Commercial Manager, Partnerships

Commercial Manager, Partnerships at Woolworths Group

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Directly influence the Group’s largest commercial partners.

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.

Welcome to PartnerCo

PartnerCo is responsible for the active oversight and management of Woolworths Group strategic external partners and works across the full spectrum of the Group to ensure each partnership delivers valuable commercial outcomes.

This role sits within the PartnerCo team as part of the Group Finance function. It supports the Head of Commercial Partnerships.

The Opportunity

Strategic partnerships are critical to creating better experiences for our customers. The PartnerCo team manages the overarching relationships with our most strategic external partners as well as works across internal Retail and Group Platforms to unlock mutual strategic and financial value.

The Commercial Manager, PartnerCo role exists to provide the analytical rigour, structured problem-solving, and commercial horsepower required to execute our complex partnership strategies. This role focuses on bringing strategic thinking to commercial opportunities and challenges, and is instrumental in driving key workstreams and managing stakeholders to deliver tangible outcomes.

What you’ll do

This role is key to managing some of the Group’s most significant and complex commercial partnerships because it directly enables the realisation of the objectives of these partnerships and manages the associated risks.

• Conduct deep‑drop commercial and financial analysis
• Inject strategic and innovative thinking to solve key partnership questions
• Project manage key projects and work streams end‑to‑end
• Translate complex partnership dynamics into compelling presentations, reports, and briefing documents for senior leadership and partner‑facing forums
• Bring strong relationship management skills to influence a wide range of internal and external stakeholders to operationalise value creation
• Strategically manage complex, cross‑functional commercial initiatives by balancing detailed analysis with executive‑level communication and influencing diverse stakeholders to deliver timely, high‑quality outcomes.

What you’ll bring

What you’ll experience

Everyone belongs at Woolworths Group

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.

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.

Woolworths Group is an inclusive, team‑first company and we value all skills and experiences. If you meet some, but not all of the requirements, we encourage you to submit your application.

Seniority level

Mid‑Senior level

Employment type

Full‑time

Job function

Consulting, Retail

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