Job Description

This is MUCH more than a State Manager role — this is your opportunity to drive growth, inspire performance and shape the next chapter of a proudly independent retail success storyn
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Why You’ll Love This Company & Rolen
n This isn’t your average supermarket group. It’s a proudly independent, community-first retailer — a business that combines commercial strength with genuine heart and a long-term vision for growth.n
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You’ll be joining a company that:n
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- Is on a powerful growth trajectory, continually innovating its offer and driving sales performance across every department, region and state.
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- Values collaboration, trust, and shared success — where every leader’s voice counts and decisions are made together.
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- Brings together high-performing, capable leaders who inspire their teams and deliver exceptional results.
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- Offers perks well beyond a highly competitive salary, recognising loyalty and rewarding achievement and commitment.
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- Encourages you to be bold, commercial, and impactful — leading with purpose and influencing outcomes at every turn.
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About the Companyn
n With over 80 supermarkets nationwide, with Victoria by far the largest of their states, this independently owned retailer has built a reputation for freshness, quality, and value — and a genuine commitment to customers and communities. Grounded in strong heritage yet forward-focused, this business continues to invest in store innovation, systems, and people development, ensuring it remains a trusted and progressive leader in the independent supermarket sector. It’s a place where results matter, innovation is encouraged, and leaders are empowered to make real impacts.n
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The Prospectn




n This is more than a State Manager position — it’s a career-defining opportunity to shape culture, drive sales growth, and influence the ongoing success of a market-leading supermarket group. n
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Working to your strengths you will:n
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- Head up the $780M Victorian state (55 supermarkets) taking full accountability for sales, profitability, people development, and operational excellence
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- Lead impact-fully your sizeable and highly capable Supermarket Supervisors (Area/Regional Managers) & State Fresh Leaders — ensuring to build capability and to inspire ambition, that will result in the delivery of strong, measurable results and outcomes.
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In short, as the business enters its next phase of expansion, you’ll be instrumental in lifting performance, elevating standards, and unlocking sales potential through strategic execution and inspiring leadership.n
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What You’ll Don
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- Drive sales and profit: Implement strategies that deliver consistent sales growth, margin improvement, and operational excellence.
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- Inspire leadership: Coach and empower your team of Supermarket Supervisors (Area/Regional Managers) and State Fresh Leaders as well as their teams to achieve and exceed performance targets.
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- Champion customer experience: Ensure every store delivers service, quality, and presentation that exceed expectations.
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- Execute with precision: Translate strategy into action, ensuring accountability, performance, and results at every level.
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- Lead commercial initiatives: Analyse performance data, identify opportunities, and implement initiatives that grow revenue and efficiency.
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- Collaborate to grow: Partner with merchandise, operations, and marketing to align regional performance with national priorities.
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- Shape the next chapter: Bring fresh thinking, innovation, and leadership influence on the future direction of the business.
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Who You Aren
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- A proven sales and operations leader in a multi-site retail operations leadership role of similar scale and dimension.
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- Ideally your experience comes from within supermarkets, where you have held roles at a Regional, State or National level. Other senior level, large format retail operations experience will be considered however Supermarket and Fresh Food (fruit/meat/deli/bakery) experience is ideal at some point in your background.
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- Known for driving results through people — blending sharp commercial instinct with genuine care and connection.
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- A hands-on and impactful leader who thrives on metrics, accountability, sales and seeing results come to life.
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- A strategic operator who balances short-term wins with long-term growth plans.
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- A developer of leaders, capable of growing capability, confidence, and culture across large teams.
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- A resilient, forward-thinking professional who thrives in change and sees possibility where others see pressure.
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Lead. Drive. Deliver.n
n If you’re ready to take the next step in your leadership journey in one of Australia's most respected supermarket groups — this is your moment.n
APPLY now...or for a confidential or addition queries, please contact Gabby Symons via [email protected] or 0432 261 116.

📌 State Manager (Melbourne)
🏢 People Equity
📍 Melbourne