Title:  Corporate Plan & Strategy Manager

About us

At Officeworks we make bigger things happen. Our customers, our team, and our community are our heart and soul. And if our brilliant people have taught us anything, it is that we can do all kinds of incredible things, each and every day.

Fast paced. Innovative. Inspiring. With more than 8000 team members and a national footprint of more than 168 retail stores Australia wide – we’re focused on delivering a wide range, low price and great service. We’re about inspiring new ideas and thinking outside the box. We’re about kicking goals, having a laugh and pushing each other. We are about being rewarded and supported. We’re about teaching a customer something new and supporting the community. We’re about making a difference.

Our high-performing Strategy Team is focused on delivering an ambitious growth aspiration whilst also embedding a robust productivity agenda. The team works hand-in-hand with the executive leadership team to iterate and communicate the enterprise-level strategy, develop and deliver functional strategies and manage our portfolio of cross-functional programs to achieve our vision. We are fortunate to be at the heart of decision making and are in a unique position to have a material impact on the whole business, customers, and team members.

About the role

The Corporate Plan and Strategy Manager is a split role with two primary responsibilities: (i) owning and managing the annual corporate planning process and (ii) partnering with executive and senior leaders across the business to complete strategy development and delivery activities.
The first responsibility will involve leading the annual corporate plan process at Officeworks to set the strategic vision and priorities for the business over a five-year period. The position will have direct line-management responsibility of a Strategy Partner to support through the process and will involve heavy engagement with Officeworks’ executives and senior leaders across all business functions. The duration of the corporate plan process is typically six months (from September to March). 
The second responsibility, outside of the corporate planning process, will involve partnering with senior stakeholders across the business to develop and deliver strategic business priorities and could include shaping and delivering strategies to grow, enhance profitability, drive productivity, and improve customer experience across Officeworks’ varied portfolio of businesses.
The role is a great opportunity to leverage skills from a consulting, strategy or transformation background and apply them to a dynamic industry role. This position provides the opportunity to think strategically, set direction and perform implementation activities to drive tangible business outcomes. It will allow you to develop a deep understanding of the business, establish relationships with cross-functional stakeholders at all levels and build the skills required to progress within the organisation. This is a high-influence position where you will need to build a case for change and take stakeholders along the journey to achieve outcomes. You will have the opportunity to coach, mentor and manage our Strategy Partners on a variety of assignments.  
Key activities include:

• Perform detailed analysis of the internal and external environment using common strategic frameworks to inform strategic decision-making and planning, and the formulation of recommendations 
• Formulate strategies and solutions to grow, enhance profitability and improve customer experience. Consider the pros and cons, trade-offs, implications and risks of a variety of options to make informed decisions
• Develop business cases and conduct cost-benefit analysis to evaluate the impact of strategic initiatives. Work with business stakeholders to prepare investment requests and seek endorsement from executive stakeholders
• Collaborate with cross functional stakeholders and SMEs to understand, evaluate and execute opportunities to grow the business, such as category adjacencies, new customer solutions and segments and new markets
• Prepare and facilitate cross-functional workshops with executive and senior leaders to drive engagement and alignment
• Create corporate governance documents including the Corporate Plan to summarise long term strategic plans
• Prepare presentations to summarise plans and communicate findings and recommendations to executive and senior leaders 
• Coach, mentor, supervise and provide professional development opportunities for Strategy Partners
   

About you

Tertiary qualified, with 7+ years of relevant industry and/or management consulting experience, with a focus on strategy development and delivery to achieve growth and profitability objectives. Further:

• You will have had experience managing an annual corporate plan or strategic business planning process
• You are a structured, logical thinker who uses a data-led approach to identify opportunities and solve complex business problems. You have a bias for driving outcomes and are comfortable switching between blue-sky thinking and on-the-ground implementation
• You will be commercially and financially astute and enjoy evaluating the trade-offs of key decisions to land on the most suitable option
• You are a clear communicator with the ability to tell compelling business stories and articulate complex narratives. You have exceptional written and verbal communication skills with experience preparing board-level reports and presentations
• You enjoy cross-functional engagement and working with team members across a variety of functions to achieve common goals. You build strong stakeholder relationships, possess an ability to influence and establish yourself as a trusted advisor
• You are a people supervisor and are motivated by building skill and capability in more junior team members
• You have a high level of competency with MS Suite including PowerPoint and Excel
• You are comfortable in an ambiguous and changing environment; you welcome and embrace change
• You are curious, eager to learn and are seeking a role that will support your long-term career growth

Experience and exposure to the retail sector is preferred

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Our culture

It’s all in a day’s work when you’re part of the Officeworks community – where you’re not defined by who you are, but what you can do. We celebrate our teams’ uniqueness by offering the below to the Officeworks family:

• An inclusive, diverse, and supportive environment.
• Flexible working arrangements to best support your individual needs.
• A key focus on wellbeing and safety.
• Generous discounts at Officeworks, Bunnings, Kmart, Target and Catch.
• Ongoing training and development opportunities to progress your career.
• Industry leading Growing Families policy

At Officeworks, we operate best when our team represents the communities we serve. We proudly commit to providing a safe and supportive work environment for everyone. We actively encourage applications from all candidates, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, the LGBTQI+ community and people with disabilities.

Officeworks is a ‘Circle Back Initiative’ employer – we commit to respond to every applicant.

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