2025 Business Operations Graduate Program

About the Program:

From day one as a Coles graduate, you’ll feel the connection your work has to our purpose, to "helping Australians eat and live better every day". You will be accountable for making decisions in providing food, drink and home solutions that are delicious, sustainable and healthy for our customers and ensuring to deliver a consistent experience for our customers every day, both in-store and online.

Our Store Support Centre (SSC), based in Hawthorn East in Melbourne, is the engine room of Coles Group and a dynamic and rewarding place to work.

Why become a Coles Graduate? 

At Coles, we understand that when you’re included, trusted and supported by leaders who genuinely care, you can do your best work for the team feeling like you belong. 

During the two-year program, you’ll be working on real deliverables with clear ownership and accountability as you learn and grow through functional rotations, a tailored development program and a tight-knit support network. You will also be able to work in cross-functional groups to complete an Innovation Project, where the top teams present to our Executive team on a genuine business challenge.

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. 

Discover our Coles Liquor, Supply Chain and Central Operations Functions:

Our Coles Liquor team vision is to be a simpler, more accessible, locally relevant, drinks specialist. As a Coles Liquor Graduate, you can choose your own adventure with exposure across  Supply Chain, Store Formats, eCommerce, Merchandise, Central Ops, Strategy, Marketing, and Transformation. With over 900 liquor stores, great customer brands and millions of customers, there’s sure to be an opportunity for you. 

Our Central Operations team is is the engine room that keeps us moving - from supporting our DCs to efficiently deliver our products into store; to empowering our store teams to serve millions of customers each week with pride. You will be the vital link between the SSC and our store and DC network so that we can land change that is Best for Coles, drive sales, improve profitability and make life easier for our team and customers.  

Our Supply Chain team focus on two key roles, a supply planner and a demand planner across a range of business units. Your main responsibilities as a supply planner, will include monitoring and managing availabilities for key categories, implementing range reviews, aligning on promotions with demand and managing capital targets.

The two-year Graduate Program commences in February 2025. Applications will open Wednesday 6 March 2024 and will close Thursday 4 April 2024 midnight, APPLY NOW.

Eligibility Criteria: You’ll be an Australian or New Zealand citizen or hold permanent residency at the time of application For our Store Support Centre Graduate Program, you’ll have completed a bachelor's degree before commencing the program.