**About Woolworths Group**
Woolworths Group is a food and everyday needs retailer united by the shared purpose of creating better experiences together for a better tomorrow. With more than 1,400 stores across its Woolworths Supermarkets, Countdown Supermarkets (New Zealand) and BIG W brands, and fast-growing eCommerce businesses, Woolworths Group is Australia and New Zealand's largest retailer. A top 10 company on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX), Woolworths Group employs more than 180,000 team members and serves more than 20 million customers a week.
- **Full time position**:
- **Join Australia's largest retailer**:
- **Hybrid role - Based in Melbourne**:
- **Attractive remuneration package
**About Us**
The Woolworths Format Development Team is a national team of 700+, responsible for developing retail stores of the future. We're construction people, facilities and asset management people. We're planning & commercial people. We're architects and sustainability people. We're data analysts, refrigeration and air conditioning people. We are operations and training people. Together, we're doing our part to bring fresh food and great experiences to our customers everyday.
We implement designs through creating experience-centric technology-led, retail store formats that are purpose built for our customers and teams. We innovate by focusing on Continuous Improvement, sustainable energy management, technology, and working with our suppliers, service providers and operations teams to move towards a healthier planet. We maintain all aspects of our supermarkets stores through having highly specialised, skilled team members across all trades. Every decision we make is designed with our customers and teams at the heart.
**The Role**
As a Store Planner, you will be accountable for the end to end development of conceptual designs to construction drawings for store flow and layout in refurbishment and new stores, to ensure the right offer is planned to maximise customer experience whilst meeting commercial and business expectations. You will work cross-functionally and collaboratively to identify the right offer targeted to site specifics, supporting capital approval process and support the end-to-end delivery of projects.
**Key responsibilities**:
- Delivering planning and documentation outcomes for all new, replacement, acquisition, extension, Renewal projects as well as all business initiatives and planning requirements for any store within your State Detailed new, replacement, acquisition, Renewals and extension store plans post approval in conjunction with business categories, ensuring financial viability & construction costs are aligned to launch
- Developing renewal documentation from project commencement to launch to meet objectives, budget direction, site-specific needs and direct planning team to achieve end store plan goal
- Strategic layout planning ensuring the best scheme is developed for all project types with both a commercial and customer lens
- Managing external consultants required to deliver planning, documentation and store design for these works within budget
- Post-implementation reviews completed with learnings incorporated into all future schemes Support annual Renewal Program and ensure it is approved to achieve all timelines
- Developing best value and scope with a commercial view on Capital and operating costs
- Being the go-to person representing store planning to support project teams
- Flexibly supporting multiple teams in accordance with business needs
- Providing architectural and technical advice relating to concept, project plans, building and Woolworths standards
**Who we're looking for**
To be successful in this role, you will have:
- Technical architectural drafting or related knowledge with a preference for tertiary qualifications in Architecture or similar discipline
- Good proficiency in using Autodesk Revit
- Retail planning experience/exposure with design, commercial or financial understanding desirable
- Proven ability to work at pace in a changing environment
- Ability and willingness to undertake interstate travel on an ad-hoc basis
**Why you'll love it here**
In addition to this exciting role, we offer some fantastic benefits including:
- Flexibility and work life balance. Flexibility isn't just about working from home. It's about opening the conversation and changing the focus to what & how we deliver, rather than where we deliver it. Chat with us about your flexibility needs.
- A culture that embraces new talent and a truly great place to work
- Team member discounts across Woolworths brands
- An attractive remuneration package
**Applications close - 9am Friday the 16th
**Grow with the Group
As an inclusive, team-first company, our people are at the core of everything we do.
We care deeply about creating a workplace where our team members feel valued, respected and empowered. We are committed to providing equal opportunity regardless