Metcash

Head of P&C, Food Services & Convenience

Metcash  •  Macquarie Park, AU (Onsite)  •  2 hours ago
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Job Description

At Metcash, you’re part of something bigger. We’ve got the heart of a small business with the strength and support of a big business. When you join Metcash, your work makes a real difference to independent businesses and local communities, empowering you to:

  • Grow your career with tailored development programs
  • Make your mark in a high-performing, values-led team
  • Thrive your way with flexible work options

About the Opportunity

This is not a traditional Head of P&C role.

This is an opportunity to sit at the centre of a major business transformation, partnering directly with the CEO and senior leadership team to shape the future of Food Services & Convenience. You'll help drive a turnaround and integration agenda, influence critical business decisions, and build a high-performing organisation where culture and capability become true competitive advantages.

You'll be more than a P&C leader — you'll be a trusted advisor, strategic partner, coach, and change leader who can move seamlessly from boardroom conversations to frontline impact.

If you're energised by complexity, thrive in fast-paced environments and love building organisations that bring out the best in people, we'd love to hear from you.

In this Role, You Will:

  • Partnering with the CEO and senior leaders to translate business strategy into impactful people strategies that drive performance and growth
  • Leading organisational transformation and integration initiatives, including organisational design, change management and workforce planning
  • Building leadership capability and succession depth, ensuring teams have the talent and skills required for the future
  • Shaping culture and employee experience, creating an environment where accountability, engagement and high performance thrive
  • Leading and developing a high-performing P&C team, while influencing across a matrix environment to deliver enterprise-wide outcomes

You’ll bring:

  • Significant P&C leadership experience within large, complex and matrixed organisations
  • Demonstrated success leading organisational transformation, workforce strategy and cultural change
  • Strong commercial acumen with the ability to translate business priorities into people outcomes
  • Experience coaching and influencing senior leaders and executive stakeholders
  • The ability to navigate ambiguity, bring clarity and drive action
  • A passion for developing people and creating high-performing, values-led cultures

What’s on Offer
🏖️ Extra Leave: 5th week of annual leave, 2 well-being days, 1 volunteer day
📚 Career Growth: Endless learning and development opportunities
👶 Parental Leave: 12 weeks of gender-neutral paid leave for primary carers
🌈 Inclusive Culture: Bronze Employer for LGBTQ Inclusion
⚖️ Neutral Pay Gap: Gender pay gap under 5% (WGEA 2024–2025)
🧠 Mental Health: Gold accreditation by Mental Health Australia
🏡 Flexibility: Flex Ready and Family Friendly Workplace accredited

About Us

Metcash is Australia’s leading wholesale distribution company, with $19.5 billion in sales (FY25) and a proud spot in the ASX Top 125. We believe in the power of independent, family-owned businesses to shape vibrant communities. Through our food, liquor, and hardware pillars, we help retailers become the ‘Best Store in Their Town’ by providing merchandising, operational and marketing support.
We’re committed to diversity, inclusion, and sustainability - and we welcome applicants from all backgrounds, including First Nations. If you need support during the application process, just let us know. Your privacy and dignity are always respected.

Join us and be part of something bigger!

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Metcash

About Metcash

At Metcash, we’re the power behind an independent Australia & New Zealand. From the humble origins of our first family-owned corner store in 1927, we’ve been backing independents and strengthening the communities they operate in for almost 100 years. With a national network of more than 10,000 independent retailers and a further 90,000 wholesalers, we’re the driving force behind local, family-owned businesses – sticking up for the little guys and helping them become the best stores in town. And while we may be large in size, we’ll always be locals at heart.

Today we’re Australia and New Zealand’s leading independent retail partner and wholesaler in food, liquor and hardware. We have over 80 years of experience supporting and championing the interests of independent grocery, liquor and hardware sectors. Headquartered in Sydney, our world class distribution facilities across the country allow us to operate on a huge scale to unite Australia's independent grocers, delivering products to more than 10,000 retail premises and a further 90,000 wholesale customers across the food, grocery, liquor and hardware markets. Our network of Successful Independents includes a large portfolio of brands such as IGA, Foodland, Mitre 10, Home Timber & Hardware, Cellarbrations and the Bottle-O.

At Metcash we have a single purpose - Successful Independents - it is at the heart of everything we do. Success starts with our people. Employing over 6,000 people, Metcash champions the interests of the independent retail industry. We are a team of people who are resilient and empowered, who take initiative and pride in their work and above all operate with integrity. Our core operations are key to providing our customers and retailers with merchandising, operations and marketing support through our strong retail brands.

Whilst we operate on a huge scale, we think big but we act local. We believe that independence is worth fighting for and this is at the core of our business divisions.

Industry
Wholesale & Distribution
Company Size
1,001-5,000 employees
Headquarters
Macquarie Park, AU
Year Founded
1927
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