Wesfarmers

Office Manager

Wesfarmers  •  Perth, AU (Onsite)  •  2 months ago
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Job Description

  • Create an inclusive, welcoming workplace experience for all Wesfarmers team members and visitors
  • Act as the key interface between Corporate Office, building management and service providers
  • Implement your ideas for improved ways of working to enhance workplace experience and operational efficiency

About the team

This role sits within Central Services at Wesfarmers’ Corporate Office in Perth. You may also support coordination for the broader Wesfarmers offices as required.

What you’ll do

As Office Manager, you are responsible for the effective day‑to‑day management of the Wesfarmers Corporate Office in Perth, delivering a high‑quality, safe and professional workplace environment and a premium experience for our Board, Executive, team members and visitors.

This role is also asked to introduce and implement ideas to enhance the workplace experience, elevate service delivery and improve operational efficiency (and effectiveness) within the scope of the Central Services remit.

In alignment with the Wesfarmers values, you will act as a trusted ambassador and figurehead of the Wesfarmers brand within the Corporate Office.

Your role will encompass:

  • A people leadership component
  • Office and facilities management
  • A responsibility for creating a positive and premium workplace experience
  • Safety and compliance coordination
  • Financial and asset governance
  • Implementing opportunities for continuous improvement

What you’ll need

  • Depth to your experience in managing and representing a corporate office or facility in an executive or professional services environment
  • Demonstrated success leading or supervising front-of-house or corporate support personnel
  • Excellence in personal presentation including sophisticated communication skills and a professional demeanour and approach
  • Effective stakeholder and executive engagement skills and experience
  • A continuous improvement mindset and the ability to demonstrate where you have introduced meaningful change in past roles
  • Sound digital literacy, confidence using digital tools and systems and a willingness to engage with new opportunities to leverage technology in your role
  • Pride in your work, your workplace and its people

About Wesfarmers

As one of Australia’s largest listed companies, we’re proud of our longstanding contribution to Australians.

We continually reinvent ourselves and invest in the businesses we own and operate, including leading retailers like Bunnings, Kmart, Target, Officeworks and Priceline. We also have an online offering, including OnePass and the Group shared data asset.

Our work doesn’t stop there, we operate in the industrials sector which supplies the nation with chemicals, energy and fertilisers, and industrial and safety products. And we participate in an integrated lithium joint venture, including the operation of a mine and concentrator and the development of a refinery.

Join the team at Corporate Office which provides support and advice across the Wesfarmers Group

The Corporate Office provides corporate services and support to the autonomous businesses within the Wesfarmers Group, enabling the achievement of Group objectives.

It leads capital allocation and portfolio management for the Group and focuses on leveraging and enhancing the Group’s reputation to support attraction and retention of talent, securing investment opportunities and maintaining a low-cost capital.

To do this, we need great people, working together and role modelling our values and ways of working.

Our culture

We’re results focused, but we’re a business that cares. Here we are less about titles and more about everyone playing a valuable role. We provide autonomy and space with freedom to operate, quickly learning from mistakes because we know they are part of the way forward. We’re curious, open minded, and collaborative. And although we’re thought leaders, we’re humble, and willing to share knowledge and learn from one another.

We know that diversity fosters greater innovation and better customer connection, so we strive to create an inclusive and diverse work environment.

Next steps

If this sounds like your next career move, then combine your cover letter and resume into one document and click on the 'Apply' button by Friday, 27 March 2026. Please note that we may commence interviewing of candidates prior to this closing date.

For brief enquiries please contact Jess Pouchol – Talent Acquisition Manager on 0417 728 166.

We’re hiring the best and the brightest talent. Let’s start to explore the possibilities of achieving great things together.

For more information, visit our website at https://www.wesfarmers.com.au/

Wesfarmers

About Wesfarmers

Wesfarmers — a diversified corporation

From its origins in 1914 as a Western Australian farmers' cooperative, Wesfarmers has grown into one of Australia's largest listed companies. With headquarters in Western Australia, its diverse business operations cover: home improvement and outdoor living; apparel and general merchandise; office supplies; and an Industrials division with businesses in chemicals, energy and fertilisers, and industrial and safety products. Wesfarmers is one of Australia's largest employers and has a shareholder base of approximately 484,000.

The primary objective of Wesfarmers is to provide a satisfactory return to its shareholders.

The company aims to achieve this by:

* satisfying the needs of customers through the provision of goods and services on a competitive and professional basis;

* providing a safe and fulfilling working environment for employees, rewarding good performance and providing opportunities for advancement;

* contributing to the growth and prosperity of the countries in which it operates by conducting existing operations in an efficient manner and by seeking out opportunities for expansion;

* responding to the attitudes and expectations of the communities in which the company operates;

* placing a strong emphasis on protection of the environment; and

* acting with integrity and honesty in dealings both inside and outside the company.

Industry
Retail & Ecommerce
Company Size
10,000+ employees
Headquarters
Perth, AU
Year Founded
Unknown
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