneration package

Wellbeing programs and leave policies

Job summary

A leading grocery retailer in Sydney seeks a National Commercial Cost Manager to enhance cost control strategies and support governance across projects. This mid-senior level full-time role offers a hybrid work model, emphasizing collaboration with various internal and external stakeholders. Candidates should have significant experience in cost management, ideally within retail or construction. Exceptional problem-solving and financial analysis skills are crucial for success.

Qualifications

• Deep understanding of cost management principles.
• Experience in retail projects or large program involvement preferred.
• Ability to build strong relationships founded on trust.

Responsibilities

• Enhance commercial management and cost control strategies.
• Develop standardized templates for commercial reviews.
• Drive best-in-class cost management across projects.
• Navigate the evolving commercial landscape with data analytics.

Skills

Strong Quantity Surveying skill set

Attention to detail

Problem-solving skills

Financial analysis skills

Data stewardship capabilities

Education

Experience as a Senior Cost Manager or Associate Director

Job description

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• Sydney based role - Hybrid - WFH 2 days a week
• Newly created role with the ability to really make your mark

We are Woolworths Group

We are Woolworths Group. 200,000+ bright minds, passionate hearts, and unique perspectives across Australia and New Zealand. Connected by a shared Purpose - 'to create better experiences together for a better tomorrow'. That Purpose 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. 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.

Welcome to Woolworths 360

We’re the national team of 5,000 bright minds designing, developing and innovating the retail stores of the future across construction, operations, sustainability, data, refrigeration, and everything in between. United by a passion for bringing fresh food and great experiences to our customers every day, our ‘Best in, Better out’ mentality guides our decisions and puts customers at the heart of all we do. Every day we’re reimagining and reinventing our stores, innovating new fulfillment processes, and developing simpler, smarter and more sustainable solutions to future proof our network and fight for a healthier planet.

What you’ll do

• Enhance our commercial management and cost control strategies, directly supporting the internal teams to ensure governance and value management across all projects.
• Developing standardised templates, providing commercial reviews of store schemes, market engagement and ensuring the quality of data inputs.
• Drive best-in-class cost management, adopting an end-to-end perspective across 360 and its associated partners.
• Navigate the evolving commercial landscape, leveraging data and analytics to uncover new commercial opportunities and determine the optimal model that strikes a balance between customer and Team satisfaction, safety, and profitability.
• Collaborate effectively in a complex matrix environment, partner with diverse internal and external stakeholders, solve problems and enhance overall business performance.
• Identify risks and develop robust mitigation strategies, encompassing both financial and business performance risks.

What you’ll bring

• Previous experience within the construction industry as either a Senior Cost Manager or Associate Director level with a strong Quantity Surveying skill set
• Deep understanding of cost management principles, combined with exceptional attention to detail and problem-solving skills, to drive the financial and commercial success of our national capital programs.
• Experience in retail projects or involvement in a large program of work is preferred.
• Superior financial analysis skills that drive compelling and actionable insights
• The ability to build strong relationships founded on trust and thought leadership and the ability to then deliver clear value and influence an outcome
• Experience creating and driving strategy and developing the narrative to present to senior leaders
• Highly developed written and verbal presentation skills with the ability to synthesise different sources of data into compelling reports and recommendations
• Strong data stewardship capabilities, with the ability to review, manage, and leverage data to generate insights that enhance our processes and overall performance.

What you’ll experience

Our Team Members are at the heart of everything we do and we’re always looking for ways to support your career journey and reward great work:

• A progressive and flexible ‘work from anywhere’ policy that gives you control over your work, life and wellbeing.
• 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.
• An attractive remuneration package
• A range of programs to help you prioritise and manage your wellbeing, including a competitive leave policy and 24/7 access to the Sonder app.

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

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Finance and Sales

• Industries

  Construction

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