About the role Our client is a well-known, rapid-growing premium retail brand, currently building a brand new National Distribution Centre that will take its warehouse operation from fully manual to semi-automated, with robotic picking and packing. They’re looking for a Test Lead to own testing across the programme, leading a small SIT team through integration testing between core retail systems, Blue Yonder WMS and the new robotics platform, and on through to go-live.

What you’ll be doing

Owning the test strategy, test plans and entry and exit criteria across SIT, UAT and end-to-end testing

Leading and coaching a small team of SIT Test Analysts, while staying hands-on where needed

Running defect triage across the business, the WMS team and an international automation partner

Aligning test phases with vendor delivery dates and programme milestones

Reporting test progress, quality and risk to programme leadership

Leading operational readiness and go-live testing alongside warehouse teams

What you’ll bring

8+ years in testing, including leading testing on a WMS implementation or distribution centre go-live





Experience with a Tier 1 WMS such as Blue Yonder (JDA), Manhattan or similar

Strong functional understanding of warehouse operations: receiving, putaway, waving, picking, packing, replenishment and dispatch

Proven SIT and UAT management across multiple vendors on large transformation programmes

Confidence leading a small team and holding the line on quality with senior stakeholders

Exposure to warehouse automation, WCS or robotics (AutoStore, Knapp, Dematic, Swisslog or similar) highly regarded

Why this role

This business is generating well over a billion dollars in annual revenue, operates well over 100 sites, and just opened one of the largest flagship stores of its kind in the world. It’s a genuinely exciting time to join.

It is family-owned, growing fast, and investing seriously in the supply chain behind the brand. Leading testing on a greenfield automated DC is a rare, career-defining programme in the Australian WMS market.

12+ month contract running into 2028. Richmond-based, hybrid working.

📌 Test Lead (Sydney)
🏢 Preacta Recruitment
📍 Sydney