Talent Attraction & Optimisation Manager (Hawthorn East)

We’ve been proudly serving Australian communities since 1914 and have grown to become a top 30-listed company on the ASX with a portfolio of iconic homegrown brands. At the heart of our continued success is over 115,000 team members working across the country, all contributing to bringing our customers smiles. You’ll not only get to see your work make a difference, you’ll be part of a team working together to help Australians eat and live better every day.

**About the team**: People and Culture are dedicated to fostering an engaged and empowered workplace. One that’s strong, diverse and where our team members have exciting career pathways to choose from. We do it by making people’s lives easier through better experiences, useful tools, and by providing ongoing opportunities to learn and grow.

At Coles Group, we’re building one of Australia’s most advanced talent ecosystems: combining scale, technology and employer brand to attract the people who power our future.

**About the role**: Reporting into the Head of Talent Acquisition, you’ll lead the diverse Talent Attraction team, owning talent marketing and employer brand execution, recruitment platforms oversight, vendors relationships and inclusive hiring. As a member of the TA leadership team, you will also lead and develop a high-performing team and influence across the organsiation..

You’ll be responsible for:

- Leading the execution of the Talent Attraction strategy across the enterprise, enabling us to attract talent for everything from our in-store team members to senior corporate leaders.
- Showcasing the employer branding across digital channels, campaigns, content and EVP activation.
- Partnering across P&C; and key stakeholders to deliver engaging, inclusive and future-ready attraction solutions.
- Owning and optimising our market leading recruitment technology ecosystem (particularly SAP Success Factors and Phenom) to drive efficienct andquality ways of working, as well asprovide insights to enable informed decision making.
- Collaborating with the TA leadership team and our technology teams to prioritise and oversee TA technology programs, enhancements and deliverables.
- Leading vendor and agency partnerships, including performance management, commercials and innovation.
- Parting with the TA leadership team and business stakeholders to solution for complex hiring challengesand critical workforce needs.
- Partnering with the Culture & Inclusion team to drive inclusive hiring practices and delivering on our Diversity & Inclusion priorities.

**: **About you**: To be successful in this role, you’ll be a strategic, commercially minded and programmatic leader who thrives in high energy environments, loves solving problems and is comfortable with technology and AI.

Ideally, you’ll bring:

- Proven leadership experience in Talent Acquisition.
- Demonstratable understanding of ATS / CRM technology and recruitment platforms (experience with Phenom would be a bonus)
- Strong stakeholder management capability, with a track record of partnering across IT, and P&C.;
- Solid understanding of employer branding, digital attraction channels and campaign delivery.
- Experience in managing vendor relationships and ways of working.

Why join Coles?

At Coles, you’ll have the scale to make real impact, the technology to innovate, and the leadership support to build something meaningful. You’ll play a critical role in shaping how one of Australia’s largest employers attracts the talent that drives our future.

**Applications close on 09/02/26 at 23:59PM**

**What’s in it for you?**:

- ** Flexible working options**:We know that work is only one part of your life, so we actively encourage a positive work-life balance and provide hybrid working options to help you achieve it.
- **Office perks**: Take advantage of our gym facility and fitness classes, free parking, BBQ area, mini-Coles supermarket, fooderie hub where you can sample new products before they hit the shelves, school holiday program and so much more when you come in.
- **Discounts**:Eligible team members receive 5% discount all year round on your Supermarket and Liquor online and in-store purchases. We also offer additional periods of double discount (10%) at various times throughout the year. As well as hotdeals exclusive to team members that translate into additional savings.
- **Reward through recognition**: Give and receive recognition, linked to our Coles values, through our digital recognition platform ‘mythanks’. You can accumulate points to redeem in the online shop for exciting gifts and electronic gift cards from an extensive range of retailers.
- **Opportunities for learning and development**: No matter where you start within our diverse business, you’ll have experiences, exposure, and education to satisfy you. Discover and explore a variety of career development programs and job-specific training.
- **Paid parental leave**: We understand how important your life outside work is and offer per Apply on Kit Job: kitjobau.com/job/3qgpxh