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2022 Store Support Centre (Corporate) Graduate Program (Feb 2022)

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Opportunity details

  • Opportunity typeGraduate Job or Program
  • Number of vacancies80 vacancies
  • Application open dateApply by 25 Apr 2021
  • Start dateStart date 13 Feb 2022

At Coles, a bright future awaits those who want to achieve big things and discover their career potential. You will be inspired to extend your capabilities to deliver beyond what you imagine is possible.

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.

A business of our size provides you with endless opportunities to find a path that is right for you.

Join us to see how our graduates work together to get products into the hands of the 21 million customers who shop with us each week.

Explore how joining our two-year Coles Graduate Program is the first ingredient to a flexible and dynamic career at Coles.

Join our Store Support Centre (SSC) Program and fast track your career in our Melbourne corporate office. You'll be gaining a mix of technical, operational and leadership skills working alongside key leaders across the business. During the program, you'll discover many different areas of the business and have the opportunity to participate in a cross-functional rotation, so you have first-hand experience to see how all the puzzle pieces fit together!

Join our Operations Graduate Program and based in our stores and sites across the nation, you will accelerate your career to become one of our next senior operational leaders. Take your pick from one of our two streams;

  • In our Supermarkets, you will be based in store and experience different departments as you build the knowledge and capabilities essential in managing a multi-million-dollar Coles store.
  • In our Distribution Centres, you will be at the heart of our supply chain. You will learn key processes and procedures that enable our DC teams to ensure that thousands of customers get the products they want and need every day.

What makes the Coles Graduate Program unique?

Continuous learning and development opportunities before you even start Day One. We understand it's critical for you to grow and develop as you discover yourself and Coles to reach your potential in being future leaders and change makers in our business.

Four rotations across 2 years with the opportunity to apply for a cross functional move after successful completion of year one.

Creative and dynamic work environment - You will have the opportunity to work in teams in an environment where no two days are the same and can challenge the way we do things to make a real difference to the business and our customers.

Learn from great leaders - You will have an extensive support network to assist you in creating a challenging and successful career and be given constant feedback to hone your skills.

Support network – We know joining a new organisation is daunting, so we make sure you are supported from the beginning with a buddy to help you settle in, and an accelerator coach to help you kickstart your career. People who truly care.

Real responsibility – you will be working on real deliverables with clear ownership and accountability. You'll also work in cross-functional groups to complete an Innovation Project, where the top teams have the opportunity to present to our Executive team on a real business challenge.
 

Work rights

The opportunity is available to applicants in any of the following categories.

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Citizen
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Qualifications & other requirements

You should have or be completing the following to apply for this opportunity.

Degree or Certificate
Study field
Study field (any)

Hiring criteria

  • Experience requirementNo experience required
  • Study fields
    Business & Management
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Reviews

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Graduate
Melbourne
3 months ago

Depending on your rotation it will vary, currently working with microservices written in java and spring boot.

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Graduate
Melbourne
4 months ago

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.

user
Graduate
Melbourne
4 months ago

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.

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About the employer

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Coles

Rating

4.1

Number of employees

> 100,000 employees

Industries

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.