Format Development Manager

Job Description

• Love what you do and leave your mark

At Endeavour Group, we are all about creating a more sociable future together. As a leader in the retail landscape, our Format Development team is at the forefront of dreaming up and bringing to life the next generation of customer-centric store environments. We innovate, we test, and we deliver experiences that make shopping seamless for customers and trading simpler for our store teams.

Are you a strategic thinker with a passion for retail design, commercial execution, and innovation? As the Format Development Manager, you will be the driving force that translates high-level retail brand strategies into living, breathing store formats and concepts.

Reporting into the Head of Design - Format Development, this is an influential, highly collaborative role situated within our Design Leadership Team (DLT). While you won’t have direct reports, you will utilise your exceptional horizontal leadership and cross-functional influencing skills to manage a complex, high-volume program of work. From the initial concept brief to trials, post-implementation reviews, and fleet-wide standardisation you will own the end-to-end journey.

Sound good? Read on.

Here is a taster of what you can expect in this role:

• Translate brand and functional strategies into inspiring, brand-appropriate new formats, concept stores, and trial initiatives.
• Manage and track a complex program of concurrent store format projects, driving the scope, budget, business cases, and delivery timelines.
• Act as the central conduit connecting Marketing, Merchandise, Space & Range, Operations, Property, Finance and Safety to ensure total alignment from brief to execution.
• Lead cross-functional workshops, proof-of-concepts (POCs), and trials to ideate innovative, customer-focused solutions centered around cost-optimisation and safety.
• Interrogate the financial performance of new formats and initiatives in partnership with Format Operations to continuously unlock new opportunities.
• Develop Implementation Guidelines and Inclusion Matrices to smoothly transition successful trials into scalable brand toolkits.

Qualifications

Now let’s talk about you: 

We are looking for a pragmatic, curious, and resilient leader who thrives in complex, fast-paced retail environments.

Essential:

• Tertiary qualifications in Business/Commerce, Design, Construction, or a related discipline.
• A proven track background intersecting design, commercial buying, marketing, and/or retail operations.
• Outstanding horizontal leadership capability, with the ability to influence senior executives, cross-functional working groups, and external agencies.
• Strong financial literacy with the ability to build business cases and interrogate retail data.

Desirable:

• Prior experience in a similar retail format development or design strategy role.
• Robust project management experience within structured PMO frameworks.

The benefits are good too! 

• An exclusive discount card for our ALH Hotels pubs & accommodation, BWS, Dan Murphy’s and other Endeavour Group brands. Through our partnership with Woolworths, you'll also enjoy discounts at Woolies supermarkets and BIG W 
• As a valued member of the team, your health and wellbeing is our top priority. You will have access to a range of free services to help you live well and support your physical, mental and financial wellbeing
• Endeavour Group is full of opportunities - use our dedicated learning and development options to grow an idea, yourself, and your career. This is just the start, so dream big
• Find out more about our range of benefits and discounts here

At Endeavour, we value being a workplace where everyone’s welcome - if you meet a number of the requirements (and not all), we encourage you to apply.

Additional Information

We are together creators

With a portfolio that includes Dan Murphy’s, BWS, ALH Hotels, Pinnacle Drinks and more, Endeavour Group is big on sociability. Together we create the moments that bring millions of people together. And together we have more fun, create more opportunities, and score a lot more goals. We’re serious about creating a safe, inclusive and fun place to rock up to where equal opportunity is key, and flexibility is part of how we roll.  

We’re all about creating a more sociable future - for our customers and each other. If this job excites you - and you’re close-enough on the requirements, reach out, we’d love to hear from you.

You can learn more about working with us on LinkedIn or at endeavourgroupcareers.com.au.

Our Talent Team and Hiring Leaders kindly request no unsolicited resumes or approaches from Recruitment Agencies. Endeavour Group is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.

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