Coles
Store Support Centre Graduate (Feb 2025)
Melbourne, Hawthorn East
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Opportunity details
- Graduate Job or Program
- AUD 75,000 - 85,000 / Year
- 3 vacancies
- Apply by 9 Aug 2024
- Start date 9 Feb 2025
Vision
We’re proud to say that 3.5% of Coles Group team members identify as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander, making us one of the largest private sector employers of Indigenous Australians. In addition, we’re connected to more than 60 Indigenous businesses through our supply chain and are taking steps every day in furthering understanding and recognition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures, histories, knowledge, and rights across our business.
Providing employment opportunities for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people is an important part of our March 2024 – March 2027 Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP). For more information about our RAP, please visit our website.
About the Program:
From day one as a Coles graduate, you’ll feel the connection your work has to our purpose, to "helping Australians eat and live better every day". You will be accountable for making decisions in providing food, drink and home solutions that are delicious, sustainable and healthy for our customers and ensuring to deliver a consistent experience for our customers every day, both in-store and online.
Our Store Support Centre (SSC), based in Hawthorn East in Melbourne, is the engine room of Coles Group and a dynamic and rewarding place to work.
Why become a Coles Graduate?
At Coles, we understand that when you’re included, trusted and supported by leaders who genuinely care, you can do your best work for the team feeling like you belong.
During the two-year program, you’ll be working on real deliverables with clear ownership and accountability as you learn and grow through functional rotations, a tailored development program and a tight-knit support network. You will also be able to work in cross-functional groups to complete an Innovation Project, where the top teams present to our Executive team on a genuine business challenge.
We will support your passion and graduate journey with experiences and opportunities, with each rotation expanding your knowledge as you continue to discover Coles and yourself. Our Indigenous Careers Team, who are fully committed to supporting Indigenous individuals, will be available to assist you throughout the application process and during the program's completion.
Choose from a variety of corporate streams:
Marketing, Finance, Commercial, Property, Liquor, Supply Chain, Central Operations, Technology, Digital, People and Culture, Safety, Legal, Agribusiness and Own Brand. Now that’s food for thought!
Eligibility Criteria: Coles considers the filling of these positions is intended to constitute a special/equal opportunity/affirmative measure under section 8(1) of the Racial Discrimination Act 1975 (Cth).
The role is therefore only open to Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people with Australian Citizenship who have completed or will soon complete, an undergraduate university degree before commencing the program.
Application Process?
Please complete the expression of interest form, upload your completion of undergraduate degree in the application form.
In your application, you will be able to indicate what type of position that would interest you. Our Indigenous employment team will reach out and have a yarn once your application is received.
The Graduate Program commences in February 2025.
If you would like assistance with your application or to have an informal conversation about the program, please contact the Indigenous Affairs team at: indigenousaffairs@coles.com.au.
Hiring criteria
- No experience required
- Australian Citizen +more
- Business & Management +more
- Bachelor or higher
Reviews
Depending on your rotation it will vary, currently working with microservices written in java and spring boot.
Mostly happy with the type of work i am completing. i am able to get through all my tasks and support my team where they need. i have a set of daily and monthly tasks.
Our main role is to learn new skills and take on new challenges. each rotation you complete will have different day-to-day responsibilities. this could range from reporting to creating presentation packs, or engaging with stakeholders, project management, site visits etc.
About the employer
Coles
4.1
> 100,000 employees
Retail & Consumer Goods
Choose a job you love! Be part of a unique, two year, accelerated development program!
Pros and cons of working at Coles
Pros
Coles is extremely flexible and caters well to the cohort in the office.
There are many development and growth opportunities available to graduates to continuously improve and enhance their career.
Line managers and leaders are always willing to give you time to upskill and grow.
The flexibility of the role is a definite highlight, allowing me to not only thrive in my role but also put myself first.
The culture here is great and people are willing to help me when I ask.
Cons
Being such a large organisation can be daunting and learning how it operates to be able to complete your role can be frustrating at times.
The systems are a little outdated.
It's such a large business it can feel not very personable.
Of course, this is heavily influenced by the individuals that make up a respective intake of graduates, but there is great opportunity and breadth of graduates from different departments to be exposed to and build meaningful connections with.
Can be very fast paced and complicated to navigate such a large organisation.