Job Description
Why join us
Everything starts with our products. As a retailer we are focused on planning, buying, moving and selling products. And the data we hold about those products is the DNA of any retailer. We need to track all the key information about the products across the organisation, and we have multiple internal teams and stakeholders, as well as our customers, dependent on the timeliness and quality of that data. In this software engineering domain, we help deliver that capability. By engineering innovative, smart technology, we put the tools in our colleagues’ hands to set up, manage & share data about our products as and when they need to. This data underpins everything from our global supply chain to the data on our websites to the information on our packaging. Whether it’s wine from New Zealand or milk from the local dairy farm, or electronics from East Asia, our tech performs. We solve problems at scale. We keep our product data flowing smoothly around the clock, because what’s important to our colleagues and customers, is important to us.
About the team
Our supply chain data and network team is responsible for managing a Python-based application that distributes vital supply chain network data to the entire organisation, while also working alongside the team to enhance network optimisation through machine learning techniques. As a leader, you will have the chance to drive innovation, collaborate with cross-functional teams, and make a significant impact on our supply chain operations.
What you'll do
In your role, you will lead a multi-skilled engineering team to deliver innovative and high-performing solutions that create value and drive efficiency for our business. With end-to-end ownership of products, you will oversee both change and run activities while owning the entire technology stack, including service management. You will:
- Collaborate closely with product owners and the business, you will use your technical expertise to drive progress and influence outcomes.
- Recruiting and retain a talented team, mentor and coach colleagues, shaping a world-class engineering function, and ensuring the team possesses the right skills for product development.
- Contribute to defining the technical direction and vision, foster communities of practise, advocate and embed agile / lean delivery methodologies, manage initiative budgets, and oversee service support and SLAs.
- Manage people and product financial data, meeting targets, providing accurate reporting, and seeking value realisation opportunities.
- Lead by example and inspire your team, continuously striving for improvement and delivering impactful solutions while maintaining attention to detail and effectively managing resources.
Who you are
- You are an experienced and passionate leader with a deep understanding of the critical role that product data plays in the success of a retailer.
- With your technical expertise and end-to-end ownership mindset, you can drive the delivery of innovative solutions that create value, increase efficiency, and enhance performance for our business.
- With an understanding of how to recruit, retain, and motivate teams, you have excellent interpersonal skills and commitment to fostering a collaborative and inclusive culture.
- You bring cutting-edge processes and technologies to the table, always looking to enhance our engineering practises and driving the adoption of agile / lean delivery methodologies.
- With your hands-on experience in Python, tools, and infrastructure, you lead by example, inspire your teams, and ensure successful delivery of large-scale platforms.
- Your attention to detail, strategic mindset, and financial acumen enable you to manage budgets and optimise value realisation, while always prioritising the needs of our customers and the continuous improvement of our engineering capabilities.