Woolworths

Technology Partner Manager

• Manage world-class vendor and commercial practices across all IT domains
• Lead ongoing contractual activities and showcase your SME
• Permanent opportunity, Sydney based, eligible for 2 days of WFH arrangements

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

As the Technology Partner Manager, you will be establishing and driving consistent governance for vendor, contract, and commercial management across all IT domains, while also leading the ongoing contractual activities and providing expert coaching to internal teams.

Key responsibilities include:

• Act as the Subject Matter Expert (SME) on all contract operations, particularly for application development and maintenance services, providing company-wide advice and coaching internal domain teams on commercial matters.
• Support all sourcing activities, including vendor negotiations, and the development or variation of nominated partner contracts.
• Manage the full contract lifecycle, including providing recommendations and ensuring the completion of all cyclical events, extensions, variations, and new engagements.
• Drive optimization of all contract elements, encompassing commercial, performance, and compliance outcomes.
• Support supplier performance and compliance activities, including the calculation and application of service credits associated with non-performance.
• Fulfill all commercial and contract accountabilities associated with Contract Management and Supplier Governance Frameworks, and facilitate engagement with Group Procurement and Legal teams where necessary.

What you'll bring

• Demonstrable and solid experience in the Information Technology Commercial field, inclusive of expert management of technology sourcing, commercial arrangements, contract terms and associated financials.
• A strong track record in IT Commercial environment administration (Sales, Procurement, Vendor Management, or Finance) within a matrixed organization.
• Proven ability to independently manage large-scale outsourced contracts that include core offshoring elements.
• Expertise in supporting and driving transformational change, adopting new agile ways of working, and good knowledge of agile frameworks, including Dev/Ops methodologies, in an outsourced environment.
• Ability to effectively support large Procurement activities, including complex vendor negotiations and contractual terms, and possessing a Bachelor's degree in IT, Business, law, or a related discipline.
  
  

What you'll experience

We embrace diversity of thought and love to take on challenges with a pragmatic and innovative approach. Our culture thrives on mutual respect, care, curiosity, openness, and a proactive attitude. We continually seek ways to pair, collaborate, support, and learn from each other as a team!

• 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

• A global business with endless career possibilities around every corner and across every discipline – with valuable exposure to a vast and exciting business network

• A commitment to flexibility through a hybrid working model which combines time spent at a support office or hub and time working from home, supporting both in-person connection and balancing the flexibility that remote working provides for our teams

• Parental Leave provisions and various leave types, including but not limited to Study Leave and Sports Representation Leave

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.

We encourage all candidates to apply; please let us know in your application if we can support you with any adjustments in the hiring process.

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