Strategy Manager

Woolworths Group; Sydney; On-site; AUD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Sonder support

Leave policy accessibility

Team discounts across Woolworths Group

Salary Sacrifice program

Job summary

Woolworths Group is seeking a strategic leader to develop high-impact plans across divisions and the portfolio, reporting to Senior Strategy Manager/General Manager. You will manage projects, lead teams, and provide strategic advice to unlock profitable growth beyond day-to-day operations.

The role emphasizes coaching, rigorous problem-solving, and the ability to influence senior stakeholders, with a strong focus on analytical thinking and change management.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience with minimum 2 years in a top-tier strategy consultancy, investment bank or corporate strategy team.
• Demonstrated deep experience and knowledge of strategic problem solving and frameworks, project and change management.
• Superb written and oral communication with excellent interpersonal skills and ability to influence at all levels of the organisation.
• Analytics and quantitative modelling.
• Consumer market experience and retail experience is an advantage.

Responsibilities

• Structure problems and define plans of action to solve them.
• Extract insights from complex analysis.
• Coach junior team members.
• Project manage a project or key work streams in major projects.
• Inject strategic and innovative thinking into issues facing the business.
• Influence key stakeholders to deliver impactful change.

Skills

Strategy consulting

Stakeholder management

Leadership

Analytical skills

Communication

Job description

An opportunity to make a visible difference to our business, developing and executing the most critical strategic initiatives within divisions and across the portfolio

Join an experienced team with strong mentorship and development

Enjoy the opportunity to grow and make a positive difference.

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.

What you’ll do

The team mandate is to develop high quality strategic plans and projects, either focused on business units or across the portfolio. We target areas that represent the most significant sources of profitable growth for the company, which are outside the ‘day job’ and which require additional resources to help think bigger, faster, sooner. This role will report to Senior Strategy Manager / General Manager and will be responsible for managing projects or key work streams in major projects, managing teams and providing strategic advice.

You’ll be responsible for;

• Structuring problems and defining the plans of action to solve them
• Extracting insights from complex analysis
• Coaching junior team members
• Project manage a project or key work streams in major projects
• Inject strategic and innovative thinking into the issues that the business faces
• Influence key stakeholders to deliver impactful change

What you’ll bring

We’re looking for someone who can establish strong relationships with senior managers with the ability to influence and engage. You will have the ability to manage and develop junior team members, drawing on your structured and rigorous approach. You are dedicated and results focused with a customer first mindset.

5+ years of experience with minimum 2 years experience in a top tier strategy consultancy, investment bank or corporate strategy team

Outstanding academic record and social achievements

Demonstrated deep experience and knowledge of strategic problem solving and frameworks, project and change management

Superb written and oral communication with excellent interpersonal skills and ability to influence at all levels of the organisation

Analytics and quantitative modelling

Consumer market experience and retail experience is an advantage

What you’ll experience

A business with endless career possibilities and across every discipline – with valuable exposure to a vast and exciting business network.

• Access to Sonder. Sonder provides free confidential 24/7 personalised financial, medical safety, psychological or physical support for team members and their families.
• A progressive and competitive leave policy that gives you more space for what matters to you.
• 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.
• Opportunity to Salary Sacrifice, enabling team members to purchase selected eligible items or services from pre-tax salary. Can be used for novated leases, superannuation contributions, Qantas Club membership, computing devices etc.

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.